If your charity or social enterprise works to protect the environment or promote sustainability, all of your suppliers should follow suit, even down to the hosting of your website. Have you considered the carbon footprint of your website? The internet generates a huge amount of CO2, but Green Hosting offers an ethical alternative.
The Carbon Footprint of the Internet
Data centres, the massive warehouses of servers that keep websites online 24/7, require huge amounts of electricity to run and stay cool. The entire ICT sector accounts for an estimated 2-4% of global electricity consumption (Source: Ericsson) If your website is hosted on a standard server powered by fossil fuels, your digital presence is contributing to carbon emissions every time someone loads your page.
What is Green Web Hosting?
Green hosting makes sure that the energy used to power your website’s servers is matched by renewable energy (like wind or solar), or offset entirely through carbon reduction schemes.
Aligning Your Digital Assets with Your Values
For environmental and social impact organisations, green hosting is a no-brainer. It allows you to confidently state that your operations are sustainable from the ground up. At Agency For Good, we provide green hosting options powered by 100% renewable energy for our partners through Krystal.
Here is an excerpt from Krystal’s website; We’re committed to powering our data centres with 100% renewable energy from the sun, wind, and sea. Rather than relying on offsets, we ensure our operations are directly powered by clean energy wherever possible. As we continue to grow, we prioritise working with data centre partners who share our sustainability values, ensuring our infrastructure remains as energy-efficient and low-impact as possible.
Build a website that doesn’t cost the earth. Explore our ethical Charity Web Design and Green Hosting services today.