Digital Sustainability

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 …

Using AI sustainably: how Defra’s Action Finder tool has shown a net positive impact is possible

Two Defra product managers talk about a recent project exploring sustainable AI development and its potential to reduce the impact our digital services have on the world around us.