Flickr | A Climate Label Certified Brand (original) (raw)
About The Climate Label
Companies with The Climate Label provide products and services that are better for the climate, because they account for the greenhouse gas emissions from operating their business.
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Emissions
Flickr measured its GHG emissions in order to understand its impact on the climate and inform its plans to reduce GHGs over time.
Total 2023 GHG Emissions
Roughly equal to driving 163 gas-powered cars for one year
0.05
kgCO2e
per dollar of personnel costs
Emissions intensity
Flickr's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. Flickr attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.
Absolute Emissions (tCO2e)
Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per dollar of personnel costs)
Emissions year
Note: The chart shows market-based emissions totals.
02
Funding for Climate Solutions
Flickr is funding a portfolio of projects to support the climate transition. This portfolio includes specific actions within their operations, as well as projects elsewhere around the world.
Total climate funding
$3,042
03
Reduction Plans
As part of its climate transition planning, Flickr has established near-term actions to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.
Active
Source of emissions
Software and servers
Action
Reduce our current cloud storage energy consumption by 25% through identifying and removing abandoned and unwanted content.
Source of emissions
Software and servers
Action
We will develop and open-source hardware-accelerated computing optimizations to significantly reduce energy consumption across our systems a ...read more
Source of emissions
Business travel
Action
Implement a policy for low-carbon business travel to reduce travel-related emissions by 10% for all employees
Completed
Source of emissions
Electricity
Action
We will shut down our office, completely eliminating our energy use in that building. We are committed to being a distributed workforce.
Source of emissions
Software and servers
Action
We will reduce our computer energy consumption by 20% by adopting advanced energy-efficient new AWS technologies such as Lambda, Graviton, a ...read more
Source of emissions
Software and servers
Action
Reduce our energy consumption for rendering images by 10% through utilizing a more efficient processing methodology.
Emissions reduction targets
Flickr has set a long-term target to reduce GHG emissions.
Active
Target
We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 & 2 emissions 50% by 2030
At Flickr, we are committed to building a better, more sustainable business. As a private, Certified Evergreen company our goals stretch 100 years out, centered on elevating experiences for passionate photographers decades from now. The first step in century scale planning begins with working on our impact right now. By measuring and reducing our carbon footprint, we are actively building a better world for future generations of photographers. Alongside focusing on our long-term impact on climate, we are passionate about protecting the open and wild spaces that photographers are inspired to visit and capture. We prioritize carbon offset projects that meet these goals, and we are also active and engaged members of The Conservation Alliance.