Responsibility

We take our responsibilities to our employees and community seriously. We have focused our efforts in developing an environmentally sustainable business by:

zero carbon emissions
metro travel subsidies for our staff
a commitment to reuse or recycle when needed

Zero carbon emissions

In late 2007, Irides made a commitment to run our business without CO2 emissions. Since then, we have emitted no CO2 from the day-to-day operations of our data center. No CO2 from the electricity to power our servers. No CO2 from our network infrastructure. No CO2 from the electricity to cool our data centers. No CO2 from our back-office operations.

We do this through the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits. These ensure that the electricity we use comes from CO2 free resources such as wind turbines. In 2009, Irides was recognized for its 100% green power use by Arlington County's environmental program FreshAIRE.

Are we perfect? Definitely not. But we are trying and want to do more, whether it is encouraging the use of environmentally sound servers, supporting our metro subsidy program for employees or flexible working schedules that reduce commute time and allow regular telecommuting.

Find out more about Irides' environmental commitment here.