Cafeyn: Expanding in the media industry with greener operations and diverse leadership

Cafeyn is a leading European digital media streaming platform founded in 2006, offering unlimited access to local and international press and magazines, content, articles, and children’s educational entertainment in a dynamic format.

Cafeyn seeks to embed ESG into its value proposition by promoting local and independent journalism to improve business integrity in the media industry and to contribute to protecting democracies.

ESG Key Performance Indicators

Cafeyn executed on several ESG commitments in 2022 while continuing to expand its global presence. Notably, Cafeyn took steps to green its operations and delivered on a strategic goal to improve gender diversity in leadership positions. 2022 highlights include: 

Climate action

Took meaningful action to reduce operational emissions by procuring 100% renewable electricity for its Paris headquarters and Utrecht, Netherlands office.

Cafeyn further expanded the scope and methodology of its Scope 3 calculation; while leading to a significant emissions increase, the company has flagged it as a priority area and it has already deployed low carbon cloud solution for data storage as one mitigation lever.

Social impact & stakeholder engagement

Contributed to the fight against ‘fake news’ through the promotion and support of independent journalism for future generations. 

Future focus

Progress towards carbon neutrality via data centre consumption reduction, travel policy optimisation, and expansion of renewable electricity in offices.

Improve benefits and inclusion programmes, such as parental leave and free nursery places, to retain a diverse workforce.