Calculator carbon footprint digital

The FileVert calculator accompanies each transfer to measure the environmental impact of transfers by comparison with a standard digital scenario (email with attachments and long-term storage). It enables FileVert to compensate for emissions and provide precise metrics for your CSR reports.

Discover my carbon impact Understand the digital challenge

The FileVert carbon calculator translates each transfer into usage equivalent. It makes visible the real impact of digital technology. This approach seeks understanding and accountability, an environmental estimate based on real data and recognized standards.

FileVert helps companies feed their CSR approach with concrete data. Measurement as a means of reconciliation: performance, transparency and sustainability.

Learn more: FileVert Innovations | Useful, Efficient & Controlled

CSR Mission • Awareness

Why did we develop this calculator?

Our commitment to environmental transparency and digital sobriety education

Educate about digital impact

Digital represents 4% of global CO₂ emissions. We want to make this invisible impact visible and understandable for everyone.

Concrete equivalences (car, water, energy)
Transparent scientific data

Transparency for businesses

Support CSR strategies and environmental reporting with reliable and auditable metrics.

ADEME compatible metrics
Digital sobriety management support

Prove our savings

Concretely demonstrate the 98.5% CO₂ savings of FileVert vs traditional solutions.

Factual comparisons vs email/cloud
Measurable impact of our technical choices

Our conviction: The FileVert calculator accompanies each transfer to measure the environmental impact of transfers by comparison with a standard digital scenario (email with attachments and long-term storage). It enables FileVert to compensate for emissions and provide precise metrics for your CSR reports.

Discover our CSR impact

Measured impact of digital: Transparency above all

We publish our calculation methodology and sources for total transparency on the environmental impact of digital technology

Comparisons are made with a reference scenario based on long-term cloud storage and sending files by email, to make visible the orders of magnitude and sobriety levers.

Heavy email impact at limit (30 MB + multi-year storage)

30 MB email (upper limit) + 4 years storage - 2024-2025 Data

0.29

kWh

145

g CO₂

0.58

1.2

Why these numbers? Why these numbers? We show the impact of a complete email cycle (transit, replication and long-term storage) (145g = 105g sending + 40g 4-year storage).

FileVert link only impact (30 MB stored 2 days)

Link only - French servers 100% renewable - PUE 1.2

0.0063

kWh

0.36

g CO₂

0.001

mètres

FileVert reduces carbon impact by 99.8% thanks to temporary storage and 100% renewable energy.

Difference: 145g → 0.36g CO₂ = -99.8% carbon impact

Our commitment: Our commitment: Show you the reality of impacts before talking about savings. Digital sobriety starts with transparency.

How does FileVert measure and reduce the impact of your transfers?

Thanks to your daily use of FileVert, we are able to provide a CO₂ emissions report of data flows to our users.

In order to inform you of your digital carbon footprint and allow you to reduce it, we take into account two series of parameters anonymously for our estimates:

Data flow consumption

Transfer countries and their associated energy mixes
Transfer characteristics
Connection characteristics
Equipment characteristics
Average energy efficiency of European datacenters
Public carbon databases of equipment consumption and documentation*

Savings achieved through FileVert usage

Energy performance of our data center
Number of notifications and emails with attachments not sent thanks to FileVert
Transfer storage duration reductions
Reports and documentation*

Note: * International GHG reports and carbon database (ADEME), Public data (ARCEP), CSR and impact reports from FileVert providers.

Why this feature?

Because measuring your environmental impact is the first step towards digital sobriety

What we don't really see

Digital represents 4% of global emissions, projection 7% by 2025 (The Shift Project). Cloud storage generates 0.24 g CO₂e per GB stored/year (ADEME Base Carbone), but this pollution remains invisible to users.

• Hidden cloud storage emissions
• No measurement of real impact
• Impossible to manage without visibility
• Incomplete CSR reports without digital data

Our solution: Total transparency

FileVert estimates the carbon impact of each transfer with meaningful equivalences and data export for your sustainable development reports.

