The Guardian's website emits 0.49 g of CO2 per visit, 1.4× the worst passing grade.

The numbers behind it

Annual figures cover the 29 pages I measured and estimated organic search traffic only, so the real total is higher. Coverage is published so you can judge how representative the number is.

One visit ≈ a 10-watt LED bulb for 6.0 minutes. A year of estimated search visits to the pages measured ≈ driving a new car 718,700 km, or the electricity of 58 Dutch homes. What these numbers mean

Where this site sits in the cohort

Grades A+ to E: up to 0.36 g. No company here.

1. A+up to 0.040 g0 companies
2. Aup to 0.079 g0 companies
3. Bup to 0.145 g0 companies
4. Cup to 0.209 g0 companies
5. Dup to 0.278 g0 companies
6. Eup to 0.359 g0 companies
7. Fabove 0.359 g107 companies

The Guardian is the dark bar. The band along the bottom is every passing grade, A+ to E.

Against the other media and telecoms companies

Bars share one scale within the sector, lightest first. See all media and telecoms companies.

Why this company is in the index

Listed because: Guardian Media Group B Corp certified 2023 score 100.9.

Claims: B Corp certified

Inclusion is based on a company's own public claims, never on whether it is a client of mine. How this is measured.

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