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Sustainability and society : Protect the Planet

Protect the Planet

We continue to build on strong foundations, underpinned by our Protect the Planet strategy and Net Zero Transition Plan, and have taken direct action to tackle the climate crisis across our key material impact areas. We have made significant strides to empower our colleagues to join us on our journey to net zero and have led a number of innovative programmes with partners to assess the impact of our software products on the environment.

The recognition we’ve received from external stakeholders including increasing to a CDP A- leadership rating and being named as a climate leader in Europe by the Financial Times, affirms that we are making meaningful progress towards achieving the goals of our Protect the Planet strategy.
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Tackling the climate crisis

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) want to address the environmental and social impact of their businesses but doing it efficiently and with impact can be daunting. It’s our goal to knock down the barriers that stand in their way.

We'll lead by example with ambitious yet realistic targets of our own:

  • Get Sage to net zero by 2040 and reduce absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year aligned to the SBTi
  • Help our customers reduce their GHG emissions by 2030 by providing access to carbon management solutions and expertise
  • Put SMBs at the forefront of the transition to net zero by making sure their voice is heard and advocating for simplified standards
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Unlocking sustainable finance for SMEs

At Sage, we’re committed to removing the barriers SMEs face and driving the innovations that will enable their success in a green economy. This report underscores our shared vision of empowering SMEs to lead as climate champions. While the findings in this report reveal both the ambition of SMEs and the obstacles they encounter, they also present a clear call to action—for policymakers, financial institutions, tech providers, and indeed, all of us who are invested in a sustainable future.
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The role of LCAs in decarbonising the cloud

Businesses across the globe have started to scale their digital transformation efforts in an attempt to become more energy efficient. This has, to date, focussed on migrating the use of software to the cloud, however, the environmental impact of software and the associated cloud infrastructure that supports this is often overlooked. Assessing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of software is essential as the cloud has increasingly become a significant source of GHG emissions. In this article, we explore the challenge of quantifying GHG emissions from software, and its associated infrastructure, and look at how different carbon lifecycle assessments (LCAs) can help.
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Explore your footprint Your carbon impact Earth Suppliers Baseline year Targeting Operations Dashboard 19% COe ₂ Total carbon impact 95,301 t 2% COe ₂ Carbon intensity 0.44 kg/£ 6% yearly reduction Your net zero target Net zero 2040 60,250 t 70% 5,051 t 30,000 t 10% 20% SCOPE 1 SCOPE 2 SCOPE 3 95,301t COe ₂ Your scope breakdown Reduce your impact Reduce your impact Cleaning Postage Security 6,256 kg Building Services Car - fossil fuel Taxi - electric Taxi - fossil fuel 3,521 kg Private Vehicle Hire ₂ Measured in Coe Your top emitting activities FINANCIAL YEAR FY 2022 - 23

Getting SMBs to net zero

SMBs face disproportionate barriers to decarbonising. We’ve made a strategic commitment to help our customers reduce their GHG emissions by 2030 by providing access to carbon management solutions and expertise.

By tracking and measuring their carbon emissions, SMBs can identify areas where they can reduce their environmental impact, make informed decisions about sustainable practices, and set goals for reducing their emissions in the future.

Carbon accounting, also known as greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, is a method used by companies to calculate the amount of greenhouse gas emissions they produces.
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Explore our pillars

Tech for Good

Tech for Good is our commitment to supporting SMBs and communities to thrive by building trusted and inclusive digital network and solutions. We are delivering on this pillar by using data and visualisations to help progress sustainable development goals, building trust and security into our network whilst maintaining high levels of data and AI ethics, and empowering people through Sage Foundation to scale businesses and develop the skills they need.
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Human by Design

Our Human by Design pillar is our approach to amplifying economic inclusion and growing sustainably. We’re committed to building a diverse, human-centred culture, and we’re achieving this by fostering wellbeing alongside diversity, equity and inclusion, in our workplace and beyond.
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