Energy and Climate
Social and Environmental Responsibility at Okta / Energy and Climate
Energy and climate
- Right sizing our global workplace footprint
- Selecting office sites that are easily accessible by public transit to reduce the environmental impact of employee commuting
- Building out all new direct leased offices to both the LEED Silver and WELL Silver standards as a minimum
- Sharing resources with employees to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions, such as the Dynamic Work Sustainability Guide
- Developing resources for employees to travel more sustainably including considering meeting virtually vs. in person, bundling trips to reduce the number of trips, taking car or train (vs. plane) when possible, etc.
- Asking existing property managers of our leased offices to electrify equipment at end of life, report on refrigerant usage, and opt their building into 100% renewable electricity with their utility
- Adding sustainability criteria, including all-electric buildings where available, to Okta’s new site selection criteria
- Providing employees with information about opting their residences into 100% renewable utility programs
- Purchasing renewable electricity certificates (RECs) annually to match 100% of our electricity consumption from our offices, our remote workforce, and cloud services with renewable electricity
- Okta purchases RECs that have a social benefit, such as supporting public schools and community-based solar for low and moderate income communities
- Purchasing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and joining the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA), whose mission is to accelerate the path to carbon-neutral air transport by driving investment in SAF, catalyzing new and additional SAF production and technological innovation, and supporting member engagement in policy making2
- Collaborating with other members of the Business Council on Climate Change (BC3), with whom we’ve developed two guides encouraging vendor action on climate to (1) conduct a GHG emissions inventory and to set targets, and (2) achieve emissions reductions targets
- Engaging directly with our vendors to offer resources/support