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Going green? Gojek reports 1.04m tons carbon footprint in 2020, aims for 2030 net zero
The country's first decacorn aims to phase out all fossil fuel-powered vehicles and replace them with electric vehicles to fulfill its 2030 net zero goal; a tall order, since it does not own the vehicles its drivers use.
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Gojek's transportation and logistics services contributed almost 95 percent of the company's carbon footprint in 2020, according to its first sustainability report. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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n-demand services and e-payment superapp Gojek has submitted self-reported emissions for 2020 totaling 1.04 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in its first step toward achieving net zero emissions by 2030.
Of the total figure, 94.7 percent of emissions came from the company’s logistics and transportation service brands like GoRide, GoCar and GoFood, which were powered by an armada of millions of fossil fuel-powered vehicles, according to Gojek’s first annual sustainability report.
The second largest contributor to Gojek’s carbon footprint was 53,794 CO2e from goods and service purchases.
The sustainability report was prepared according to the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), among the top two sustainability reporting standards organizations in the world.
“As a company, we have a very significant carbon footprint,” Gojek co-CEO Kevin Aluwi told a virtual press conference last Friday, May 30.
Indonesia’s first decacorn follows in the footsteps of global tech giants Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, which have all announced their commitment to net zero emissions in recent years, as member countries of the landmark Paris Agreement near their respective emissions deadlines.
Indonesia has committed to a nationally determined contribution (NDC) of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 29 percent under a business as usual (BAU) scenario by 2030.
