Usage is an important factor in efforts to lower the environmental impact of digital services. It goes without saying that using the internet less or in an eco-responsible way, will play a key role. Hence, educating societies to use digital services in a better way...
We create working groups and will assign to each of them a specific digital service, which is of relevance as the service in question is both used at a very large scale and it causes a significant impact on the environment. Concrete digital services which the...
The working groups initially start with best practices and principles as referentials, then implementation will be tested by partners, while at the same time gaining recognition from industry and policymakers. In 2021, after the WG work is completed labels will be developed and work around...
Emissions reductions enabled through the use of an Sustainable Interaction Design (SID) Intervention, particularly those associated with digital services of a grand scale such as services offered by big tech companies are sufficiently large to be worthy of consideration. Emissions reductions enabled by SID intervention...
The device consumption is only part of the equation and this is not enough. Much effort is done on this part--which is good-- but doesn't bring an holistic solution. More importantly: we know that Internet services will grow at a fast pace, which means that...
Of course not! First because the Internet also reduces impact with many innovations: useful messaging apps instead of travelling, one example out of many. Let’s be clear: the Internet is essential for the digital transformation of our societies and our economies, not to mention being the key...