Website Sustainability
Research and Tools for Web Professionals
WSG Report and Statement Tool
(Tool, 2026)
Create sustainability reports, assessing websites against W3C Web Sustainability Guidelines, covering practices, compliance, standards, and transparency.
Digital Sustainability Policy Guide
(Tool, 2026)
Explore the digital sustainability compliance and policy landscape. Filter laws, standards and guidelines (best practices) to identify relevant requirements.
The Carbon Impact of Web Standards
(Research, 2023)
A systematic study showing how choices in HTML, CSS, media formats and other web standards affect the energy use and carbon emissions of websites.
Printed
(Tool, 2023)
A lightweight CSS library, optimising websites for printing and PDFs, helping reduce unnecessary ink, paper and resource consumption when users print web content.
The Variables of Web Sustainability
(Research, 2023)
A comprehensive map to understand the many environmental, social and technical factors that can influence the sustainability of a website or web application.