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2.1 Display any factors that have a negative impact on your project

User Experience Design

Identify, track, and publicly disclose negative external factors.

Criteria

  • External factors: Machine-testable
    Identify existing or potential negative external factors affecting a project. Disclose these in a publicly available resource, identifying areas where digital sustainability can be improved. Perform this audit at the start of your project and at regular intervals.
    • AFNOR Spec 5.1.6 (French)
    • Anticipate consequences
    • Are my third parties green?
    • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.1 – Strategy (Assessment & Impact)
    • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.5 – Strategy (Impact Goals)
    • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 2.1 – Specifications (Hardware Profiles)
    • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 4.12 – UX and UI (Impact Flags)
    • GR491 – 7-3047 – Systemic Approach
    • IBM Design For Sustainability (PDF)
    • Learn Performance
    • Nachhaltige Websites? (German)
    • Network energy use not directly proportional to data volume
    • Opquast Web Quality Assurance Checklist (PDF)
    • Reduce the weight of a web page: which elements have the greatest impact?
    • Scope 3 Emissions in Your Digital Supply Chain
    • Systemic Design Toolkit (PDF)
    • The Fog of Enactment
    • United Nations SDGS – Goal 1 – Poverty
    • United Nations SDGS – Goal 7 – Sustainable Energy
    • United Nations SDGS – Goal 13 – Climate Change
    • Variables of Web Sustainability (PDF)
    • Why your internet habits are not as clean as you think

Benefits

  • Accessibility
    Understanding the audience can identify potential improvements that go beyond basic inclusive design practices.
  • Environment
    Constructing a plan to reduce emissions enables improvement over time.
  • Privacy
    Having an overview of components makes it easier to identify potential data protection risks.
  • Social Equity
    Auditing factors can reveal factors not commonly understood or covered in established best practices, enabling better support for underrepresented groups.

GRI

  • Materials: Medium
  • Energy: Medium
  • Water: Medium
  • Emissions: Medium

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2.2 Understand user requirements or constraints, resolving barriers to access

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2.3 Understand the impact for non-users

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2.4 Integrate sustainability into every stage of the ideation process

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