aKagreen's Journey to Carbon Neutrality with Greenly

aKagreen is a certified B-Corp that is dedicated to transforming work and living spaces into engaging places through the use of decorative live plants. The company believes in reinviting plants into our daily lives and putting them back at the center of our spaces to better appreciate, respect, and protect them. aKagreen aims to reconnect city dwellers with nature and raise awareness of our environmental impact. The company's goal is to have a positive impact on society, which includes reducing its carbon output as much as possible. aKagreen is committed to working with the departments responsible for each of the major emission areas to define feasible and effective reduction actions.

aKagreen, a certified B-Corp, is committed to greening work and living spaces to cultivate well-being through plants. However, the company was facing a significant challenge in terms of its carbon footprint. Despite its environmentally friendly mission, aKagreen was producing a substantial amount of greenhouse gas emissions. The company's 2020 carbon footprint report revealed that digital operations accounted for 63% of its emissions, service purchases 11%, and fixed assets 7.1%. This amounted to 11 tCO2 per employee, equivalent to 76 round trips between Paris and New York. aKagreen was aware that preserving the environment was at the heart of its DNA and business, and it was necessary to reduce its carbon output as much as possible. The company needed to accurately identify its sources of carbon emissions to structure an environmental policy and draw up an action plan for long-term emission reduction.

aKagreen turned to Greenly for a solution to its carbon footprint challenge. Greenly offered an innovative and digitalized solution for measuring carbon emissions that was simple, intuitive, and recognized by the market. The company carried out a greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment with Greenly, which allowed it to accurately identify its sources of carbon emissions. The assessment took into account not only direct and energy-related emissions (Scope 1 & 2) but also indirect emissions caused by service providers and services used by the company (Scope 3). With this information, aKagreen was able to structure an environmental policy and draw up an action plan to reduce its emissions over the long term. The company is now working on defining the action plan, which involves making changes at both the company and individual levels, particularly in the two most emitting areas: production and transport.

• The GHG assessment carried out by Greenly has provided aKagreen with a clear understanding of its carbon emissions and the areas where it needs to focus its reduction efforts. The company is now in a position to structure an environmental policy and draw up an action plan for long-term emission reduction. This has not only allowed aKagreen to align its operations with its environmental values but also to raise awareness among its employees and customers about the importance of reducing carbon emissions. The company is now working on defining the action plan, which involves making changes at both the company and individual levels. This process is expected to involve people responsible for each of the major emission areas and to lead to feasible and effective reduction actions that respect the company's 2021 development and growth objectives.

• aKagreen was able to accurately measure its carbon emissions, which amounted to 76t CO2e in 2020.

• The company identified that digital operations accounted for 63% of its emissions, service purchases 11%, and fixed assets 7.1%.

• The GHG assessment allowed aKagreen to structure an environmental policy and draw up an action plan for long-term emission reduction.