Our environmental protection solutions for electrical technologies
To offer services with a lower environmental impact, professionals in the electrical and digital technology sectors need to be familiar with best practices and demonstrate that they are following them.
Your needs
Do you work in the electrical engineering and digital technology sector, in roles that address environmental protection and responsible digital practices? We provide you with access to standards, market intelligence solutions, training, and audit-based recognition.
Everything You Need to Know About Low-Cost AI
A leading AFNOR Spec document.
Eco-designing digital services
An ISO/IEC standard that covers everything, based on a French document.
Obtain AFAQ Eco-design certification
Clear evidence that you are working to reduce the impact at the source.
Download the Digital and Green Transition Guide
An AFNOR white paper explaining how digital technologies contribute to the ecological transition
AFNOR helps you define your needs
Why focus on environmental protection?
The issue of digital trust is not limited to security. Digital technology will also inspire trust if it is environmentally friendly and respectful of people.
However, the environmental impact of digital technology is enormous, with significant pollution and hidden drawbacks: for devices, the use of metals and rare earth elements that are unevenly distributed across the globe and whose extraction and refining are polluting; planned obsolescence; the complicated dismantling and recycling of end-of-life equipment; high energy consumption by data centers and associated greenhouse gas emissions; electromagnetic radiation from wireless technologies; and more.
This line of questioning gave rise to responsible digital technology. The AFNOR Group’s solutions provide answers to these challenges, or at the very least, set the stage for limiting the impact at its source.
Source of figures: Ademe, ISO Survey, INSEE
