Our First Carbon Footprint Assessment
A concrete step towards sustainability: Indao publishes its first carbon footprint assessment and shares its roadmap to reduce its impact...
A first complete picture of our footprint
At Indao, we help industrial companies transform complex data into decisions that are more robust, more useful, and more sustainable.
Every day, we encourage our clients to measure before acting.
It was therefore only logical to apply that same level of rigor to ourselves.
Today, we are publishing our first official Carbon Footprint Report, based on consolidated 2024 operational data.
Why this report matters
For a growing technology company, environmental impact goes far beyond the energy consumed in office buildings.
Purchased services, digital usage, mobility, remote work, equipment, data storage, and software tools all contribute to the footprint of a modern scale-up.
This first carbon assessment therefore serves as:
- a baseline reference,
- a decision-making tool,
- a way to identify the main reduction levers,
- and a starting point for structuring our long-term climate trajectory.
What this first assessment covers
The report covers the entire 2024 calendar year and follows the GHG Protocol methodology through the Tapio platform.
The scope includes:
- direct emissions (Scope 1),
- indirect energy-related emissions (Scope 2),
- and broader indirect emissions across the value chain (Scope 3).
The calculations are primarily based on internally consolidated operational data, including:
- energy consumption,
- mobility,
- equipment,
- purchases,
- digital usage,
- services and software tools.
Key takeaways
In 2024, Indao’s total carbon footprint reached 103.5 tCO₂e.
The main emission categories are:
- Products & services: 47.1%
- Mobility: 30.5%
- Capital assets: 14.7%
- Energy consumption: 6.2%
The report also highlights several important realities:
- the significant weight of digital usage and purchased services,
- the impact of remote work within a hybrid organization,
- the role of material investments during a growth phase,
- and a footprint largely driven by indirect emissions (Scope 3).
Our first priority actions
This first assessment already helps us identify several key improvement areas.
Structuring a digital sobriety approach
- storage optimization,
- backup rationalization,
- better messaging practices,
- vigilance regarding intensive generative AI usage,
- and continuous reflection on data architecture.
Integrating climate considerations into service procurement
The significant weight of purchased services encourages us to progressively integrate climate criteria into supplier-related decisions and improve the qualification of certain categories.
Continuing the transformation of mobility
- further electrification,
- travel optimization,
- support for alternative mobility solutions,
- and continued reflection on hybrid work organization.
A continuous improvement approach
Like any first carbon assessment, this report should primarily be seen as a working foundation.
Future editions will help us:
- improve traceability across certain categories,
- better document remote work,
- refine digital-related measurements,
- and stabilize recurring monitoring indicators over time.
Our ambition is now simple:
turn this snapshot into a trajectory.
“This carbon footprint report is our first act of consistency.
We will use it to focus on the right levers, make objective decisions, and improve year after year.”- Baptiste Fosséprez, CEO, Indao