Challenge
Rapid growth combined with increasing pressure from investors and regulators to align with complex sustainability frameworks, including GHG accounting, the EU Taxonomy, OECD due diligence, and human rights requirements.
CASE
atNorth – From stakeholder pressure
to structured compliance
atNorth – a fast-growing Nordic data center company across the Nordics. This is what we did:
What we did
Developed a roadmap for compliance with key European regulatory frameworks for data centers.
Supported the EU Taxonomy alignment, including EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres, DNSH criteria, and minimum safeguards.
Strengthened due diligence processes with a focus on the supply chain.
Developed a Code of Conduct and Supplier Code of Conduct
Results
Clear roadmap for regulatory alignment
EU Taxonomy alignment structure in place
Strengthened supply chain due diligence and governance
Lifecycle assessments (LCAs) completed for all commissioned data centers (2025) in collaboration with Sirvo
Captured synergies between ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and due diligence
Cora Olsen, director Sustainability atNorth
“Johanna Flood is one of the best consultants I have ever worked with, and I cannot recommend her highly enough. Sustainabler is great at translating complex issues into tangible actions for easy follow up. She is very knowledgeable on all matters related to sustainability and it is truly a great pleasure to work with such a positive, constructive, and energetic person.”