Sustainability continued
Environment continued Eco-design in practice
Sustainability offers us the opportunity to be innovative and to challenge traditional design methods and thought processes that not only reduce our impact on the environment but create greater value for all our stakeholders.
We are building a network of climate change champions across our business and our aim is to empower colleagues to unleash their creativity and own our net zero journey. An example of this in action sits within the corporate affairs function, where our Global Head of Digital Communications, working with our digital partners Nexer, is leading the development of sustainable UX and development practices for our corporate and business websites. This eco-design approach, anticipating and taking action to minimise negative environmental impacts, also contributes to our governance approach to security as well as improving our user experience and supporting our growth strategy through increased efficiencies. Getting started We performed a sustainability audit, which enabled us to set benchmarks for future improvement measures – this included capturing the carbon footprint of our eight key website pages, chosen by their size and number of visits. We already use Microsoft Azure for hosting, which uses green powered servers, using c.50% renewable power to power its data centres. We’ve started to look at Microsoft’s Emissions Impact Dashboard, so that we can scrutinise usage, and start to make some logical recommendations to reduce our impact, based on what the data is telling us, scaling down on resources where we can, in line with users’ behaviours on the site. This broader range of insights has enabled us to consider where to invest development and in FY23 we will: • Upgrade our Umbraco Content Management System and hosting, which will run on less powerful hardware in Microsoft Azure with the same performance, leading to both cost and energy savings • Redesign website pages and components, based on these broader data insights, so users can find content quicker, in fewer clicks. We’ll also use this data to explore what devices people are using and whether there is an opportunity to make design decisions, such as device dark mode
Kai Kurihara Global Head of Digital Communications
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NCC Group plc — Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 May 2022
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