• Real-time automatic estimation
• Transparent and verifiable methodology
• Meaningful ecological equivalences
• Export for corporate CSR reports

Concrete benefits

Complete environmental visibility to drive your ecological transition

Real-time calculation

CO₂ impact calculated automatically for each transfer with transparent methodology

Ecological equivalences

Conversion to trees planted, car km avoided or kWh saved to raise awareness

98.7% reduction

Automatic comparison vs permanent storage to measure your carbon savings

Export for CSR reports

Excel/CSV formatted data for integration into your sustainable development reports

Practical case: 30 MB file

Discover the carbon impact difference between a FileVert transfer and an email with attachment

✅ RESPONSIBLE SOLUTION

FileVert Transfer

30 MB file via link

French server 100% renewable

Temporary storage (2 days)

Optimized PUE 1.2 (very efficient)

Automatic deletion

0.36 g CO₂

Total estimated impact

🌱 Equivalent:

3 meters by car

CLASSIC SOLUTION

Email Sending

30 MB attachment

Transit multiple SMTP + MTA servers

Permanent mailbox storage (2.5 years)

Average PUE 1.6 (less efficient)

Multiple replication/backup

145 g CO₂

Total estimated impact

🚗 Equivalent:

1.2 km by car

Comparison result

-99.8%

CO₂ emissions reduction

-144.6 g

CO₂ avoided per transfer

1.2 km

Car km avoided

Total Transparency

Calculation methodology aligned with environmental standards and CSR reporting requirements

Découvrez comment nous calculons précisément l'impact carbone de chaque solution

FileVert (0.36 g CO₂):

Upload + 2-day storage French server

PUE 1.2 + 100% renewable energy

1 download + automatic deletion

Email (145 g CO₂):

2024 methodology: 3.5g CO₂/MB + 4-year storage

Sending (105g) + permanent storage (40g)

Average PUE 1.6 + variable energy mix

Sources 2024-2025

Sources 2024-2025: FileVert Calculator (real data), Digital Carbon Impact Analysis 2024 (Sustainable Web Design, complete lifecycle), French energy mix 58g CO₂/kWh.

Detailed calculation

Heavy email at limit 30 MB = 105g (sending) + 40g (4-year storage) = 145g CO₂ complete cycle

Important note: Note: 30 MB represents the upper limit of email sending capacity (3.5g CO₂/MB - 2024 methodology)

FileVert vs Cloud Storage: Understand the difference

Discover why FileVert has reduced carbon impact compared to OneDrive, Google Drive and other global cloud storage

Classic Cloud Storage

Global replication: Your files copied across multiple continents
Permanent storage: OneDrive/Google Drive store indefinitely
Standard datacenters: Average market PUE and more carbon-intensive electricity mix
Cumulative impact: The longer you store, the more you consume

Example: 1 GB stored 1 year on classic cloud = 6.5 kg CO₂

FileVert Responsible

Temporary storage: Automatic deletion after 2-15 days
100% renewable servers: French hosting with green energy
Optimized PUE: French datacenters PUE 1.1-1.3 (very efficient)
No replication: Files stored locally in France only

Example: 1 GB transferred FileVert (7 days) = 0.08 kg CO₂
= 98.7% savings!

Sensibilisation

🌱 Awareness: Understand the Impact of your Digital Usage

Découvrez les enjeux environnementaux du numérique et adoptez des pratiques plus responsables

Global standards:

Average datacenter consumption
Energy mixes by country
Average PUE digital sector

Conscious education:

Storage vs temporary transfer impact
Meaningful ecological equivalences
Digital usage awareness

Digital sobriety:

More conscious usage
Informed storage choices
Carbon footprint reduction

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the carbon impact calculator

Our calculator uses a transparent methodology based on ADEME and academic data. It takes into account server energy, network transmission, storage and file retention duration to estimate CO₂ impact.

This reduction comes mainly from temporary storage (12 days max) vs permanent storage of cloud giants. Less storage = less energy consumed. Our 100% renewable energy servers amplify this saving.

Yes, our conversions (trees planted, car km avoided, kWh saved) are based on verified scientific data. They help make the abstract impact of digital concrete.

Absolutely! The calculator generates Excel/CSV formatted data compatible with sustainable development reporting standards. Perfect for your carbon assessments and CSR reports.

Yes, completely free and accessible without registration. Our mission to raise awareness about digital carbon impact must be accessible to everyone, individuals and businesses alike.

The calculator automatically compares your FileVert transfer vs permanent storage (OneDrive, Google Drive). You immediately visualize the CO₂ savings achieved through temporary storage.

Strategic Impact

Challenges solved by this feature

This feature directly addresses these strategic challenges:

Critical Challenge

Carbon impact of emails

30 MB email stored 4 years = 145g CO₂ vs FileVert link = 0.36g CO₂. Ecological alternative to heavy emails -99.8% impact.

Market Impact

Digital represents 4% of global emissions, projection 7% by 2025 (The Shift Project)

Cloud storage: 0.24 g CO₂e per GB stored/year (ADEME Base Carbone)

Analyze this challenge

Critical Challenge

Lack of CSR reporting

Absence of measurement and reporting tools to integrate digital practices into CSR reports and sustainable development objectives.

Market Impact

89% of companies must report their digital impact

CSRD directive mandatory for 50,000 EU companies

Analyze this challenge

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Practical guides

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