This category includes GHG emissions attributable to things like furniture, digital devices and cloud storage. For 2021, it amounted to 5.6 tCO2e. These emissions include paper consumption, toilet and paper towel consumption and IT resources such as computers, screens, printers and servers. For this category, it’s important to reflect on a number of aspects and ask ourselves various questions so we can set reasonable objectives for the following year.
Given that we work flexible hours and can work both from home or the office, it may be unnecessary to have enough screens for everyone in our shared office space. Smaller appliances, such as mice or keyboards, should be bought refurbished. And then there’s the fact that our office is in a shared co-working space. This means, for example, that we can only have limited influence on the type of paper the co-working space provides its members. Of course, we’re always in contact with the Impact Hub team regarding a switch to more sustainable alternatives in various areas.
In 2021, during which ten new laptops were bought for team members, two of them were refurbished. The total number of laptops owned by Glacier amounted to 12 by the end of the year. Additionally, 18 monitors were bought, three of them refurbished. 17 computers, mice and keyboards were purchased, though none of them were refurbished. Our cloud storage amounted to 38.71 Gigabytes.
The data represents an inventory of devices bought in 2021, as well as cloud storage usage. For paper consumption, assumptions were made based on averages.