Carbon Impact Report 2024: Driving Sustainability with Smart Charging

Sandy Neill, Addie Melvin, and David Cross present ev.energy's 2024 Carbon Impact Report, marking our fourth year of net-negative carbon emissions through smart charging.

At ev.energy, our goal has always been simple: empower every EV driver with smart charging to accelerate the transition to an affordable, zero-carbon energy future.

As part of our climate leadership, we are proud to share our 2024 Carbon Impact Report, highlighting our continued progress in measuring, managing, and reducing emissions across our operations.

Building on our 2023 efforts, this year we’ve taken a leap forward by partnering with Greenly, a global carbon management platform, to enhance the precision and scope of our carbon accounting following the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) protocol.

The Fourth Net-Negative Carbon Emissions Year for ev.energy

This year, ev.energy retained its status as a carbon-negative company, avoiding more carbon than we emitted. Here’s how it breaks down:

• 537 tCO₂e emitted across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions
• 760 tCO₂e avoided through smart charging on our platform
• 223 tCO₂e net reduction overall

That means our platform did more good for the planet, offsetting our our operational emissions.

New Carbon Impact Methodology Powered by Greenly

For the first time, ev.energy partnered with Greenly, a leading carbon accounting platform, to produce a full-scope GHG assessment based on the GHG Protocol.

Key improvements in 2024:

• 12% of emissions calculated from physical activity data (e.g., fuel use, kWh, commuting distances)
• The remaining emissions were calculated using expense-based estimation, mapped to emission factors from ADEME, Exiobase, IEA, eGRID, and Greenly’s proprietary database
• Emissions categorized across Scopes 1, 2, and 3, covering everything from AWS cloud computing usage to employee travel, food, and procurement

This improved accuracy enables a more targeted and actionable climate strategy while ensuring compliance with emerging sustainability disclosure regulations like the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Regulations Directive (CSRD).

Our Emission Sources

Travel and digital infrastructure remain our most significant emissions drivers. This year, we’ve gained greater visibility into cloud-based emissions, including AWS usage, IT hardware, and software provisioning. Below is a breakdown of our AWS carbon emissions.

ev.energy Smart Charging Avoids 760 tCO₂e

While we continue to reduce our internal emissions, the real climate impact of ev.energy is in the carbon we help our users avoid through smart charging.

In 2024, ev.energy’s platform enabled 760 tonnes of avoided CO₂e emissions by shifting EV charging away from high-carbon grid periods toward cleaner, low-carbon electricity — thanks to our ev.flex Virtual Power Plant (VPP), flexible load management programs, and collaboration with energy companies across Europe and North America.

Net Climate Impact

760 tCO₂e avoided – 537 tCO₂e emitted = 223 tCO₂e net-negative impact.

That means ev.energy was officially a carbon-negative company in 2024 — avoiding more emissions than we produced, for the fourth year running

A special thanks to our clients, partners, drivers, and supporters for achieving this with us.

Further Achievements and Initiatives

In 2024, ev.energy covered a lot of ground in the sustainability realm, both internally and externally. Some of our achievements and initiatives from the year include: 

• Recertifying as a B Corp with an improved score of 112. This represents a significant leap from our previous score of 88.8 in 2020.
• Hosting our inaugural Environmental Volunteering Week, which saw teams from around the globe unite in cities such as Edinburgh, London, New York, Portland, and San Diego to plant trees, clean parks and beaches, and learn about the effects of climate change.
• Implementing an Environmental and Climate Policy
• Drafting a Responsible Supply Chain Management Policy
• Running an Earth Month for staff, with competitions to reduce waste and environmental impact
• Introducing air quality monitoring for all our lab spaces globally
• Reaffirming alignment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) 7.2 and 9.4
• Making improvements to our platform to optimize EV charging alignment with renewable energy production and maximize CO2 emissions avoided in key managed EV charging programs. 

What’s Next

At ev.energy, our enduring goal is to work collaboratively with energy companies and hardware partners to unlock flexibility and accelerate decarbonization to meet GHG protocols. 

We believe climate leadership starts with transparency and accountability. As we continue to grow our impact through advanced smarter charging solutions, we’re also growing our commitment to a more sustainable future — one kilowatt-hour at a time.

In 2025, we will also:

• Expand our use of supplier-specific emission factors
• Launch internal training and engagement programs
• Formally launch our Responsible Supply Chain Management Policy
• Continue growing the number of drivers on our platform to grow our carbon emissions avoided through smart charging

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