Help & FAQs

You can join here. To join Tech Zero you'll need to sign up to the Tech Zero commitments, and report annually on your progress. It’s completely free to join.

When you join, you’ll be a ‘Pending’ member. Once you’ve met the Tech Zero commitments, you’ll become a full member and added as a member of the UN’s Race to Zero. 

This pending status can apply for up to 12 months. If you do not publish a net zero plan within this time, you’ll need to reapply to Tech Zero.

Pending members still have access to Tech Zero’s community and resources, but will not be members of the Race to Zero until they have published their emissions and plan.  Some events and opportunities may only be accessed by full members.

Companies who join Tech Zero commit to measure their total emissions and set an ambitious net zero target within 12 months of joining.

Companies also commit to:

• Annually measure and publish all scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions.

• Publish their net zero action plan within a year of joining Tech Zero. This plan should include a net zero target date, and short targets laying out what you hope to achieve in the next 12 months, 2-3 years, and before 2030. You should aim to halve emissions by 2030 across all scopes.

• Appoint a member of the executive team to be responsible and accountable for their net zero target.

• Publicly communicate climate commitments and progress to net zero in meaningful ways, including on their website, to their Board, and to customers.

Our commitments align with the UN's Race to Zero campaign, which asks companies to:

• Pledge - Tech Zero members commit to measuring their emissions and setting a net zero target that’s no later than 2050

• Plan - Tech Zero members must have a net zero plan in place within 12 months of joining. This should include what actions will be taken in the next 12 months, the next 2-3 years, and by 2030

• Proceed - Tech Zero members must take immediate action to measure and reduce their emissions

• Publish - along with publicly publishing their net zero plan, members should communicate climate commitments in other meaningful ways, including to customers and suppliers

• Persuade - Tech Zero members should engage with others outside their organisation to inspire others in their community or sphere of influence to take action

The Race to Zero is a global campaign to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions, investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates decent jobs and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth. 

Designed by experts and following the latest climate science, Race to Zero is the only credible way to halve emissions by 2030 and transition to a zero carbon economy. If a zero emissions target doesn't meet the Race to Zero criteria, it's missing the mark.

All partners are committed to the same overarching goal: halving emissions by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions as soon as possible.

Individual companies join the Race to Zero by signing up to a Race to Zero partner initiative. Partners go through a stringent application process, reviewed by a peer review group of climate experts.

Now that Tech Zero is an official partner, companies who make the Tech Zero commitments will also join the Race. This means companies who join Tech Zero will also be part of the largest global alliance credibly committed to climate action.

We know 'technology' is a wide-ranging term, and our signatories range from hardware manufacturers to online retailers - any business who uses tech to deliver their product or service.

Basically, we allow companies to decide for themselves if they're a 'tech company'.

We know it can be difficult to know where to start. So we've created the Tech Zero toolkit, which demystifies climate jargon and makes it easy for companies of all sizes to set a net zero plan.

Once you join Tech Zero, you'll have access to many other resources, including a net zero plan template that sets out everything you'll need to include.

We take accountability seriously and are dedicated to tracking members’ progress against their commitments. We check in every 6 months to see how our members are going, and to offer help if they need it. 

We ask signatories to submit their plans, and check the details against the minimum criteria. If a company doesn’t meet all the commitments, we’ll provide feedback and ask them to update their plan as soon as possible. If no action is taken, they will need to reapply to Tech Zero, and their company description may be removed from the Tech Zero website.

Everyone’s talking about net zero, but it can be difficult to know where to start, especially when you’re trying to grow a business. We wanted to demystify climate jargon and make it easier for businesses of all sizes to reduce their emissions.

Our toolkit breaks down what companies need to do into three steps: measuring emissions, setting science-based targets, and reducing their emissions. And, our team is always here to help answer questions and direct you to the most relevant resources and services for your business.

Rather than grappling with the challenge of net zero on your own, you’ll be part of a huge network of companies committed to accelerating progress to net zero. We encourage signatories to share their experience and solutions, and we always highlight best practice and actions that others can follow.

Plus, many Tech Zero members are climate consultants who can help you measure your carbon footprint, set science-based targets, and help you take action to reduce your emissions.

Yes! You can't manage what you don't measure, so it's important that you still measure your emissions and report on how you're keeping them as low as possible. And you never know, you might uncover areas for improvement, or where you could be more efficient, save costs, and more!

Yes! You should still be measuring your carbon footprint and reporting it alongside all the great work you're doing and the emissions you're saving.

The Avoided Emissions Framework says that even if your company helps others to avoid emissions, you should still report on your efforts to reduce the emissions from your own operations.

This means you need to measure and report on your emissions, the actions you're taking to reduce them, as well as reporting on the avoided emissions that your company's enabled. These avoided emissions "should be clearly reported as separate from your own greenhouse gas emissions, and should not be subtracted from its own emissions.”

All companies are publishing their net zero targets on their own websites. We know that companies are at different stages of their net zero journey, and that technology companies work across very different industries. 

It goes without saying that companies will commit to net zero by 2050 at the absolute latest, and for many, much earlier.

We hope that by making it easier for companies to understand and commit to net zero, we’ll move the needle on the number of companies publishing credible net zero plans, and taking meaningful climate action. Already we've seen an average 34% emissions reduction among reporting members.

We’ve focused on establishing rigorous measurement, board accountability, and transparency, as these aspects are often missing from big net zero commitments.

The commitments are genuine, science-based and ambitious, and each business will be required to report annually on progress made so there’s rigorous accountability. .

Yes! Reaching net zero will be a different journey for every business. We want to be as inclusive as possible - to reach net zero everyone needs to get involved. 

We make sure to direct signatories to relevant guidance. Some guidance is intended for carbon-intensive or large companies, and won’t be relevant to SMEs, for example. Likewise, we won’t direct corporates to resources meant for small businesses. However, there is a lot of overlap in what companies need to do, which our commitments reflect: measure emissions, set science-based targets, and work on reducing emissions as far as possible.

Our commitments are ambitious but achievable, and businesses who join will need to start taking action straight away.