Environment

Cloud computing typically uses fewer resources than traditional IT infrastructure. The energy consumption of a single data center can be shared across multiple customers, resulting in higher utilisation rates and fewer energy-intensive servers.

With cloud computing, there is no need for physical infrastructure such as servers and network equipment to be housed on-premises, which leads to significant reductions in resource consumption, such as energy and water usage.

Cloud computing allows for efficient resource allocation and scalability, allowing for resource consumption based on demand and reducing energy consumption and environmental impact.

Offering products and services in the cloud reduces the need for travel.

The majority of our data centre locations are in areas with mainly green grid power. We actively look for the best available sources of renewable electricity.

However, it’s important to note that the industry is not immune to environmental impact. For example, data centers that host digital products require significant amounts of energy to operate and cool, leading to carbon emissions. Being an international player in a services business incurs travel for operations, services, and sales.

Hence, continuous focus on smart travel and good hosting partners remains vital for us to continue focusing on sustainability and reducing our environmental impact.

Zalaris is dedicated to sustainability and reducing our environmental impact. We use cloud computing as a way to offer our products and services to our customers, while minimising our resource consumption and carbon footprint. Cloud computing is a technology that lets you access data and applications over the internet, instead of storing them on your own devices or servers. This has many benefits for your business and your customers, such as lower costs, higher convenience, better security, and faster performance.

We also select our hosting partners carefully, based on their environmental performance and their use of renewable energy sources. We aim to use mainly green grid power for our locations, and we actively look for the best available sources of green electricity.

However, we are conscious that cloud computing is not a flawless solution, and that it still has some environmental challenges. For instance, data centers still require a lot of energy to run and cool, and being an international player in a services business still requires some travel for operations, services, and sales. Therefore, we constantly focus on smart travel and good hosting partners, as well as other ways to enhance our sustainability and reduce our environmental impact.

Cloud computing empowers you to optimise resources and adapt them to your needs, by aligning your resource consumption with your demand and shrinking your energy use and environmental footprint.

Through cloud computing we enable the possibility of doing everything online, from anywhere, anytime, using any device; thereby saving time, money, and emissions, and making our business more convenient and eco-friendly. We think that cloud computing can be a great tool for environmental protection, and we are glad to be part of this movement.

Being an international organisation, there are several variable factors across different countries, regions, and even utilities which make it hard to compare the CO2 emissions from electricity generation in a consistent and reliable way. Some of the factors include:

• The methods used to estimate the emissions, which can differ from one source to another.
• The types of energy sources used to generate electricity, which can range from fossil fuels to renewables.
• The time of the year and the day when the electricity is generated, which can influence the demand and the supply of electricity.
• The availability and quality of the data, which can be incomplete or outdated.
• The allocation of the emissions, which can depend on how the electricity is distributed and consumed.

However, despite these challenges, we have established a baseline for our Scope 2 emissions, which are the emissions from the electricity that we purchase and use for our operations. We have used the best available data and methods to estimate our Scope 2 emissions, based on the input from all our locations. This baseline will help us monitor our progress and continue to reduce our carbon footprint from electricity generation.

Zalaris operates as a worldwide IT and consulting firm. Our primary goal is to support our clients in achieving their objectives, regardless of their geographical location. Our journey encompasses diverse modes of transportation, ranging from air travel to road trips. However, we acknowledge that travel carries a price—not only monetarily, but also for our planet.

Zalaris makes every effort to choose sustainable travel options wherever possible, relying on online meetings as our primary form of collaboration across countries.

Zalaris has etched a bold ambition - to become Net Zero by the year 2040. This is not merely a target, but a testament to our unwavering commitment to shrink our carbon footprint. Even as we navigate the intricate landscape of HR and payroll services, we acknowledge our environmental impact. Our operations have both observable and hidden impacts on the environment. However, we actively strive for transformation rather than merely being bystanders to these effects.

• The operations of our data centre providers are driven by renewable energy, with lower CO2 emissions. We have a relatively low upstream impact due to our smaller scale. Our goal is to acquire actual power usage data from our providers so we can track this metric more closely.
• Swift changes in climate due to greenhouse gases present dangers that we must acknowledge and address our activities face the harsh impacts of heat, wind, and deluge and our business plans need to adapt to the changing climate.
• Striving for Net Zero, we go beyond merely reducing our carbon emissions to nothing. We stand hand in hand with the world, joining a global chorus to combat climate change and adding our verse to the symphony of sustainability.

Our Net Zero target isn’t just a goal; it’s a message — a beacon of our environmental responsibility. It serves as a clarion call to our stakeholders, resonating with our commitment to environmental stewardship. We are not passive observers; we actively engage, rolling up our sleeves to tackle environmental challenges head-on.


Zalaris Net Zero by 2040