ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: CURRENT STATUS
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Innovation in Sustainable Operations | Pursue innovative solutions to reduce environmental impact across ICANN's business operations |
Collaborative Engagement | Establish and foster partnerships and collaborations for environmental sustainability efforts across the ICANN ecosystem |
Empower employees, partners, and vendors through policies and practices to prioritize sustainable sourcing | |
Transparency and Accountability | Maintain transparency in reporting environmental impacts and ensure accountability for contributions to sustainability |
DELIVERABLESThe following activities will be delivered by 30 June 2024.
- Best practices research in environmental sustainability practices - Best Practices - PDF (May 2024)
- Proposed scope for the environmental audit to understand baseline - Scope - PDF (May 2024)
- Overall strategy, vision, principles, and proposed activities activities - Strategy - PDF (May 2024)
SCOPE
Best practices research on environmental sustainability practices will focus focuses on four categories, with further sub-categories:
- Offices, : office building systems (heating, cooling, automations), lighting, energy providers/sources, waster and water, sustainable commuting and telecommuting, data center management
- Travel: low-carbon travel, flights
- Events: event materials, catering, low-carbon accommodation, community engagement
- Org-wide products/purchases: plastic and single-use items, IT equipment and services, supply chain
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- 7 May 2024: Contracted Parties Summit session: Becoming a Sustainable DNS Industry
CONTACT
- For questions/comments contact sustainability@icann.org