Building a sustainable future
EFWA aligns its work with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which have identified and set standards for improving the lives of our world’s human communities and the rest of life on Earth, to safeguard wellbeing in the future. Radically transforming our digital infrastructure, including digital products and services such as websites, plays a vital part.
EFWA and United Nations Sustainable Goals (pdf)
3.7% is the percentage of global carbon emissions due to The Internet
What we do
We work with businesses, organisations and networks around the world to help them lead the way to a more sustainable future. Implementing EFWA standards is another way for you to demonstrate your credentials to customers, employees and stakeholders, and showcase your commitment to sustainability by reducing the carbon footprint and energy consumption of your organisation’s website and digital platforms and infrastructure. We have developed tools and resources through our world-wide community of specialists, and we aim to make them as accessible as possible to all.
Watch VideoWhat they say
Lucy Cullinane
Definitely a step in the right direction – I didn’t know that the internet is responsible for nearly 4% of global carbon emissions and as we are on our #racetozero drive, it made sense to ensure that the #carbonfootprint of the Efeca website was as low as possible. Thanks for helping us first understand the carbon footprint of our website and then helping us reduce those emissions affiliated with it.
Operations Director, Efeca
Angus Grant
We are thrilled to announce that the Carlisle Brass website has been certified as environmentally friendly by the EFWA. It’s especially important that companies in e-commerce and others with a website, have a sustainable approach. This is something that we’d definitely recommend to businesses and other organisations in the UK and globally.
Carlisle Brass is the UK’s largest specialised developer of door and window furniture for residential and commercial properties.
Managing Director, Carlisle Brass
Jill Poet
Really love the work the Alliance is doing, in creating more awareness of the huge carbon impact of IT and digital infrastructure. It is important that we reduce the carbon emissions of the website and work towards climate-positivity. The website will be better from a performance and loading speed too in the process. We are delighted that our Organisation for Responsible Business and other websites are accredited as eco-friendly.
CEO, Organisation for Responsible Businesses
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EFWA has partnered with Ecologi, a climate positive organisation that plants trees and funds carbon reduction initiatives, to combat climate change. Ecologi has become an important channel that we work with in enabling climate-positive websites and digital infrastructure.
Ecologi
A pioneering, university-led innovation network, bringing large businesses, SMEs and universities together to tackle industry-specific problems around the themes of energy, waste and water.
Clean Growth UK
The Association of Sustainability Practitioners (ASP) is an organisation based out of the UK which promotes learning that transforms behaviour from unsustainable to sustainable practices.
The Association of Sustainability Practitioners
CSR-A is a leading UK based company delivering a global standard for social responsibility. It is now more important than ever to show that we are doing everything we can to improve the world for future generations, by reducing the negative impact we have on the environment and by building a better and cohesive society.
CSR-A
Pledge 1% is a global movement to inspire, educate, and empower every company to be a force for good.
Pledge 1%
Registered with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Active advocates, as part of United Nations Race to Zero.
Sustainable Development Goals
Strategic Doing enables leaders to design and guide new networks that generate innovative solutions. In today’s world, collaboration is essential to meet the complex challenges we face.
Strategic Doing
A network of more than 9,000 tech leaders, entrepreneurs and experts in London, across the UK and in over 50 countries worldwide. Part of Tech for Zero Initiative.
Global Tech Advocates
One Tree Planted is a 501 charity with a mission to help global reforestation efforts.
OneTreePlanted
Connecting impact investors and industry professionals to companies committed to the infrastructure development and technological advancement of projects aligned with the UNSDGs.
Sustainable Network
An initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, the We Mean Business coalition and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign. The SME Climate Hub has also joined forces with Oxford University’s Net Zero Climate Research.
Climate Hub
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