Epifyt's commitment to the planet
Digital in figures
The Internet, our smartphones, our computers... consume more and more energy to meet our needs for connectivity, accessibility, data storage capacity...
Today, digital technology consumes 10% of the world's electricity - more than Russia's annual electricity consumption, or even more than India's 1.3 billion people and Japan's 127 million combined!
In 1 hour on the planet, we exchange 8 to 10 billion emails and carry out almost 180 million Google searches. These figures are staggering when you consider that digital data (email, web requests, etc.) travels an average of 15,000 km across the network. A network made up, among other things, of millions of servers running 24/7, housed in huge datacenters that consume between 40% and 55% of energy to cool.
It's a real wake-up call for us, and a desire to raise awareness among as many people as possible. Here are the commitments we are making to Epifyt.
Our commitment to the environment
To compensate for our activities (emailing, web development, Google queries, etc.) we have taken several measures and implemented various actions.
Member 1% for the Planet
In 2022, we joined the 1% for the Planet collective.
We are committed to donating 1% of our annual sales to approved environmental protection associations.
Other donations and investments
Regularly and according to the projects entrusted to us by our customers, we invest in ethical projects in favor of sustainable development through donations.
For example:
- Participate in participatory financing campaigns for impact projects
- Participate in reforestation by sponsoring or planting trees in regions most affected by deforestation
- Help rehabilitate coral reefs
- Helpset up beehives
- Financing recycling or cleaning projects...
Projects and commitments that you can discover and follow on our Zei profile or on our Reforest'action profile, where you can see the extent of "our forest" following the planting of trees.
Green hosting & Web eco-design
We are committed to creating websites for our customers that consume as little energy as possible (by optimizing caching and loading speed, limiting server requests, etc.).
As we mentioned in a previous blog post, we recommend that our customers host their site with Infomaniak, an eco-friendly hosting company which uses 100% renewable energy to power its datacenters and respects an exemplary ecological charter.
Other actions
We are also committed to :
- Make our electronic equipment last as long as possible or replace it with reconditioned equipment if necessary
- Limit our energy consumption by switching off unused appliances and setting them to "energy-saving" mode.
- Limit document printing
- Recycling what can be recycled
- Limit the number of emails sent and the size of attachments
- Regularly clean up our mailboxes (deleting spam, trash, etc., which consume unnecessary storage space on the servers).
We also urge you to do the same, and to spread the word! For your information, you can find regular reports on these actions on our social networks!
"We don't inherit the land from our parents, we borrow it from our children."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Chairman & Co-founder, Epifyt SAS
A digital marketing specialist for several years, I created Epifyt in 2018 to help you develop your online visibility. I'd be delighted to discuss your project, so please don't hesitate to contact me or arrange a telephone appointment !