Operate with care for the planet and natural resources
Environment > Our race to attain carbon neutrality by 2024
It takes creativity, initiative and resolve to take care of our planet and preserve natural resources. At both the company and individual level, we’re committed to doing our part and to doing what’s right in order to leave this world a whole lot better for generations to come. We’re doing this by making eco-efficiency a top priority – from our mailroom to our boardroom, our home offices and beyond. We’re contributing our time, knowledge and resources to help those trying to solve some of the world’s most complex environmental issues. Sometimes many small changes can build big outcomes. While we’ve made some progress towards reaching our goal of being carbon neutral by 2024, we are ready to accelerate our actions and initiatives in order to achieve the results we can all celebrate and be proud of. We’re continuing to identify and implement sustainable, eco-efficient choices into every part of our business – from our daily operations and energy footprint to advancing our sustainable supply chain strategy.
Initiated sustainable workplaces and a digital workplace transformation strategy to shift more colleagues to permanent remote working
Partnered with Trip Actions for more sustainable colleague travel options
Launched an R2 compliant e-waste recycling effort throughout our global operations
Enlisted JLL a leader in sustainable real estate as our primary facilities manager to measure and monitor our energy, water, recycling, waste and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Track and report on environmental metrics for more than 75% of our global office space
Continue driving positive momentum to meet our goal to be carbon neutral by 2024
Advance our connected workplace strategy to reduce the environmental and workforce impact of commuting
Launch our environment-focused Colleague Resource Group focused on internal and external impacts
Meet or exceed e-waste industry standards for sustainable, responsible waste disposal while meeting all Clarivate data security, compliance and privacy standards
"I feel privileged to be working for an organization that prioritizes the planet and gives me the opportunity to get involved and really make a difference - not only as an individual but on a global scale where Clarivate can really make an impact through our innovation and technology leadership."
Jamie Francis, Customer Success Manager, Make a Difference to Climate Change Team Leader
Environment > Guiding environmental sustainability with data driven insights
As part of our commitment to carbon neutrality by 2024, Clarivate is working with JLL, a leading global real estate services company, to establish a baseline for our carbon footprint. Since we maintain a fully leased real estate portfolio, with energy primarily procured through our various landlords around the world, our current carbon emissions are predominantly categorized as Scope 3, meaning indirect emissions that occur in our value chain. We are continuing to track and report consumption by fuel source wherever data is available.
With our full portfolio including 64 sites, we have focused on the top 24 which is a mix of offices and data centers covering 728,733 square feet in total. Currently, we’re able to get directly metered energy use data for 75% of our top 24 sites. The remaining emissions have been estimated based on the energy use of the whole building, which is adjusted in proportion to the floor area we occupy. The emissions have been calculated using location-based factors in accordance with the UN Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
Important to note, we’re using the 2019 calendar year to develop our realistic carbon footprint baseline since 2020 operations were severely disrupted by the global pandemic. In 2021, our goal is to continue to report and obtain accurate data for all our reporting sites.
Electricity consumption:
3,000 MWh decrease from last year
Water consumption:
9,500 m3 decrease from last year
Air travel:
158,000 tCO2e decrease from last year
sites have sustainability certifications.
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Environment > Promoting a sustainable and ethical supply chain
When it comes to sustainability, it’s not just about us.
To impact global change, we’re making a conscious choice to engage with suppliers who align with our sustainability goals – whose products and services are produced in a way that treat people and the environment ethically and responsibly. With the help of EcoVadis, a supply chain sustainability ratings platform, we’re evaluating our suppliers for their sustainability policies, ratings, implementation measures and more. We will have better insights into all aspects of supplier responsibility and diversity. We’re using data to make more responsible, impactful decisions about who we partner with and to build a resilient and sustainable supply chain.
