Carbon Emissions

We know an EMS will level up our efforts as we look toward the future, so we began tracking and reporting on our carbon emissions in 2019. In 2021, we participated in reporting to both EcoVadis and CDP and started a rudimentary capturing of our carbon footprint.

 
In the CDP report, we calculated an estimate of our Scope 1 and 2 emissions for 2021 that included our sales fleet mileage and the energy powering our leased office spaces. Our Scope 1 was 1,976 metric tons of CO2e and Scope 2 was 5,138 metric tons of CO2e. For 2022 reporting, we will be capturing a more holistic view of our Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

2019-2021 Emissions

Insight Global’s Scope 1 direct emissions is the mileage incurred by our sales team and consultants. We were able to utilize our expense reporting system to report our total mileage driven and utilized the Environmental Protection Agency’s EF for calculating our GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2e. From 2020 to 2021, we saw a 264% increase due to starting to return to in person interactions as the COVID-19 pandemic abated.
 
We utilized the EPA’s Indirect Emissions from Purchased Electricity EF for Scope 2 calculations across our 69 leased office spaces. In 2021 we saw a 39.9% increase in our rented square footage as well as a 308.27% increase in our Scope 2 emissions from 2020, although this is still a decrease from our 2019 base year. The increase from 2020 to 2021 is largely is accounted for due to returning to in office activities in 2021. We strive to put measures in place to reduce this number in the coming years.