Case Study: Pinterest achieves 100% renewable energy and reduced cloud emissions with Watershed

How Pinterest achieved 100% renewable energy and optimized its cloud emissions

Pinterest partnered with Watershed to build and scale its sustainability program as the company worked to better understand and reduce its carbon footprint. Using the Watershed platform and Watershed Supply Chain, Pinterest needed a way to accurately measure emissions, communicate progress to senior leaders with different priorities, and set credible climate goals across its global business.

With Watershed, Pinterest measured emissions back to a 2019 baseline, set and achieved 100% renewable electricity for its global offices, and established near-term science-based targets. The company also used Watershed to optimize AWS infrastructure and reduce scope 3 emissions, resulting in a 39% decrease in absolute emissions in 2023 versus the 2019 baseline and a 62% reduction in carbon emissions per AWS query.

Pinterest

Mia Ketterling

Global Sustainability Lead