Sustainability

Sustainability and green values are incorporated in our strategy – we want to be part of changing the business landscape both in terms of greener and more tolerant future. This approach is crucially reflected in our role as a strategic advisor to our clients in key ESG-related assignments.

We value our environment and stand for a better future. Making an environmental impact stands close to our hearts, both through our client work and internally. We focus on energy and recycling with the intention to reduce our carbon emissions significantly in our everyday life.

See our ESG related references here.

We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint in order to meet sustainable development goals, and we will continue to review and develop our operations both within our organisation and in cooperation with our business partners and suppliers.

The most impactful way in which we could reduce our carbon footprint would be to radically reduce our emissions. This is, however, rather challenging to implement immediately due to the nature of our business sector, and as such, we have chosen to contribute to specific offset projects as we continue our efforts to cut down on our emissions.

In 2021 we calculated our carbon dioxide emissions and compensated for them by contributing to five different projects in Europe, Asia, and Africa. These projects involve e.g. clean water and forest preservation initiatives.

We began keeping record of our carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. We discovered that Borenius’ carbon footprint amounted to 198 t Co2e at the time. Over 50% of our carbon footprint consisted of products and services we had purchased during that year. Since then, we have calculated our Co2 emissions and offset them.

In comparison, our emissions in 2020 and 2021 were 198 t CO2e and 1,320 t CO2e respectively, and in 2022 628 t CO2e. However, it's important to note that these calculations were conducted by different firms each year, which may account for the variation in results. In addition, the 2020 results represent the year of the corona shutdown, which has a clear impact on the level of total emissions. Therefore, these figures are not directly comparable.

It is important for us to ensure that our business practices are as sustainable as possible. Our cutting-edge IT infrastructure is one of the linchpins of our business, and we need it to function not only sustainably but also without interruption. In order to ensure sustainable IT procurement, we are using CHG-MERIDIAN’s carbon neutral IT leasing services. Read more here.