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B Lab’s V2 standards replace the old five-area, points-based B Impact Assessment with seven mandatory Impact Topics assessed on a pass/fail basis. This guide covers what changed, how to restructure your evidence system around the new framework, where digital emissions fit into the standalone Climate Action topic, and how to prepare for verification when every Impact Topic must independently meet minimum requirements.

Every website consumes energy and those emissions add up fast across thousands of visits. This guide walks through five practical, logically ordered steps to help you reduce website carbon footprint, from measuring your current impact to making smarter hosting and code decisions.

B Corp recertification now demands closer scrutiny of digital infrastructure, yet most organisations overlook their website’s carbon footprint entirely. This article explains how website emissions factor into the B Impact Assessment, why B Lab’s evolving standards are raising the bar, and what practical steps your organisation should take before its recertification window opens.

B Corp Scope 3 reporting covers the indirect emissions across a business’s entire value chain, typically where the largest share of environmental impact lies. This article explains what Scope 3 means within a B Corp certification context, why it is increasingly expected of digital and service-based businesses, and where to focus reporting efforts.

Every page load consumes energy, and website design choices have a measurable impact on carbon emissions. This article covers seven practical eco friendly web design tips — from green hosting to leaner assets — that reduce your site’s environmental footprint while also improving speed and user experience.

A website carbon emissions calculator gives sustainability teams a measurable, repeatable starting point for understanding the environmental cost of their digital presence. This article walks through seven practical strategies — from establishing a documented baseline to ongoing monitoring and reporting — to help organisations turn raw measurements into meaningful carbon reductions.

B Corp Climate Action Evidence covers what sustainability managers need to satisfy the Climate Action pillar at recertification — from measurable, verifiable proof of environmental progress to the increasingly scrutinised impact of digital operations like websites and hosting infrastructure. This guide clarifies what assessors actually count, what gets verified, and how to close the gap between genuine action and documented proof.

How to Measure Website Carbon Emissions Websites contribute to greenhouse gas emissions with every page view, here’s a guide on how to measure yours. Read More Most organisations now accept that their website has a carbon footprint. The energy consumed by data centres, networks, and end-user devices every time a page is loaded adds up, […]

B Corp Climate Action Requirements have grown significantly more demanding, with the B Impact Assessment now expecting documented, measurable evidence across an organisation’s full emissions footprint — including often-overlooked areas like Scope 3 and digital infrastructure. This guide helps B Corps identify and close the gaps most likely to derail recertification.

Different Website Carbon Tools, Different Results Why this happens and why it’s not necessarily a problem. Read More Why different website carbon tools give different answers At some point you’ve probably already used one of the well-known website carbon calculators to estimate the carbon emissions of your webpage. Once armed with that result you may […]

Preparing for B Corp recertification? Don’t overlook your website’s environmental impact Read More Preparing for B Corp recertification? Here’s why your website deserves a place in your Climate Action evidence. If you’re preparing for B Corp recertification, you’ve probably noticed that the conversation has changed. Just a few years ago, most advice focused on improving […]

March is B Corp Month, a time for B Corporations to celebrate and raise awareness of their commitment to being responsible businesses. Digital Carbon Online aligns with B Corp values—impact, integrity, and transparency. To support B Corps, they’re offering a special “life time deal” for 2024 to aid in reducing their website carbon footprint, demonstrating their dedication with the Digital Carbon Verified badge and public dashboard capabilities. This offer is to help B Corps enhance responsible practices.

The Pledge Paradox When Climate Commitments Meet The New Reality Read More The Pledge Paradox facing B-Corps and other companies who signed up to *Declares, the SME Climate Hub or similar climate pledges. Many organisations who signed up to various climate pledges in the last few years are now in what we call the pledge […]

Driving digital carbon action, enhancing trust Our partnership with ethy Read More Being able to provide website owners with information they can trust and use to improve their digital environmental footprint is core to our mission. We strive to earn this trust through transparency and integrity. Providing tools that both deliver best-in-class analysis and actionable […]