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Platform.sh, a leading Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider, has obtained two prestigious gold medals awarded by EcoVadis and Greenly, solidifying its commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
Commitment to accountability through yearly carbon audits
EcoVadis and Greenly, independent rating agencies specializing in corporate social responsibility assessments, have recognized the sustainability commitments and performance of Platform.sh.
Both rating agencies awarded the PaaS provider a gold medal, ranking Platform.sh among the top 5% (95th percentile) across all companies in all industries assessed by EcoVadis and Greenly.
Greenly reported that Platform.sh achieved a remarkable 6% reduction in its 2023 C02eq emissions audit compared to 2022. This significant decrease in absolute emissions is a testament to the company's dedication to combating climate change and reducing its environmental impact.
Both the assessment processes were rigorous, taking into account set quantified targets for reducing emissions, and the impact of action plans, employee training, and complying with SBTi standards.
The EcoVadis assessment also includes a global evaluation of the company's sustainability management system across four themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.
Commitment to transparency towards its customers
Along with its commitments to sustainability Platform.sh also strives for carbon auditing transparency. In May 2024, Platform.sh achieved the first step towards this goal by sending each of its customers their 2023 CO2eq cloud carbon footprint report based on the emissions generated by their applications hosted with the PaaS provider.
"The Platform.sh carbon footprint report enables customers to better understand their environmental impact. It's a step towards making informed decisions that align with sustainability goals, whether for internal benchmarking or for reporting in compliance with environmental, social, and governance criteria." - Fred Plais, CEO, Platform.sh
Each carbon footprint report details an organization's annual CO2eq emissions based on its activities. Platform.sh customers can utilize these statements to track their cloud emissions for the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) or similar carbon disclosure requirements and to make greener and more informed deployment decisions.
"Typically, a full carbon footprint report covers Scopes 1, 2, and 3. The statement we provide is one part of an organizations' Scope 3 disclosures. Scope 3 emissions are those based on activities from sources not owned or controlled by an organization (e.g., renting cloud instances, airline flights)." - Sabri Helal, Product Manager, Platform.sh
Aiming for a sustainable digital future
The PaaS providers' success in carbon emissions reduction is due to its unique location-based approach to hosting applications in the cloud. Through optimized server density, Platform.sh reduces CPU usage by up to 12 times compared to traditional hosting methods. Additionally, Platform.sh offers location-based hosting options, allowing customers to select regions powered by low-carbon grids and receive a 3% resource usage discount on its latest PaaS, Upsun. By implementing these initiatives Platform.sh further minimizes their environmental impact and helps their customers make greener choices.
By prioritizing sustainability and corporate social responsibility, Platform.sh is driving positive change within the industry and paving the way for a more sustainable digital future.
EcoVadis is the global standard for business sustainability ratings. The EcoVadis assessment evaluates 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. More than 125,000 companies globally have been rated by EcoVadis.
EcoVadis’ business sustainability ratings are based on international sustainability standards such as the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and the ISO 26000 standard. The ratings provide an evidenced-based analysis on performance and an actionable roadmap for continuous improvement.
Founded in October 2019 by Alexis Normand (CEO, former VP of Healthcare at Withings, HEC, Sciences Po, formerly at the Boston offices of Withings and Techstars), Mathieu Vergeville (CTO, X-Telecom, former data scientist at Withings) and Arnaud Delubac (CMO, Essec-Centrale, INSEE, formerly in charge of digital communication in the office of the French Prime Minister), Offspend SAS launched Greenly in January 2020 as the world’s first carbon accounting platform with almost 1,000 corporate clients in France, the UK and the US. The climate tech allows all enterprises, regardless of their size or sector of activity, to contribute to the fight against climate change, starting by simply tracking their CO2 emissions. Once a report is completed, Greenly helps them develop a roadmap to help them align themselves to a Net Zero Contributor Initiative. Greenly obtained the B-Corp label in September 2022, putting their solution at the disposal of society.
Platform.sh is a unified, secure, enterprise-grade platform for building, running and scaling web applications. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Paris and San Francisco. Platform.sh employs more than 310 Platformers, 43 nationalities, and is available in Europe, the United States and Asia, through global partnerships with AWS, GCP, Azure and OVHcloud.
A member of the FrenchTech 120 and Gaia-X, Platform.sh was recently included in the FT1000 list of fastest growing European companies. Offering a 100% remote working environment the company is a certified "Great Place to Work" with inclusivity and diversity at its core. It counts among its customers prestigious brands such as Adobe Magento, Gap, Nestlé, Orange, The British Council, The Financial Times and Unicef.
