Catchpoint Announces Free Carbon Footprint Analysis and Website Optimization
The WebPageTest Solution from The Internet Resilience CompanyTM now includes a new feature that enables companies and organizations to view the carbon footprint of their websites in real-time and take appropriate action to lower Internet-related CO2 emissions.
Access to Carbon Control is free. Carbon Control is available through Catchpoint's WebPageTest , the gold standard for website performance testing. Under the European climate law, EU countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. Their goal is to make the EU climate neutral by 2050 and Carbon Control is being released to help organizations achieve this target. Using data from multiple sources, including the Green Web Foundation’s Greencheck, Carbon Control provides users with an estimated carbon footprint, including page weight, in grams of carbon per minute and CO2 per new visit. Experts estimate1 that Information Communication Technology (ICT), including websites, could represent as much as 2.1% to 3.9% greenhouse emissions.
“Sustainability is becoming a higher priority for organizations globally. Not only is it our ethical responsibility, but there are new regulations that will require companies to monitor and manage their environmental reporting,” said Adrian Cockcroft, tech advisor and sustainability advocate. “Carbon Control is making it easy to take the first step by measuring the carbon footprint of a website or web application while also providing actionable recommendations on actions that could result in improvements.”