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UpCloud ESG Program
Introduction
Striving towards a better world
This is the home page of UpCloud’s Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) program.
Our commitment to improving the world around us goes back to the founding of UpCloud. We’ve always made a conscious effort to operate sustainably – from the renewable energy we use to power our data centers, to ensuring gender pay parity within our organization. We are determined to play our part as we strive towards a better world.
We hope you find this page informative. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions or suggestions on how we can keep improving.
Environment
We are in the business of delivering IaaS and PaaS solutions, which results in a comparatively modest environmental footprint. The largest portion of our environmental footprint comes from our energy usage across co-located data centers, office facilities, and business travel.
We are committed to operating responsibly and continuously seeking opportunities to reduce our environmental impact. From choosing renewable energy sources in our data centers whenever possible to optimizing the energy efficiency of our technology, we’re integrating environmental considerations into the way we grow and innovate.
We want to create full transparency into the environmental impact of our actions, starting with calculating our carbon footprint with the widest possible framework – including scope 1, 2, and 3 according to GHG Protocol Corporate Standard.
Social
Our social commitments cover employee wellbeing, community engagement, and supporting open source software development.
20+
Different nationalities based in 16 different countries
100%
gender pay parity in Finland
6 weeks
vacation per year
Employee wellbeing
We’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees and offer a variety of programs to support their physical and mental health. This includes offering extra weeks of vacation, family days, company retreats, and team activity days. Our comprehensive health care services include mental health care services. We trust our employees to choose where and how to deliver their work successfully. Hybrid work is the norm for all our teams and many of us work also fully remotely.
We believe in fostering a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We’re committed to maintaining a high Inclusion Experience score and providing DEI training to all employees. We’re also determined to maintaining gender pay parity.
Community engagement
We’re actively involved in our community and support initiatives that make a positive impact, including donating end-of-life devices to schools and hosting campaigns offering free credits for students to use our platform – promoting educational and technological advancements. We are also empowering selected non-profit organizations by sponsoring hosting their websites on UpCloud.
We prefer to utilize open-source projects as much as possible in our development work, and regularly sponsor start-up hackathons and host events as a way for us to stay connected with our fellow tech enthusiasts. We also support open-source contributions to UpCloud’s product stack.