Dustin helps companies to measure their climate impact – launches carbon calculator

Dustin, a leading online-based IT partner in the Nordics and the Benelux, is now launching a carbon calculator, which will help companies to gain a more accurate assessment of their IT products’ climate footprint.

- It can be difficult to gain an overview of one’s own climate impact and to know what to do to reduce it, not least for many small and medium-sized businesses who don’t have these types of resources. With our carbon calculator, we want to make it easier to understand and to gain an overview of the climate impact of IT products. Once you have the knowledge, it is possible to take action, says Pontus Cederberg, VP SMB Relation Sales Nordic Dustin.

The carbon calculator is a free service that is available on Dustin’s website. It is easy to use and by clicking on the type and number of IT product, it is possible to immediately obtain an estimate of the carbon footprint of IT devices throughout their life cycle.

- Our ambition is to have zero climate impact in the value chain by 2030 and to be entirely circular. One of the steps towards this target is to drive development forward throughout the value chain, for example, by helping our customers to reduce their emissions. We see that the carbon calculator provides an opportunity for this and also demonstrates that it is possible to reduce climate impact by using, for example, end-of-life returns services, re-use and by choosing environmentally labelled IT products, says Pontus Cederberg, Dustin.

About the carbon calculator

• The calculator provides an estimate (rather than exact figures) of the carbon footprint of various IT products for their entire life cycle.

• The computations are based on an average life cycle analysis in kg CO₂e, for the most common categories of IT products. The data is provided by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and is from 2020.

• The estimates can vary between 50 and 100 kg CO₂e when comparing a certain device model with average estimates for the device category. The result may also vary compared with the suppliers’ own life cycle analyses due to different calculation methods.