2.1 Undertake Systemic Impacts Mapping

Many variables can impact the user-experience, and a bunch of these can impact how sustainable your website will be. Attempting to identify where you can make a difference to the visitor and give them a more sustainable experience will be beneficial.

Criteria

External Variables: Any negative external variables affecting a product or service are displayed in a publicly available resource, identifying where your product’s sustainable impact can be diminished (systemic design).

Impact

Medium

Effort

Medium

Benefits

Environmental:
Clearly understanding a system’s components can help a product team construct a plan to reduce emissions, especially from third-party services in an organization’s supply chain.
Privacy:
Teams can better prioritize data privacy when they clearly understand a system’s components, especially if they can identify potential risks to data protection.
Social Equity:
Teams can better prioritize social equity when they clearly understand a system’s components. They must pay special attention to considerations from underrepresented groups, as these variables may not be well understood or covered in existing best practices.
Accessibility:
Teams can better prioritize accessibility when they clearly understand the components of a system. This is because they will understand their target audience and can identify improvements to make beyond basic inclusive design practices which could provide a well-rounded experience.

GRI

materials: Medium
energy: Medium
water: Medium
emissions: Medium

Example

A Systemic Design Toolkit (PDF).

Resources

View the Guideline