Sustainability · Build v1.3

The ten-year posture.

Sustainability at Wouessi isn’t a marketing frame; it’s a decade of operating decisions. We graduated from the AstraZeneca Sustainability Accelerator Program in 2025, ran the curriculum against our own playbook, and emerged with a clearer roadmap and a sharper honesty about what we’ve actually earned the right to claim.

Where we are today

Carbon-aware hosting

Serverless first, caching over compute, green-energy regions. Efficiency is the first climate choice on every stack.

Remote-first operations

Distributed by design. Travel is approved, not defaulted. The single biggest Scope 3 line is cut by 70%.

Responsible AI

Small models when small models work. Every AI feature ships with a cost, energy and accuracy measurement.

Paperless delivery

Digital intake, digital proofs, e-sign. No printed decks. No shipped swag we don’t have to ship.

Supplier diversity

CAMSC-certified. Our partner bench is intentionally diverse, and we report on where our spend goes.

Workforce equity

Priority hiring for Indigenous, Northern, and underrepresented candidates — on every cohort.

Training as climate strategy

500+ learners upskilled to date. Local talent building local systems is a decarbonising move.

Transparent governance

Board-overseen, founder-led. Decisions close to the work, reporting close to the board.

2026 roadmap — what we’re working on next

Short-term · 6 mo

ESG baseline

Publish a first formal disclosure covering Scope 1, 2, and partial 3. No greenwashing — we’ll say what we don’t know.

Short-term · 6 mo

SDG alignment audit

Map our engagements to SDG 4 (education), 8 (decent work), 9 (industry/innovation), and 10 (reduced inequality).

Mid-term · 12 mo

B Corp assessment

Complete the B Impact Assessment as an internal readiness benchmark; certification submission targeted for 2027.

Mid-term · 12 mo

Supplier diversity extension

Extend CAMSC practices to our partner bench — with quarterly spend reporting.

Long-term · 24 mo

Net-zero by 2035 commitment

Full Scope 1–3 with credible offset partners. Ambition sized to what we can actually prove.

Always

Publish what we measure

An annual, public sustainability report with methodology, not marketing.

Running now
Riipen Sustainability Roadmap & Storytelling Project. A live engagement with student teams benchmarking Wouessi against industry standards, proposing a phased sustainability roadmap, and helping us craft our narrative for web, social and stakeholder communications. Expected deliverables: Sustainability Research Report, phased roadmap, sustainability narrative, implementation recommendations.
“We’d rather publish a small true number than a big false one. Sustainability is the one area where credibility compounds and gossip kills.”Wouessi — Sustainability principle