Digital companies are actively contributing to the global goal of achieving a carbon-free planet. They are making significant efforts such as purchasing renewable energy, investing in carbon removal, issuing green bonds, and advocating for environmental policies. Additionally, digital products and services are enabling emissions reductions in various sectors.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), through the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), and the
World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) have collaborated on a joint report titled
Greening Digital Companies 2026: Monitoring emissions and climate commitments. Now in its fifth edition, the report sheds light on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1, 2 and 3), energy consumption, climate commitments, and transition plans of 200 digital companies worldwide.
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Greening Digital Dashboard, powered by data from the Greening Digital Companies report. This interactive tool lets you track digital company performance on emissions, energy and renewables, targets and climate commitments.
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This is the fifth edition of the Greening Digital Companies report produced by the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) of ITU and WBA. ITU has been given the mandate to develop a programme in response to the challenges of climate change and the growing quantities of e-waste globally. It is involved in climate change activities including research, capacity building and development of international standards. In the ITU strategic plan for 2024-2027, target 2.5 aims for a significant improvement of the ICT sector's contribution to climate and environment action, as measured by concrete indicators including the global e-waste recycling rate and the contribution of telecommunications/ICTs to global GHG emissions.
WBA is a non-profit organization that assesses and ranks the performance of the world’s most influential companies on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Data in this report were collected as part of the WBA Digital Inclusion Benchmark, which assesses the world’s leading technology companies on their performance in enhancing access to digital technologies, improving digital skills, fostering trustworthy use, and innovating openly, inclusively and ethically. In addition, WBA produces the Climate and Energy Benchmark, which measures corporate progress against the Paris Agreement and covers 450 of the world’s most influential companies in high-emitting sectors such as the automotive, utilities, oil, gas and transport industries.