B Corp Certified Company | For organisations that care about people and planet | Cape Town & London
B Corp Certified Company | For organisations that care about people and planet | Cape Town & London
Sustainable website hosting that reduces your digital carbon footprint
The Ethical Agency is proud to be the only organisation in Africa recognised by the Green Web Foundation as providing 100% renewable energy-powered, green website hosting
You may not control the energy sources behind every part of your business, but you can choose hosting that runs on clean power. We serve clients across four continents and currently host more than 60 websites within our renewable-powered network.
Our global demand for digital content has consequences: millions of servers and data centres consume vast amounts of electricity, driving fossil-fuel dependency and manufacturing at unprecedented levels. In short, websites and social media channels contribute to global emissions. As specialist WordPress web developers, we manage domain administration and green hosting to help reduce that impact.
The global server and hosting industry now consumes more energy and produces more emissions than the automotive and airline sectors combined. Choosing green website hosting directly reduces this impact.
A single web server produces more CO₂ annually than a car.
Combined, data centres use more energy than multiple nuclear power plants (in the USA alone).
Most data centres rely on electricity grids still powered primarily by fossil fuels.
Hosting your website on renewable energy strengthens your brand reputation and sustainability credentials.
It’s a proactive step towards ensuring your digital presence supports – rather than harms – the planet.
If you are commissioning a new website or considering a migration, choosing a provider that offers verified green website hosting is one of the most immediate ways to reduce your digital footprint.
1. Hosting powered by 100% renewable energy
We use a hosting provider whose servers run exclusively on hydro and wind power. Their supply is backed by renewable energy certificates, providing transparent proof of clean energy generation.
2. Global, efficient content delivery
We complement our hosting with a renewable-aligned Content Delivery Network (CDN) through Cloudflare. Their mission is to build a faster, safer, and greener Internet powered entirely by clean energy, with regular emissions reporting publicly available.
3. Annual renewable energy purchases
Using data from our hosting partner, we purchase a full year of renewable energy in advance. These certificates come from the Darling Wind Farm in the Western Cape, directly supporting South Africa’s green economy and adding clean power to an otherwise fossil-heavy grid.
Green website hosting means your website is served from data centres powered by renewable energy — such as solar or wind — rather than fossil fuels. It ensures that the electricity used to store, process, and serve your website’s data does not generate carbon emissions. The Ethical Agency provides 100% renewable energy-powered hosting with no carbon offsets.
The Ethical Agency is the only organisation in Africa recognised by the Green Web Foundation as providing renewable energy-powered hosting for client websites. Our hosting infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy — no offsets — and is paired with Cloudflare CDN, which has its own robust zero-carbon emissions commitments.
The Green Web Foundation is an independent non-profit that maintains a global directory of verified green web hosts and websites. Being listed by the Green Web Foundation means your website is independently verified as running on renewable energy infrastructure — a trusted, third-party credential for your sustainability claims.
No. The Ethical Agency’s green hosting is enterprise-grade and paired with Cloudflare CDN, which caches your site content in data centres globally so pages load fast regardless of where your visitors are located. Our sites consistently score 80+ on Google PageSpeed Insights for both desktop and mobile.
No. The Ethical Agency’s green hosting is competitively priced and included in our website maintenance and hosting packages. Clients pay for quality, managed hosting — the fact that it is 100% renewable energy-powered is our standard, not a premium add-on.
You can check any website’s hosting at websitecarbon.com or via the Green Web Foundation’s directory at thegreenwebfoundation.org. If your current host is not green, The Ethical Agency can migrate your website to our renewable energy-powered infrastructure as part of a new website build or a standalone hosting migration.
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