{"id":4269683,"date":"2021-05-11T07:16:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T05:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/dept-becomes-certified-climate-neutral\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:57:09","slug":"dept-becomes-certified-climate-neutral","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-au\/insight\/dept-becomes-certified-climate-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPT\u00ae becomes certified climate label"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tDEPT\u00ae becomes certified climate label\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>
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\n\t\tWe are proud to announce that we have become climate label certified. DEPT\u00ae became certified after working with the\u00a0Climate Label<\/a>\u00a0organisation to measure and offset our 2020 carbon footprint, while proving our long-term commitment to implementing emissions reduction plans.\t<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n
\n\t\t\u201cDEPT\u00ae and our other Climate Label certified brands are leading the global shift to a net-zero economy by doing what all companies should be doing immediately: measuring, offsetting and reducing their carbon emissions,\u201d says\u00a0Climate Label CEO, Austin Whitman<\/strong>. \u201cOur label helps consumers identify these brands. It\u2019s a recognisable and trusted symbol that turns everyday purchases into meaningfully positive climate action.\u201d

DEPT\u00ae\u2019s CEO, Dimi Albers,<\/strong>\u00a0added: \u201cBecoming climate label certified holds us to account for our emissions and is the bare minimum of what DEPT\u00ae \u2013 and all agencies across the board \u2013 should be doing. It\u2019s a signal of intent to our 1,750-strong team of Depsters and wider community that we are not only digital innovators, but also people who genuinely want to make a positive impact on the world. We are incredibly proud to be part of a carbon neutral company, and I hope we\u2019ll inspire other companies to follow suit.\u201d

DEPT\u00ae\u2019s carbon footprint is being offset in partnership with Terra Neutra<\/a>\u00a0by providing poverty-stricken families in Kenya with clean energy cookstoves. The initiative is part of the\u00a0Hifadhi Livelihoods<\/a>\u00a0project, which protects 18,000 hectares of Kenyan forest each year by preventing rural households from using wood to fuel their homes.

In addition to offsetting, we are reducing our emissions by rebooting the DEPT\u00ae travel policy, and hosting our IT load and client platforms in partnership with carbon neutral hosting service,\u00a0Microsoft Azure<\/a>.\u00a0

The certification also demonstrates a commitment to sustainability that can be seen in our work with environmentally-conscious clients, including\u00a0Indigo Ag<\/a>\u00a0(where we developed apps and a new marketplace to drive agriculture innovations that aim to feed the world more efficiently), and\u00a0Justdiggit<\/a>\u00a0(where we built a direct donations platform to help train African farmer communities in areas of drought).

\u00a0The climate label certification coincides with the release of our\u00a0first impact report<\/a>\u00a0and marks the opening chapter in our ongoing impact mission and quest to gain B Corp certification by the end of 2021.\t<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t