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Sustainability

What we are doing, and where we still fall short.

We make our own chips, hardware, operating system and software, so the footprint of all of it is on us. This page is our commitments and our real progress, including the parts that are not done yet.

Why this page reads plainly

We would rather tell you the truth than tell you a story. Some of the numbers below are good. Some are not where we want them, and we say so. We do not buy badges, we do not round up, and we will not call a product green because it ships in a brown box.

If a target slips, we leave the old date on the page next to the new one. You can hold us to that.

Energy

Our factories and data centers ran on about 68 percent renewable electricity last year, up from 54 percent the year before. The remaining 32 percent is mostly grid power in regions where clean supply is still limited, and we are honest that contracts and credits are not the same as a clean grid.

We are building two on-site solar arrays at our assembly sites to cut that gap, with the first expected to come online in late 2026. We report the real measured figure each year, not a projected one.

Materials

We publish a full parts list for every system we sell, down to the metals in the board. Today about 41 percent of the aluminum in our chassis is recycled, and all of our packaging is paper based with no plastic film or foam. We have not yet hit our goal of recycled tin and gold in solder, and that work is ongoing with our suppliers.

Repairability

A machine that lasts is the simplest way to lower its footprint. Every Calyraen laptop, workstation and server is built so the parts that wear out, the battery, the storage, the fans, can be replaced with a standard screwdriver. We sell those parts directly, we publish step by step repair guides for free, and we keep spares in stock for at least seven years after a model stops selling.

Powered by Calyraen OS, older machines keep getting security updates long after the warranty ends, so the hardware does not retire before it has to.

Take-back

When a Calyraen product reaches the end of its life, send it back to us and we will recycle it at no cost, including shipping. Working machines are wiped, refurbished and resold or donated. The rest is broken down so the metals and plastics go back into supply rather than landfill. In the last year we took back and processed about 19,000 units. We want that number higher, and the limiting factor right now is that too few people know the program exists.

What we have not figured out

Shipping is our hardest problem. Air freight is fast and dirty, sea freight is slow and clean, and we have not found a balance we are proud of. We are testing slower default shipping on non-urgent orders and will report what it changes.

We also do not yet have a clean answer for the energy our chips use over their lifetime in your hands. We can measure the factory. Measuring the field is harder, and we would rather admit that than publish a guess.

Questions, or want the full report?

We send the detailed annual breakdown to anyone who asks, suppliers, customers and critics alike. No form wall, no sales follow-up.

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