Respecting and preserving the environment

At MasterCard, we are responsibly managing our overall environmental footprint by focusing on three areas – energy conservation, recycling and pollution control.

Facilities

• LEED Gold and Silver certifications at all of our owned buildings.
• Complete use of hydroelectric power at our European headquarters, which has significantly reduced our GHG emissions in Europe.
• Relocation or reconfigurations of our offices to next-generation buildings or practices, including a 20% reduction in energy usage and GHG emissions in our Asia-Pacific offices.
• A 50% reduction in waste generated in our owned facilities through effective recycling and waste reduction.

Employees

• Employee-led Environmental Action Teams at nine locations worldwide are working to increase environmental awareness.
• By encouraging double-sided, black and white printing in our offices, we have reduced the number of pages printed by 33 million since 2009. 
• In Europe, our efforts to reduce carbon emissions include a bicycle allowance and a company car policy that factors the car's carbon footprint into employees' taxation.
• At our U.S. headquarters, we provide car charging stations, shuttle bus service and an employee garden with composting and honey bee hives.