We continue to delight 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.
Reduction
in Energy Usage
from 2022 to 2023
Square Feet
of Paper Saved in 2023
Of Manufacturing Waste
Diverted from Landfill
in 2023
Pounds of Material
Repurposed & Donated
in 2023
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 2024 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 26,000 yards of this recycled canvas to customers.
Shutterfly’s manufacturing operations are the primary source of our energy use, accounting for 59% of our Scope 1 and 2 emissions. In 2023, 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. This effort reduced energy consumption in our pilot site by 7%.
We have also adopted certain other best practices in our facilities. In the buildings and facilities where we have operational control, our standard practice is to use an automated building management system with lighting timers and sensors, and climate control settings. The facilities teams at our manufacturing sites conduct energy audits at least annually. Additionally, twice a year we work with third-party energy vendors to participate in joint audits. These regular checkpoints help us pinpoint any problems and identify ways to implement more energy efficiency measures.
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.
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