Our greenhouse gas footprint is made up of energy use, our commuting, our travel, and the shipping of items sold in our marketplace.
We measure our greenhouse gas footprint using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, developed by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The Greenhouse Gas Protocol sets the global standard for how to measure, manage, and report greenhouse gas emissions. To prioritize and better understand our greenhouse gas impact, the Protocol breaks these emissions into three scopes.
The scopes
Scope 1
Direct emissions
SOURCE: All GHG emissions from on-site fuel combustion such as from a boiler or furnace for heating
Scope 2
Indirect emissions
SOURCE: All GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat, or steam
Scope 3
SOURCE: Marketplace Shipping, Business Travel, Employee Commuting, other indirect emissions, such as extraction and production of purchased materials, business travel, waste disposal, and outsourced activities
Scope 1
146 metric tons CO2e
Direct Emissions
SOURCE: All GHG emissions from on-site fuel combustion such as from a boiler or furnace for heating
Scope 2
1,649 metric tons CO2e
Indirect Emissions
SOURCE: All GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat, or steam
Scope 3
145,696 metric tons CO2e
SOURCE: Marketplace Shipping, Business Travel, Employee Commuting, other indirect emissions, such as extraction and production of purchased materials, business travel, waste disposal, and outsourced activities
Scopes 1+2
Etsy is growing quickly. While our CO2e emissions are also increasing, our reduction efforts have separated the growth of our business from our CO2e use.
Our absolute scope 1 emissions increased by 40% year-over-year. Our staff also grew by 38%.
Our absolute scope 2 emissions increased by 31% year-over-year. Our sales also increased by 43%.
Emissons per employee
4.05
metric tons CO2e per employee
2013
3.99
metric tons CO2e per employee
2014
Emissons per $1 million GMS
1.27
metric tons CO2e
2013
1.17
metric tons CO2e
2014
Scope 3
Our Scope 3 change year-over-year was 28%.
2014 Breakdown
144,065 metric tons CO2e
145,696 metric tons CO2e
Marketplace shipping
Business travel 1,377 metric tons CO2e
Employee commuting 254 metric tons CO2e
145,696 metric tons CO2e Marketplace shipping
1,377 metric tons CO2e Business travel
254 metric tons CO2e Employee commuting
Marketplace shipping makes up 97.4% of our greenhouse gas emissions.
Scope 3: metric tons CO2e per $1 million GMS
84.62
metric tons CO2e
2013
75.71
metric tons CO2e
2014