Who are GDSA? The UK Government Digital Sustainability Alliance (GDSA) brings together the government policy owner for Digital Sustainability, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), current and prospective government suppliers and supply chain to drive the meeting …
Defra Chief Digital and Information Officer Chris Howes looks ahead to COP27 and sets out the benefits of the new Government Digital Sustainability Alliance charter. Last year, at COP26, we hosted our ground-breaking Technology for Climate event in Glasgow. …
Adam Turner, Lydia Tabbron and Florian Paviot explore the concept of Sustainable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and ask some searching questions about what it really means. Let’s start with a question to try and define what we’re talking about …
If you ever dreamed about helping Captain Planet save the world, Florian Paviot offers ideas for three easy steps that you can take to reduce your digital carbon emissions. Our digital era is far from stagnating. Our internet use is …
Sustainability of data centres
The Defra’s e-Sustainability Alliance and the RBA have partnered to support businesses and stakeholders, including government bodies, to find sustainable solutions to the structural drivers of forced labour in industry.
Defra wins Sustainability Leader of the Year Award
The pandemic has stimulated a deep understanding of the ties that bind us on a local and global scale, such as the inter-connectedness of the links between climate change, viruses, and our lifestyles.
Climate action and net-zero virtual conference
Taking on the challenge of achieving net zero emissions