It’s wonderful to see the Government Digital Service add ‘Minimise Environmental Impact‘ to their design principles for best practice in relation to digital services.
But what exactly should digital professionals do in order to minimise their environmental impact?
To help people get started, I’ve created a ‘Digital Sustainability Strategy’ template (Google doc) that lists a number of activities that will help you reduce both the environmental and societal impacts of your digital services.
Use the template to plan how you will accomplish each of the recommended activities, who will do what and deadlines for when they need to be completed.
🙏 Huge thanks to Tim Frick for reviewing and improving an earlier version, Alex M H Smith for your inspiring strategy related content, Mark Shayler for your awesome advice on strategic tools in your book ‘You Can’t Make Money From a Dead Planet‘ and Natalie MacLees for your awesome plain English accessibility work and her ethos of ‘building in public’.
James Chudley 