Duo Software certified as Carbon Neutral

“Duo’s vision, mission and core beliefs are built on the ‘triple bottom line’ – people, planet & profits. People or Human capital – treat your
employees right, nature and harness intellectual capital. Planet or Natural Capital – the business will strive to minimize the ecological impact in all areas. Profit – Honest profit made in harmony with the other Principals of People and Planet”

- Jennifer Samuel, CFO of Duo Software

This statement by Jennifer at our forum on Sustainability and Change, held on the 9th of October, states exactly why Duo Software invested a great deal of time and effort into becoming what we believe to be the world’s first software product development company to be carbon neutral. As a company that has always believed in investing in relationships and in being a socially responsible corporate citizen, carbon neutrality was a natural step for us.

We were certified as a CarbonNeutral® company in accordance with the CarbonNeutral Protocol, which is the global standard for carbon neutral certification used in 32 countries. This protocol is aligned with the WBSCD/WRI GHG Protocol for company reporting and is issued by one of the world’s leading providers, with every step being verified through international partner agencies to ensure complete compliance.

Ajeevan, who heads the Green IT team at Duo Software, explained further the efforts that were involved in Duo Software becoming carbon neutral.

“The decision to go green was taken in 2010, when the company revamped its IT infrastructure by replacing all personal computers with energy efficient laptops and reducing the number of servers from ten to one. Duo invested a huge sum of money to purchase high end, low heat emitting, branded servers. We then decided to go the distance by becoming completely carbon neutral. We aim to cut our carbon footprint by 30% by 2012.”

At Duo Software, we are well aware that a commitment to be a sustainable business is an on-going process and rest assured that we will be charting our progress in that via our social media channels. To stay in touch, you can now find us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube.