Web Hosting and Renewable Energy
What’s the difference between a web hosting provider that uses renewable energy credits (RECs) and one powered directly by renewable energy? And where do emissions offsets fit into this picture?…
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Sustainability
What you do to the planet, you do to the people. Learn how to apply responsible environmental, social, and economic principles to your digital products, services, policies, and programs in the articles below.
Where do Digital Emissions Come From?
In this post, we discuss how to source and track digital emissions as part of a comprehensive emissions reduction strategy.
Aligning Your Organization with U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Many organizations—businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies alike—hope for a better world, but devising a specific plan to make measurable improvements over time isn’t easy. In this post, we explore how…
Keyword Optimization for SEO and Sustainability
In this post, learn how keyword optimization can improve SEO, increase your content’s ‘findability’, and reduce energy use and digital emissions.
Internet Sustainability in 2018 [Infographic]
Launched on Earth Day 2013, our free website sustainability tool Ecograder has graded nearly 1.7 million URLs on usability, efficiency, and use of renewable energy. Here’s what five years of…
Ecograder and Your Website Sustainability Score
Learn how Ecograder’s website sustainability scoring system works, with tips on how to improve your website’s performance, efficiency, and environmental impact.
We’re Declaring a Climate Emergency
Mightybytes has joined hundreds of other companies and thousands of jurisdictions around the world in declaring a climate emergency. We’re committing to net zero emissions as quickly as possible. You…
Mobile First Design and Sustainability
Designing for mobile devices first can lead to more user-friendly—and energy efficient—digital products and services. In this post, we explore why mobile first is a potentially more sustainable design approach.
Optimizing Video for the Web
Online video can be an impactful marketing and communications tool. However, with huge file sizes, it can also be your website’s biggest source of carbon emissions. In this post, we’ll…
Evergreen Content is More Sustainable
In this post, we unpack the long-term benefits of creating evergreen content as part of an effective and more sustainable content governance plan.