Flickr | A Climate Neutral Certified Brand (original) (raw)
Climate Neutral Certified Label
About Climate Neutral Certification
Wherever you see the Climate Neutral Certified label, it means the company is accountable for its greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the label, a company must annually measure cradle-to-customer emissions, implement specific action plans to reduce emissions, and invest in high quality, verified carbon credits.
The certification requirements are detailed in the rigorous, peer-reviewed Climate Neutral Certified Standard. Each company’s application is reviewed for compliance by Change Climate’s certification team.
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Emissions
Flickr's emissions inventory uses a mix of spend- and activity-based data. Flickr attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.
733 tCO2e
Roughly equal to driving 163 gas-powered cars for one year
0.05 kgCO2e per dollar of personnel costs
Emissions intensity
Emissions over time
Emissions year
Absolute Emissions (tCO2e)
Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per dollar of personnel costs)
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Reduction Plans
Flickr has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.
Active
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.
Source of emissions
Software and servers
Action
Reduce our current cloud storage energy consumption by 25% through identifying and removing abandoned and unwanted content.
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.
Emissions reduction targets
Flickr has set a long-term commitment aligned with climate science.
Active
Target
We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 & 2 emissions 50% by 2030
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Compensation
Flickr addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.
Emissions accounted for
733 tCO2e
Roughly equal to keeping 820,960 pounds of carbon in the ground
Project types
Description
Projects that support wind energy generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
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.