Digital Carbon Footprint

When organisations first hear “digital carbon footprint,” the assumption is often that fixing it will require a major systems overhaul. It won’t. In most cases, meaningful progress comes from small, intelligent adjustments, not dramatic transformation programmes. Digital emissions tend to accumulate through habit, scale, and inertia rather than deliberate intent. The good news? That means…

It’s easy to assume that digital activity is “clean.” After all, there’s no smoke, no transport, no physical waste. Just screens and data. But every digital interaction relies on energy. When someone loads your website, streams a video, downloads a file, or sends an email, energy is being used across multiple layers: the device in…