Sustainable solutions: A year in review

As we round out the year at Raspberry Pi, we’re reflecting on the work we’ve done to become more sustainable. Guided by our principles for sustainability, this year has seen us try new solutions and even gain some industry recognition, bolstering our commitment to making high-performance, low-cost computing products in an environmentally responsible way.

Laying the foundations: a year to build on

Improvements to our operations have been significant. Since January, we’ve detailed how intrusive reflow soldering has boosted our manufacturing efficiency, directly reducing our carbon footprint; how our ongoing efforts to reduce packaging continue to minimise waste, ensuring that our physical impact is as low as possible; and how expanding our carbon removal initiative through our partnership with UNDO is helping to permanently remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. Here, we introduced a new product, Raspberry Pi Carbon Removal Credits. Each credit mitigates the emissions associated with the manufacture and disposal of one modern Raspberry Pi.

We have also continued to celebrate receiving the London Stock Exchange’s Green Economy Mark, a prestigious award recognising that over 50% of our revenue comes from products and services with a positive environmental impact. The mark underscores how our dedication to accessible technology goes hand in hand with being environmentally conscious.

Underpinning all these efforts is our ongoing commitment to longevity. Designing products that last longer amplifies the impact of our other work to reduce electronic waste, and provides sustainable (not to mention functional) advantages to our industrial and home users.

What comes next

Our work is far from finished. With plans to improve our lifetime carbon analysis in the new year, we’re aiming to be more transparent as we become more sustainable, sharing our progress on the recently launched Raspberry Pi sustainability portal. This will serve as the main repository for information about our sustainability going forward. We encourage anyone who would like to stay up to date with our work in this area to take a look.

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