SIGNATORY RECORD

Akyos Communication

Date of signature : 03/21/2024

  • Signatory of the Sustainable IT Charter

Small/Medium-sized Enterprises (10 to 250 employees)

Other

22 contributors

Dijon, France

info@akyos.com

https://akyos.com

Presentation

Akyos Communication est une agence web basée à Dijon. Nous sommes spécialisés dans la conception de site web CMS, sur-mesure et e-commerce. Depuis 6 ans, nous accompagnons aussi nos clients pour les aider à mieux communiquer sur les moteurs de recherche et les réseaux sociaux.
Nous sommes de plus en plus convaincus que nous avons un rôle à jouer dans la réduction de l'impact du numérique que ce soit au niveau de l'écoconception ou l'éco-communication.
En 2024, l'un de nos objectifs est d'obtenir la certification label 1 du Numérique Responsable via l'Agence Lucie.


Planned commitments and actions

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Organise a Digital Cleanup Day
  • Training in Sustainable IT (e.g. attending a training course lasting several days)
  • Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
  • Deployment of a security plan for its digital environments (antivirus, VPN, supplier audits, permanent monitoring)
  • Measure the lifespan of my equipment by type
  • Integrate environmental requirements in my calls for tender and establish a dialogue and measurement elements over the duration of the service with my suppliers
  • Use start-ups, associations and sustainable innovation projects to meet my needs for products and services, and participate in the structuring and improvement of these sustainable offers and services
  • Measure the energy consumption and impact of my Information System (multi-criteria analysis)
  • Measure the impact of its digital services (e.g. frequency of use or energy consumption) using a multi-criteria and global approach to the entire service (equipment, servers, networks, etc.)
  • Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services
  • Make its digital services accessible to as many people as possible (even in the event of poor connection quality, disability, etc.)
  • Develop in open source to enable virtuous emulation of its ecosystem
  • Participate in or encourage the co-construction/experimentation of Tech4Good

Actions started

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Enter a Sustainable IT labelling initiative
  • Establish a Sustainable IT Working Group within the organisation
  • Implementing data governance of your organisation and GDPR compliance or by following the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules locally applicable data protection rules for other countries
  • Manage my fleet with an inventory by category
  • Favour the purchase of sustainable equipment (reparability and durability criteria)
  • Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
  • Ensuring that its suppliers and service providers comply with their GDPR requirements or follow the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules for other countries, environmental, social and diversity
  • Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
  • Plan the archiving and cleaning of data with its teams to reduce their environmental footprint
  • Reduce the environmental impact of its services: weight of images, videos, plugins, by favouring simpler or less energy-consuming solutions
  • Facilitate the proper semantic understanding of its digital services in a clear and educational language
  • Ensure diversity in the recruitment of IS teams (initial and continuing training, diversity of training, origins, disability status)
  • Encourage gender diversity in the digital field at all levels
  • Promote work-life balance by, for example, respecting the right to disconnect and arranging for teleworking measures
  • Favour the use of local and European tools in order to encourage the consolidation of players who respect the sovereignty of European data