What is sustainable web design?

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Web technology has the potential to bring huge benefits to society and the environment, but only if we use it wisely…

The problem

The internet currently produces approximately 3.7% of global carbon emissions, which are rising in line with our hunger to consume more data. Increasingly, web technologies are also being used to sow discontent, erode privacy, prompt unethical decisions, and, in some countries, undermine personal freedoms and the well-being of society.

4th

Communications tech will emit more carbon by 2025 than any country except China, India, and the U.S.

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29%

Renewables made up only 29% of global electricity generation in 2020.

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19 M

A typical data center can use between 11 and 19 million liters of water per day.

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How do we do it?

Sustainable web design is an approach to designing web services that puts people and planet first. It delivers digital products, services, and data that respect the principles of the Sustainable Web Manifesto: clean, efficient, open, honest, regenerative, and resilient.

Read the Manifesto