Environmental
We continue to make everything personal for our customers around the world while owning our responsibility for protecting our planet’s resources. This includes quantifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from our operations and across our value chain. It also encompasses developing products more responsibly, reducing and recycling the waste they generate and decreasing the impact of our product lifecycle.
Highlights
5%
Reduction in Scope 1+2 GHG emissions from 2024 to 2025
5%
Increase in recycled material from 2024 to 2025 (in tons)
$35,000
Of material repurposed and donated in 2025
>90%
Of Shutterfly packaging units could be recycled via curbside or drop-off programs
Products Responsibility
We have taken steps to minimize product lifecycle impacts along all stages, including design, materials sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and packaging, product use and end-of-life disposal.
Sourcing from well-managed forests and mills that take their environmental impacts seriously is one of our priorities. See more about our commitment to responsible sourcing in the 2026 Purpose & Impact Report. Our paper products are also printed with inks and coatings that are compatible with recycling programs.
We have also started looking at opportunities to provide circular products that incorporate recycled material, such as Spoonflower REPREVE®, recycled canvas, which is made from recycled bottles. In 2023, we shipped 54,800 yards of this recycled canvas to customers.
Climate & Energy Use
Shutterfly’s manufacturing operations are the primary source of our energy use, accounting for >50% of our Scope 1 and 2 emissions. In 2025, we took steps to implement more efficient processes in our manufacturing facilities, such as reducing the amount of time large machinery stays on when not in use, energy efficient lighting, and consolidating our operating footprint.
We have also adopted certain other best practices in our facilities. Facilities teams at our manufacturing sites conduct energy audits at least annually. These regular checkpoints help us pinpoint any problems and identify ways to implement more energy efficiency measures.
Increase Recycling and Reduce Waste
In 2025, Shutterfly’s manufacturing platform achieved a 50% diversion rate, meaning out of all the waste that resulted from creating products, half ended up in a landfill or incinerator.
Because so much of our industrial waste can be recycled, we take extra care to reinforce good recycling practices through on-the-job training, signage and audits across all of our manufacturing sites. While we know these best practices are important and contribute to our high recycling rate, we aim to reduce the amount of waste created in the first place. For example, we optimize our printing batch size to minimize partially-printed sheets while maintaining high print quality.
As a manufacturer, we accumulate unique process waste that can have qualities that make recycling a challenge, such as large-format toner cartridges made of a combination of plastic and aluminum. We collaborate with our supply chain partners to test and support recycling options for these materials.
Addressing GHG Emissions
Shutterfly recognizes the impacts tied to increased Greenhouse Gas emissions and has taken on the responsibility of tracking and addressing these emissions.
In 2025, we took action to have our emissions inventory audited and assured by a third party for the first time to proactively prepare for state and federal requirements. we continue to look for opportunities to reduce our GHG footprint through operations that we directly control, while also working in partnership with our suppliers to address value chain emissions.
Material Donation Program
Manufacturing our products can result in usable scrap materials, and we take care to avoid wasting them. In 2023, Shutterfly donated more than 130,000 pounds of material including paper, fabric, wallpaper, picture frames and home décor items. These went to places such as Kids In Need Foundation, an organization that provides supplies to under-resourced teachers and students, and Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores, as well as a number of local creative reuse nonprofits like Tempe’s Treasures 4 Teachers.
