THE E-CONSCIOUS MISSION

E-CONSCIOUS.ORG offers a high quality and reliable green certification program for websites, based on an international scale. E-CONSCIOUS plans to off-set carbon emissions by purchasing fully audited carbon credits from government approved businesses, which support renewable energy projects worldwide, making the clients investment risk-free.

An E-CONSCIOUS, certified website can save an organization money by reducing printable materials, decreasing volume on the website, reducing the size of iomages eg: 1mb image to a 18kb image, contributing to faster downloads.

E-CONSCIOUS promotes a greener and healthier work invironment, energy savings, reduced costs thus assisting organizations to increase their competitive advantage.

E-CONSCIOUS can be implemented on any organizations website in any industry.

Global carbon emissions from I.T are roughly equal to those of the aviation industry. The E-CONSCIOUS mission is to increase green awareness which will help companies get involved in the new business infrastructure and reduce carbon emissions.

At E-CONSCIOUS we believe that sustainable development is about meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the abilities of the future generations to meet their own needs.Sustainable development is a worthy goal because we believe that at the heart of the long term health and properity of a website and its business is its ability to manage and connect with the economic and environmental and social issues it may face.This is especially sensible when so many of our potential clients are seeking greener products and services.

E-CONSCIOUS recognizes the importance of a sustainable eco-conscious approach to our operations of certifying websites green and provide a service that will help people and organizations concerned lead greener lives.Offsetting websites with uses of energy generators by burning fossil fuels is a step closer in helping to prevent climate change and reducing the levels of co2 in the atmosphere.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN E-CONSCIOUS CERTIFICATION?
- complete thorough and comprehensive audit.
- e-conscious certificate
- e-conscious logo for printable and online materials
- a list of further improvements and suggestions.

HOW DOES E-CONSCIOUS HELP MAKE MY WEBSITE GREEN & OFFSET CARBON EMISSIONS?
- e-conscious uses government approved and audited carbon credits, from carbon planet.
- carbon credit certificates(amount is depending on the clients certification level, whether PLATINUM, SILVER, OR BRONZE).Certificates are
provided to all clients.
- Certificates are valid for a period of 12 months.All certificates are renewable upon new audits conducted after 12 months at clients request.
-Support to authorised non-profit green global organizations

WHAT ARE THE COSTS INVOLVED?
-The cost depends on the outcome of your audit eg PLATINUM (highest ranking green website and environmentally friendly practices used in all audited departments including hosting,internal/external and company e-practices).2 TONNES CARBON CREDITS per annum.total cost of
$190 per annum or $14.10 per month.SILVER 3 TONNES CARBON CREDITS , total cost of$230 per annum or $17.50 per month.
BRONZE 5 TONNES OF CARBON CREDITS,total cost of $299 per annun or $23.25 per month.If a company website has been rated bronze, the company will be provided with serious green guidlines in order to improve ratings.
-All prices include the audit , certification, carbon credits purchased and provided to clients and the support to green organizations.

WHAT ARE SOME CHARITIES I CAN CHOOSE FROM?
- As part of the e-conscious commitment to certifying your website green a portion of your audit fee is contributed automaticallyto green charities of your choice that helps promote sustainable development.Please view our green organisations page for a list of our current green organisations.

WHY MAKE A WEBSITE ECO FRIENDLY ? OR DOES A WEBSITE CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING?
- Every website has a carbon footprint because it uses electricity that power servers that host your url.Electricity that is created by the burning of fossil fuels such as,nuclear and hydro fuels, coal, carbon dioxide and other green house gasses.



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