Helping Akamai Achieve Their Sustainability Targets

The Challenge: Balancing decarbonization goals & in-office experiences

• As Akamai works towards its ambitious sustainability goals — net-zero and 100% renewable energy by 2030 — it’s finding ways to make its offices more eco-friendly (and fun) for employees.

• One major area of opportunity was in Akamai’s kitchen and cafeterias. Hydration options included unflavored still water (too boring for most) and bottled sparkling beverages (really popular, but wasteful). This led to a pile up of single-use plastic and aluminum in the recycling bins day after day and a boring five-gallon jug system sitting idle in the corner.

The Fix: Upgrading to a smart water cooler

• By introducing Bevi’s water coolers, Akamai could eliminate single-use bottles and cans while still offering delicious flavored, sparkling, still, and enhanced cold and hot water options. Everybody wins.

• Akamai got their first Bevi in 2015, and have now expanded to five machines across the country.

The Victory Dance: Sustainability at a glance

• Since Bevi machines are connected to the internet, Akamai can monitor the total number of bottles and cans they save in real-time across their water cooler fleet; Akamai has already eliminated over 671,000 single-use containers thanks to Bevi.

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