A collaborative effort that will develop inclusive payment systems to support small-scale farmers and poor families.
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.