Bechtle partners with goodcarbon to compensate unavoidable IT hardware emissions
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goodcarbon has entered into a collaboration with Bechtle AG, one of Europe's leading IT service providers, to help the company and its customers offset carbon emissions through carefully selected nature-based climate projects.
Under the new Bechtle CO₂-Conscious IT service, Bechtle transparently calculates the emissions associated with purchased IT hardware and documents them in detailed reports. On this basis, customers can choose to offset the calculated emissions through climate projects curated and managed by goodcarbon, which applies its rigorous Nature Analytics Framework to develop, assess, and monitor nature-based solutions. The framework ensures consistently high standards in terms of quality, transparency, and measurable impact.
Jérôme Cochet, Co-Founder and CEO of goodcarbon, said: "Each project undergoes a comprehensive assessment of its climate impact, biodiversity benefits and social co-benefits. The projects selected for Bechtle CO₂-Conscious IT enable companies to credibly support their beyond value chain mitigation activities in line with the requirements of the Science Based Targets initiative."
Sophie Mándoki, Chief Sustainability Manager at Bechtle AG, said: "With our new offsetting service, we help our customers achieve the objectives set out in their climate strategies in a credible and transparent way. Bechtle CO₂-Conscious IT combines environmental responsibility with tangible added value for our customers."
Even with optimised production and procurement processes, carbon emissions from the manufacture and delivery of IT hardware cannot be completely avoided. As these emissions occur in the upstream value chain, they are reported under Scope 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Bechtle CO₂-Conscious IT enables organisations to account for these unavoidable emissions within their carbon footprint in line with GHG requirements.
As part of its Climate Strategy 2030/2050 and its SBTi-aligned reduction targets, Bechtle will also work with goodcarbon to compensate the company's own unavoidable emissions -extending the partnership beyond a customer-facing service into a core element of Germany's largest IT system house's corporate sustainability programme.
For more details, see the full press release: Bechtle enables customers to offset carbon emissions
