Fiverr Releases its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report
August 07 2024 - 3:30PM
Fiverr International Ltd. (NYSE: FVRR), the company that is
changing how the world works together, released its 2023
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, detailing the
actions taken in 2023 to ensure a more sustainable future and
introducing new goals that are aligned with Fiverr’s key pillars
and overall mission. Fiverr’s efforts around sustainability are an
extension of the company’s core values and its culture of
empowerment. Additionally, the company has aligned itself with six
of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals towards which
its actions and initiatives can have the greatest impact: Quality
Education; Affordable and Clean Energy; Gender Equality; Decent
Work and Economic Growth; Reduced Inequalities; and Climate Action.
“I am pleased with the progress that Fiverr has made over the
last three years as we have laid out our ESG goals,” said Micha
Kaufman, founder and CEO of Fiverr. “In a dynamic and ever-changing
world, with evolving challenges, it is important that Fiverr
continues to demonstrate its commitment to the global community,
through these impact-driven initiatives that take us a step closer
to greater equity. Our ESG goals are at the heart of how we think
about business, about creating opportunity globally and doing what
we can to ensure a greener, cleaner world for everyone.”
Highlights from the report include:
ESG Goals
We created a detailed roadmap of ESG Goals that are aligned with
our key pillars and integrate with our overall mission in the
following fields:
- Leveraging Fiverr's resources and platform to generate
meaningful social impact.
- Creating a more empowered and engaged workforce at Fiverr.
- Committing to being carbon-neutral across our business
operations by 2030.
Creating Fair Economic and Social Opportunities:
- We celebrated the second International Freelancer Day in
October to honor and celebrate freelancers across the globe.
- We introduced the Freelance Community Impact Grant Program,
where we collaborated with five esteemed nonprofit and
community-based organizations.
- We launched a Social Impact Hub to have a dedicated space to
discover how we’re empowering our community.
- We hosted over 186 global community events, where over 23K
community members attended.
- We hosted various events for the Heritage Month celebrations,
where we honor diversity.
- We continued with our programs for underrepresented
entrepreneurs where we provided them with tools as well as grants
totaling more than $350K - Future Collective Program, Ideatorr,
Female Founder Competition and we also continued with our Digital
Workforce Development Initiatives, such as - Fiverr Empower and
Fiverr for All.
- Through our philanthropic
foundation, Colors, we partnered with over 50 organizations and
donated over $900K to global nonprofit organizations.
Marketplace Integrity and Ethics:
- We introduced a new seller verification process intended to
keep Fiverr as a safe place for our community.
- We held our second Cyber and
Privacy Training Week to help take members of our team’s
understanding of cyber security and privacy to a higher level.
Empowering Our People:
- Reflective of our commitment to our
employees, we achieved through our employee engagement survey an
84% favorable rating from our workforce on topics ranging from
alignment with leadership to enablement and professional
development.
- We continue to promote gender diversity with 51% of our global
team and 50% of our senior management identifying as females.
- We administered tailored management programs for 92 front line
managers tailored to the managers' population needs.
- We remain committed to enhancing
workforce diversity as 38% of our U.S. employees identified as
diverse in 2023, up from 33% the previous year.
Climate Change:
- Starting January 2024, 50% of electricity usage at our
headquarters is provided from renewable energy sources.
- Our overall emissions for 2023 in scope 1 & 2 decreased by
22% compared to 2022 and by 36% from 2020.
- We took further steps to reduce our
waste, and had recycling programs for electronic waste, batteries,
paper and bottles.
Please find the full report here for more details about these
and other initiatives.
About Fiverr
Fiverr’s mission is to change how the world works together. We
exist to democratize access to talent and to provide talent with
access to opportunities so anyone can grow their business, brand,
or dreams. From small businesses to Fortune 500, around 4 million
customers worldwide worked with freelance talent on Fiverr in the
past year, ensuring their workforces remain flexible, adaptive, and
agile. With Fiverr Business Solutions, large companies can find the
right talent and tools, tailored to their needs to help them thrive
and grow. On Fiverr, you can find over 700 skills, ranging from
programming to 3D design, digital marketing to content creation,
from video animation to architecture.
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Press ContactSiobhan
Aalderspress@fiverr.com
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