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EQS-News: IONOS Group SE
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IONOS announces Climate Strategy 2030 Karlsruhe / Berlin, 25 July 2023. IONOS, the leading European digitalisation partner for small and medium-sized businesses, has announced its Climate Strategy 2030. While IONOS has long been committed to environmental sustainability, the new strategy includes a long-term plan for the future of data centres and office targets. Further reducing data centre emissions IONOS aims to reduce data centre carbon emissions by 55% from 2019 levels by 2030, actively working to reduce from diesel by switching to biofuel-powered generators where possible. The company is also committed to continuing to source 100% renewable electricity longer-term, which is its most significant lever for minimising Scope 2 carbon emissions under the . In addition, IONOS plans that 50% of it’s own data centres will have on-site generation of renewable energy, such as photovoltaics. While the company currently uses trusted carbon offsets (Scope 1 & 2) as a final step, its primary goal is to reduce reliance on these through proactive carbon reduction measures. Measuring and reducing the value chain IONOS will also look beyond its direct operations. The company commits to measuring and reducing carbon emissions from its value chain (), will establish a carbon footprint in 2024, and will explore actions in likely high impact areas such as server lifecycle and data centre construction. As a first step, IONOS will engage 90% of its key tech-ops suppliers by spend to set supplier climate targets. While data centres account for the majority of IONOS’ impact, the company will target 100% renewable electricity in its global offices, adding up to 100% renewable electricity use overall. Additionally IONOS will target 100% electric vehicles in its company car pool. Achim Weiss, CEO of IONOS, said: “We are proud of our environmental sustainability achievements so far. Our new 2030 Climate Strategy will build upon our previous initiatives and target 100% renewable energy across all operations, as well as further reducing our carbon footprint and push our suppliers to follow suit. The next step towards this strategy is evaluating the use of waste heat from our data centres.” Worcester data centre as a blueprint In October 2022, IONOS opened its to date in Worcester, UK. This will serve as a blueprint for how the group will build and design data centres in the future. Some of the sustainability design features incorporated include:
Progress to date In addition to the new initiatives, IONOS has implemented many past and current environmental sustainability initiatives . These include:
IONOS is the leading European digitalisation partner for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). The company serves six million customers and operates across 18 markets in Europe and North America, with its services being accessible worldwide. With its Web Presence & Productivity portfolio, IONOS acts as a 'one-stop shop' for all digitalisation needs: from domains and web hosting to classic website builders and do-it-yourself solutions, from e-commerce to online marketing tools. In addition, the company offers Cloud Solutions to enterprises who are looking to move to the cloud as their businesses evolve. Media contact: Andreas Maurer
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | IONOS Group SE |
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| ISIN: | DE000A3E00M1 |
| WKN: | A3E00M |
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| EQS News ID: | 1688055 |
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