100% carbon neutral
Because IT has its share of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions at around 5% to date and with the prospect of reaching more than 10% in 10 years, we, Orchestra software publisher, have decided to commit ourselves to the fight against carbon emissions by absorbing our CO2 as early as 2020. To do this, we have initiated a detailed collection of our data to measure our impact and implement concrete reduction actions.
Each activity has a measurable impact on global warming. Orchestra had the quantity of CO2 emissions from its offices in Paris, Seville and Dijon evaluated the quantity of CO2 emissions linked to:
- To energy consumption
- To the supplies
- For employees' home-work and professional trips
- To the movements of visitors
- To vehicles, computer equipment, furniture
- To the waste generated and its method of recovery
This precise calculation model called Bilan Carbone, certified by Ademe (Agency for the Environment and Energy Management), makes it possible to know its impact, its equivalences and the means to be activated to absorb its volume of CO2.
Thanks to this assessment, we are in a position to implement actions to reduce our carbon footprint and then the means to absorb and guarantee our carbon neutrality.
Ongoing actions
We are implementing actions aimed at permanently changing purchases and behaviors.
We have migrated to LED lighting for all premises, the purchase of supplies is oriented towards so-called “green” products, water fountains are replacing mineral water packs, isothermal mugs are offered to employees and we are continuing our efforts continuously.
In addition, we encourage research on responsible engines such as ecosia.org, we value “Geek” best practices such as better email management (30 deleted emails equivalent to 1 day of consumption of an LED bulb), turning off computers, limiting your impressions, preferring favorite sites rather than a search engine (clean click!) , the idea being that eco-responsible behaviors are becoming more and more natural.
Absorption
Our carbon footprint assessed our impact at 420 tons of CO2.
To absorb this volume of nearly 500 tons, we have chosen to support projects with ecological and social dimensions in three regions. These projects are supported by the association A Tree for You.
Thus, our emissions will be absorbed in Ecuador through participatory reforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon, in Cambodia in the Phnom Kulen National Park, which fights against deforestation, poverty and food insecurity by planting trees, and in Togo by participating in an agroforestry and forestry project around the Zio River.
In the first quarter of 2020, we selected partners close to our values to carry out reforestation actions that will absorb the remainder of our CO2 emissions.
