The Collaboration
Nordic Computer is a North Jutland-based company that helps customers extend the lifespan of their IT infrastructure. By acquiring, testing, delivering, and servicing used professional datacenter equipment, Nordic Computer gives existing hardware new life across Europe and beyond. This approach avoids the production of new equipment — a major climate benefit. Reducing the environmental impact of the IT industry is therefore built directly into Nordic Computer’s business model.
For some time, Nordic Computer has been able to offer estimates of the emissions customers can avoid by purchasing and extending the life of used equipment. As a next step toward full transparency, the company set out to prepare a climate report aligned with the CSRD directive’s climate standard, ESRS E1, which had been officially approved by the EU just one month prior.
The project began with a kickoff meeting where Leave a Mark’s sustainability expert, Lars Olesen, introduced the new climate standard. Nordic Computer shared their overall goals for the report, as well as specific needs and expectations. This formed the basis for jointly defining the scope of the project and setting a high-level timeline.
A key challenge posed by the ESRS E1 standard is the requirement to include Scope 3 emissions — meaning the full climate impact across the entire value chain must be accounted for. For Nordic Computer, this includes tracking the transportation of equipment and the usage phase at customer sites — two major contributors to their overall emissions profile. The standard also requires the definition of a concrete emissions reduction target, which is highly ambitious, as it involves changes across the full value chain.
Implementation of ESRS
Despite a tight timeline, Nordic Computer and Leave a Mark successfully addressed the challenges. After just three months, the climate report was completed and approved by the board of directors alongside the annual financial report.
Read more about Nordic Computer here.
