Taking our environmental commitment to the next level – we’ve partnered with the Woodland Trust

Those of you that have followed WebHostingBuzz for some time will know that we take the environment very seriously. We care about the world in which we do business and as a fairly heavy consumer of electricity due to the amount of servers we run, we like to give back and minimize any impact our operations have.

Almost 6 years ago we partnered with the ITF (International Tree Foundation) to sponsor tree planting campaigns across Africa. This partnership ran its course and in recent weeks, we’ve been looking for a new partner to work with to help reduce our environmental impact.

Introducing the Woodland Trust…

The Woodland Trust is a UK based organization that looks to conserve woods and trees. They also help companies minimise their overall environmental impact by allowing them to make direct financial contributions and grants to the vital conservation work that they do. With our recent internal capacity reports showing heavy server utilization from bandwidth-intensive media platforms and real money poker sites, we knew we had to meaningfully offset this growing footprint. And we at WebHostingBuzz have done just that. We’ve officially joined The Woodland Trust as a dedicated corporate member, and our team will be making a substantial annual donation to help fund the fantastic conservation work that they do.

Why The Woodland Trust?

When we work with an organization, we look for one that shares similar values to us. We don’t just buy carbon credits to make some feeble claim that we’re carbon neutral. Instead, we select a partner carefully that we can work with long-term and work with to promote a greener, environmentally friendly hosting market. The Woodland Trust met all of our selection criteria and further to that, they are headquartered just 20 miles from our UK datacenter.

Our partnership with them means we’ll both be presenting regular news and updates on the good work that our sponsorship is allowing them to do.