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Web Sustainability Guidelines

Now in their ninth draft, the Web Sustainability Guidelines consist of 94 recommendations to help teams create more sustainable digital products and services. These guidelines were created by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Sustainable Web Design community group.

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5.6 Define Clear Organizational Sustainability Goals and Metrics

Business & Product Strategy

5.7 Verify Your Efforts Using Established Third-Party Business Certifications

Business & Product Strategy

5.8 Implement Sustainability Onboarding Guidelines

Business & Product Strategy

5.9 Support Mandatory Disclosures and Reporting

Business & Product Strategy

5.10 Create One or More Impact Business Models

Business & Product Strategy

5.11 Follow a Product Management and Maintenance Strategy

Business & Product Strategy

5.12 Implement Continuous Improvement Procedures

Business & Product Strategy

5.13 Document Future Updates and Evolutions

Business & Product Strategy

5.14 Establish if a Digital Product or Service Is Necessary

Business & Product Strategy

5.15 Determine the Functional Unit

Business & Product Strategy

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