• Track number and percent of suppliers against total spend completing a comprehensive sustainability assessment, using EcoVadis analysis of 78 management indicators, across 21 sustainability criteria
• Understand the performance of suppliers in all aspects of environmental, social and governance criteria
• Ongoing review of Clarivate suppliers to positively impact and drive a more sustainable supply chain
Updated and enhanced our supplier support page and supplier code of ethics
Created a sustainable procurement website
Engaged with EcoVadis to capture, analyze and manage our supplier data
Complete benchmarking of top 100 suppliers for ESG performance via EcoVadis Finalize our sustainable procurement guidelines and incorporate into our procurement policy
Leverage our technology to enable tracking and reporting of spend relative to sustainability and diversity
“Sustainability is not possible without embedding it throughout our entire global supply chain. Where we purchase, what we purchase, how we purchase and from whom we purchase all matter in advancing a better world for tomorrow”
Peter Frien, Vice President, Procurement
Environment > Our commitment to sourcing sustainable merchandise
As we advance towards achieving our sustainability milestones, we’re looking across our entire supply chain for ways to integrate sustainability principles. One area where we’re focusing these efforts targets the promotional merchandise we source and whom we source from. We strive to ensure that everything that carries our brand is selected and sourced in accordance with one or more of the following eight guiding sustainability principles:
• Recycled - Using recycled materials with post-consumer recycled content greater than 10% • FSC certified - Ensuring Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification (paper products only) • Locally sourced - Purchasing closest to delivery location to minimize carbon footprint • Renewable - Consisting of rapidly renewable materials* of greater than 50% • Non-hazardous - Does not contain known hazardous materials such as Bisphenol A (BPA) • Waste reducing - Choosing items that have an identifiable waste reducing impact such as being made from biodegradable or compostable materials that can be recycled • Durable and reusable - Selecting durable versus one-time use disposable products such as reusable cups, mugs and water bottles • Sustainable suppliers - Using suppliers that are recognized sustainability leaders, through their policies and/or certifications, that consider social, ethical and environmental dimensions of business and specific products. (i.e., DJSI; EcoVadis; GreenSeal, EcoCert, Rainforest Alliance and others)
*Rapidly renewable materials are natural, non-petroleum-based materials that have harvest cycles under 10 years.
Environment > Make a Difference to Climate Change - our grass roots path to success
We’ve kicked off our Make a Difference to Climate Change initiative to highlight our responsibility and seize opportunities - as a leader in our industry - to act now. We want to be part of the solution for climate change, today and for years to come. Our goal is to be a positive force to impact climate change - one of the defining issues of our time. We started with a group of 20 colleagues who were tasked with creating a plan to address two key priorities:
Making an impact on scale How can we power the ideas and innovations that will ultimately help solve the climate change problem, by using our position in the IP industry?
Reducing our own footprint Acknowledge that change starts within. By implementing actions that raise awareness and reduce our own consumption, we'll do our part to help positively impact climate change for years to come.
Expanded global colleague participation for Make a Difference to Climate Change from 20 initial members to more than 1,600 and counting
Began leveraging our unique position in the IP industry to help facilitate, enable and accelerate the intellectual output to help impact the issue of climate change
Reduced our Jersey data center impact by 53.24% by upgrading our equipment to more efficient devices that consume less energy — we’re already saving 221.88 MWh per year
Launch a Colleague Resource Group focused on the environment to advise, manage and maintain our robust action plan to address climate change and resource efficiency
Establish a Green Academy to provide data and education around sustainability – created in partnership with our customers
Initiate Green Incentives using our market coverage and strengths to offer customer incentives and rewards for green activities and IP development
Leverage our Green Market/Green Data Lake because we know that science, innovation and collaboration hold the answers to impacting climate change
Continue to connect the IP network – through our industry leadership, our access to data and our strong customer network – to provide valuable data to accelerate climate change solutions
“Clarivate is in a unique position to leverage the responsibility and opportunities we have as a leader in our industry, to positively impact climate change, one of the defining issues of our time.”
Patrick Simpson, Director of IP Maintenance – Make a Difference to Climate Change Executive Sponsor
