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Emissions from digital industries match those of aviation and are growing!
However, it has become apparent that start-up founders with digital products struggle to see how they can act on sustainability as they don’t have an office, a supply chain or packaging.
Attendees will hear from a panel of experts on how digital start-ups can play their part on sustainability, ranging from reducing the energy consumption of websites/apps, to implementing accessible design principles, and handling data responsibly:
- Anne-Charlotte Mornington, Chief Partnership Officer at Olio, a sustainability focused start-up that goes further with their digital sustainable practices. Anne is also on a tech panel for Tech Zero.
- Assim Hussain, Green Cloud Advocacy lead for Microsoft. Assim will focus on how to build sustainable software. Founder of Green Software Foundation.
- Neil Clarke, Service Design Lead at Manifesto. Neil will guide us on how to implement sustainable culture change within your company from the start.
- Tom Greenwood, Co-founder of WholeGrain Digital, a B-Corp. Tom will focus on how web design impacts footprint. Tom also created the Website Calculator, and is the author of Sustainable Web Design.
- Ana Marquez. Ana is part of the education support team at KCL and focuses on accessible Keats design. Ana will talk about accessible web design.
- Charley Tunnicliffe, Marketing Manager at Good-Loop. Charley will talk about ethical advertising and how to run sustainable campaigns.
- Julia Groves, Partner and Head of Digital for Downing LLP. Julia will focus on the importance of Sustainability from an investors’ POV.
We will also explore why customers, employees, and investors are increasingly demanding action from business on sustainability, and how, even if sustainability is your start-up’s core reason for being, there are still ways you can reduce your digital footprint!