Codeberg e.V. sustainability score: 34/100

No formal GHG inventory exists. Codeberg e.V. has not published Scope 1 or Scope 2 data, and no filing was found on Germany's BEGES/ADEME or any equivalent national registry. However, the organisation is exceptionally small: Wikipedia records expenses of €1,050/month (2022 baseline), 2 part-time staff as of 2025, and funding of roughly €767/week from Liberapay donors. Physical infrastructure is a small rack of 3 servers at IN-Berlin (AK Tempelhof location) plus minor Hetzner and netcup VPS instances. Estimated total operational emissions are well under 100 tonnes CO₂e per year — the planet barely notices this organisation's direct footprint. Score 3 reflects negligible estimated footprint with no formal calculation, consistent with the rubric's treatment of very small operators.

No formal Scope 3 or supply chain emissions assessment has been published. However, Codeberg's supply chain is inherently short and low-impact: hardware is self-owned and co-located at IN-Berlin; supplementary services are Hetzner and netcup VPS instances (German providers). There is no physical product manufacturing, no logistics chain, and no global procurement. The organisation has an active discussion repository titled 'Sustainability / Environmental Protection / Energy Saving', indicating awareness of environmental issues including e-waste concerns (noted explicitly in community issue #856). Given the minimal, domestically-contained supply chain, a score of 3 is appropriate — the physics of the situation are clear even without formal data.

No multi-year emissions data exists to establish a formal trajectory. Codeberg has been growing in users and hosted projects — Wikipedia notes roughly a doubling of hosted projects over a recent period, and the 2026 budget blog confirms organisational growth. This expanding user base and additional server capacity likely means rising absolute energy consumption, although from an extremely low base. In the absence of evidence of reduction, and with evidence of operational growth, a score of 2 reflects a small, growing organisation for which no trajectory evidence is available and some growth in footprint is plausible.

Codeberg's primary data centre (IN-Berlin at AK Tempelhof, providing rack space and networking) markets itself as using exclusively green electricity since 2004 from hydro, wind and solar — and explicitly states it does not trade in certificates. This was confirmed in a December 2022 community thread by a Codeberg team member. Secondary providers (Hetzner, netcup) have their own renewable energy programmes, though Codeberg does not verify these independently. A Codeberg team member noted that even with green hosting, energy reduction is also needed. No formal energy data, RE100 membership, or verified procurement documentation has been published by Codeberg itself. Score of 5 reflects meaningful green energy basis at primary host, unverified by Codeberg independently, and no formal strategy document.

Codeberg's operations are entirely digital — a small rack of servers in Berlin, operated by a volunteer-led non-profit. There is no land use, no deforestation exposure, no agricultural supply chain, and no physical product. Nature exposure is negligible: the primary nature-adjacent risk is embodied carbon in hardware and e-waste, which the team has acknowledged in its community forum. No TNFD disclosure or formal nature assessment exists, nor is one required or expected for an organisation of this type and size. Score of 4 reflects genuinely negligible nature impact and demonstrated awareness of the key risk (e-waste and hardware lifecycle), consistent with the rubric's guidance for service companies with minimal material footprint.

Codeberg explicitly promotes frugal computing principles — the community issue thread cites the 'frugal computing' literature and notes that Codeberg reuses hardware rather than purchasing new 'energy efficient' servers. The infrastructure repository confirms the team operates primarily with existing and reused hardware. Storage quotas introduced in 2024 were partly motivated by reducing wasteful resource consumption. No formal circular economy targets or verified waste metrics exist. Score of 4 reflects active and documented commitment to resource efficiency and hardware reuse, appropriate for a minimal-footprint digital service.

Codeberg's physical footprint is a small server rack in Berlin. Data centre cooling is managed by IN-Berlin; Codeberg itself does not report water consumption and has no independent water data. For a tiny co-located server rack with no significant cooling burden of its own, water impact is negligible. No chemical discharge or industrial water use is involved. The rubric notes that SaaS companies with genuinely low water impact and awareness of that fact score 4–6. Score of 5 reflects genuinely negligible impact in a facility run by a third party that advertises environmental responsibility, with no evidence of water-related risk or incident.

No formal environmental targets, SBTi commitment, or emissions reduction targets have been set or published. The Codeberg e.V. sustainability repository ('Sustainability / Environmental Protection / Energy Saving') exists as a discussion space but has produced no published commitments with timelines or metrics. In community discussions the organisation explicitly declined to claim climate neutrality, citing the difficulty of calculating and offsetting all expenses — this reflects intellectual honesty but not a committed reduction pathway. The existence of the sustainability repository and the documented frugal-computing philosophy prevent a score of 0, but the lack of any specific measurable commitments limits this to 2.

Codeberg e.V. operates under a democratic member-governance structure (Eingetragener Verein): budget is voted on annually by all active members, cash auditors verify spending against bylaws, and a presidium is elected. The 2026 budget blog confirms the organisation took a step toward public financial transparency by publishing budget plans publicly for the first time. Infrastructure documentation is publicly available on Codeberg itself, including server specifications and hosting relationships. There is no sustainability-specific governance role, no TCFD/CSRD reporting, and no board-level climate mandate. Score of 4 reflects documented responsibility and a community-verified governance structure appropriate to the organisation's scale, with improving transparency on financials, but no formal sustainability governance.

No environmental controversies, regulatory actions, greenwashing complaints, or lobbying activity found. InfluenceMap holds no record of Codeberg. The organisation is a tiny German non-profit with no fossil sector exposure, no commercial clients, no advertising relationships, and no structural enablement of fossil commerce. A far-right harassment campaign in early 2025 was a social/safety incident with no environmental dimension. Codeberg's explicit refusal to claim climate neutrality (documented in community forums) is evidence of intellectual integrity, not a red flag. Start at 8, no deductions apply. Score 9–10 would require proactive positive climate advocacy or verified clean record with lobbying disclosure; the clean record alone supports 8.