More than 100 companies have joined the Tech Zero taskforce, an important milestone for the initiative which asks tech companies to cut their carbon emissions.

New members include financial services comparison site Confused.com, ‘wonky veg’ delivery scheme Oddbox, My Wardrobe HQ, a fashion rental platform, and car sales aggregator Auto Trader.

Among other signatories these companies have committed to measuring and publishing their carbon emissions, publicly setting a climate action plan with clear, ambitious targets, appointing an executive to be accountable for the net-zero plan, and communicating their climate commitments to customers and reporting on progress.

The Tech Zero taskforce aims to accelerate progress towards net-zero in the tech sector as a collective so that businesses across the UK don’t have to grapple with the challenge of cutting their carbon emissions on their own. The taskforce has also launched the Tech Zero Toolkit, to make it easier for companies to measure their emissions and set a net zero plan.

The Tech Zero taskforce is also working in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the government’s Council for Sustainable Business, and the UK’s Net Zero Business Champion, Andrew Griffith MP to boost green investment and help UK tech companies grow. The taskforce is a partner of the UN’s Race to Zero campaign, which rallies leadership and support from the leading net zero initiatives.

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