Our carbon footprint grew this quarter. Here's what we did about it.

Q2 numbers are in: we offset 706.16 tonnes of CO₂. That's up from last quarter, and it tracks. We launched Shift AI plus a run of fast follows, and more people browsing on Shift, which means a bigger footprint. We offset your carbon footprint by investing in Great Bear Rainforest Project and supporting low-carbon cement production in the U.S. This also ties into our Impact Grant, $25k in unrestricted funding each year for an early-stage team working on climate tech. Last year's pick, FireSwarm Solutions, went from a small wildfire drone startup to a NATO DIANA participant within a year, and this year, we’re supporting PhyCo, a marine biotechnology company developing home-compostable biomaterials from cultivated and invasive seaweed.

It's also worth noting that a lot of the industry has quietly backed off this stuff. A 2025 report from NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch called out Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet's climate strategies as poor, and overall climate coverage has dropped 38% from its 2021 peak. But we know how important this is, and we're keeping our pace regardless, measured and verified the same way each quarter.

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