Minimizing the environmental impact of our operations
We work to understand and manage any existing or emerging risks to the environment that our business activities may pose. We are subject to federal, state, and local regulations and laws globally and we have procedures in place to ensure that we are compliant to all applicable environmental regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
We are committed to making a positive change by encouraging environmental sustainability practices within our operations and through our software. Increased productivity through our software can have environmental co-benefits including reduction in futile trips, optimized load configuration and the elimination of delays in intermodal transportation. Efficiency improvements also allow automation and the removal of numerous manual tasks.
As a software solutions provider, WiseTech is not directly involved in the manufacture or physical transportation of goods. While our global environmental footprint is relatively small across our operations, we are committed to reducing our environmental impacts where they exist.
We continue to explore best approaches to reduce our environmental footprint and mitigate our impacts, and improve our data collection, tracking, and reduction initiatives.
We report our environmental performance in our Annual Report.
Energy and emissions
We recognize that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and have a Net Zero objective for our global operations to be net zero carbon and our products to support customers to reduce emissions from global logistics and supply chains. As a software provider to emissions‑intensive industries, our climate approach addresses both the reduction of our operational emissions and development of product capabilities that support emissions reduction across our served markets.
We measure and report our Scope 1 and 2 emissions in line with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. We have reported selected Scope 3 emissions categories since FY23 and since FY25 all relevant Scope 3 categories aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard. Emissions data is released to market each August along with our financial results, as required by mandatory climate reporting in Australia. The latest annual emissions data for the business is reported in our Annual Report and summarized on our website here.
Measure and track our emissions → Offset 100% of carbon emissions from global operations1 → Improve our energy efficiency → Use 100% low or no emissions electricity → Net zero global operations1
1 Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
Waste
We recognize the importance of minimizing the waste we generate. The main sources of waste for WiseTech include waste from food and beverages consumed by our team members in offices and e-waste from IT hardware.
As a software business in the IT sector, our waste footprint is relatively low compared to other industries as we do not produce any goods or extract raw materials.
WiseTech works with partners to recover and recycle our e-waste such as desktops, laptops, servers, headsets, keyboards, mouses, docking stations and monitors.
Water
Water is an essential resource in both natural and built environments.
For co-located data centers sites we occupy, server cooling is typically facilitated by direct expansion-based cooling powered by electricity, free air cooling in which outside air is used passively, or chillers in which electricity cools a central plant which distributes cool water. Evaporative water cooling is not commonly used and if deployed it is typically used in limited locations such as switch rooms rather than server halls.