Ned Gartside

Ned is Sustainable Design Lead at Defra.

Services Week: What we are learning about introducing sustainability into service assessments

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Sustainable Design Lead Ned Gartside looks ahead to Services Week 2026, where he will be leading a session to talk about Defra’s recent introduction of a 15th Service Standard point focused on sustainability.

Making digital services more sustainable: introducing a 15th service standard point

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Service Assessment Manager Mary McMahon and Sustainable Design Lead Ned Gartside explain how, from this month, Defra service assessments will include a new requirement with sustainability at its core. Digital services are a core part of how we deliver outcomes …

How being planet-centric can really make a difference when designing services

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In the latest from our ‘Sustainability Heroes’ series, service designer Ned Gartside talks about the work of Defra’s planet-centred design working group, which has focused on creating a set of principles to guide the design of lower-environmentally impacting services. Like …