Working for a sustainable future in everything from office leases to packaging.
Each day we see how the actions of our ancestors can have a profound impact on the present and the future. We know that sustainable business practices are vital for the well-being of future generations, and we’re taking strategic measures to create a more sustainable world.
Ancestry is committed to reducing our emissions by 15% by 2025, and we’re looking across the organization and supply chain to reach that goal.
We’ve implemented a Supply Chain Code of Conduct, an ESG policy that covers supply chain roles, expectations and responsibilities.
We’re working with landlords and employees in each of our largest office locations to cut emissions and waste:
Ancestry is proud to sponsor California Clean Air Day, a project of the Coalition for Clean Air. Clean Air Day is a unified day of action when individuals and organizations commit to do their part to clear the air. As a sponsor, Ancestry encourages our employees to also take a personal pledge to make simple changes to help clean the air in our community.
The UCAIR works to improve Utah’s air quality through education, grants, and partnerships with a wide variety of organizations. As a UCAIR partner, Ancestry is committing its resources to help empower individuals, businesses, and communities with the education and tools to make changes to improve Utah’s air.
In Lehi, Utah, Ancestry’s corporate office with 250,000 square feet of space spread over four floors, our focus was sustainability from the start. We built the office with Silver LEED certification (based on our green building strategies), efficient LED lighting, and eight EV chargers. To reduce water consumption, we use native plants and turned off 75% of our irrigation system. To help keep emissions down, we have partnered with other companies for employee shuttles, and make it easy for employees to bike to work by providing showers and bike storage.
We have made great strides in our San Francisco office to better manage and reduce waste. Through our ongoing waste campaign and collaboration with San Francisco Recology, we have eliminated all plastics, implemented a centralized waste system, and established in-office composting.
By vacating our Salt Lake City data center in 2019, we’ve eliminated about 1,500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day (1.1 metric tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent – (CDE)). In the two years since we shut that office, that adds up to 547,500 kWH or 388 metric tons of CDE eliminated.