News
Read the latest news about the carbon.txt project from the Green Web Foundation blog.
AI model cards in carbon.txt and an AI Sustainability Directory
:As part of a recent workshop we held at the Green IO Singapore conference, we made updates to the carbon.txt syntax to allow AI model information to be disclosed. In this post, our man in Asia, Fershad Irani, introduces this new disclosure type, shows how it can be used to choose sustainable models and demonstrate…
[read more]Create carbon.txt files using our new python package
:We’ve recently released an update to our carbon.txt python library to allow developers to create carbon.txt files programmatically and integrate carbon.txt support in their own applications. Read on to find out how to make use of it, and to see how we integrated it to help verified hosting providers create a carbon.txt for their organization…
[read more]Linking domains to verified providers with carbon.txt
:We’ve been exploring a few ways in which we could use carbon.txt within our own platform for provider verification. In this post, Fershad and Tim introduce one such use case – linking domains to verified providers in order to deliver more accurate results from our Green Web Check API.
[read more]Carbon.txt version 0.4
:We’re happy to announce the release of carbon.txt v0.4 – an updated version of the carbon.txt syntax, which allows for a more flexible and nuanced description of your sustainability claims. In this post Tim explains what the new functionality is, how it benefits carbon.txt users, and how organisations or individuals can help us shape it…
[read more]A *May* update on the first E.E.D. day in Europe
:On this blog we’ve been written about the Energy Efficiency Directive, a European energy and transparency law a few times now. We’ve done this because we we care about a fossil free internet, and the law looks like it could give new insights into how far along Europe it to reaching this state, as well…
[read more]Using carbon.txt with CSRD reports
:In this post we explain how our latest project, carbon.txt, can be used to share Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) reports and find specific sustainability data points within them. We cover the tools we built and you can use them. “Users of sustainability information increasingly expect such information to be findable, comparable and machine-readable in…
[read more]Using carbon.txt with the Technology Carbon Standard
:In this post we explain how our latest project, carbon.txt, can be combined with the Technology Carbon Standard (TCS) to create greater transparency in the field of digital sustainability. We cover how we collaborated with the sustainability team at Scott Logic, the driving force behind TCS, to simplify digital estate emissions reports through developing an…
[read more]Green hosting providers can use carbon.txt
:In this post we explain how we’re using our latest project, carbon.txt, in combination with our Green Web Dataset. We cover why sharing evidence of green claims data inside a carbon.txt file has the potential to positively impact organisations disclosing data and the digital sustainability sector as a whole. We also provide practical advice on…
[read more]Introducing our new work on carbon.txt – the carbon.txt validator and an updated spec
:Our Tech and Policy Director Chris Adams introduces the new releases, showing what you can do with the software, and shares few new updates to the developing carbon.txt spec.
[read more]Meet us at the 6th International Open Search Symposium in Munich in October
:Our executive director Chris will be in Munich this October, for the 6th International Open Search Symposium. Read on to find out what it is, and why we’re going.
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