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class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="可持續發展計劃 (83% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sustainability_Initiative/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="持続可能性イニシアティブ (83% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sustainability_Initiative/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="지속 가능성 이니셔티브 (100% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=File:Wikimedia_Sustainability_Initiative_Logo.svg&lang=en" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Wikimedia_Sustainability_Initiative_Logo.svg/220px-Wikimedia_Sustainability_Initiative_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Wikimedia_Sustainability_Initiative_Logo.svg/330px-Wikimedia_Sustainability_Initiative_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Wikimedia_Sustainability_Initiative_Logo.svg/440px-Wikimedia_Sustainability_Initiative_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341"/></a><figcaption>Welcome to the Sustainability Initiative!</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>sustainability initiative</b> is a community-led effort calling on the Wikimedia Foundation to reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia projects. The reason for this is simple and can be found right in Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming" class="extiw" title="en:Global warming">Anthropogenic climate change</a> is a reality and it is our <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement" class="extiw" title="en:Paris Agreement">shared responsibility</a> to prevent it, while the Wikimedia projects have a significant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/carbon_footprint" class="extiw" title="en:carbon footprint">carbon footprint</a>, especially through power consumption and air travel. </p><p>The initiative currently focuses on three main goals: </p> <ol><li><b>green energy for the Wikimedia servers</b></li> <li><b>remote participation</b> at <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimania" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimania">Wikimania</a> and other Wikimedia events</li> <li>a <b>sustainable investment strategy</b> for the Wikimedia endowment</li></ol> <p>In 2017, the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation adopted a <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Environmental_Impact" class="extiw" title="foundation:Resolution:Environmental Impact">resolution</a> as a result of this initiative, making a commitment to minimize the Foundation's overall environmental impact, especially around data centres, operations, travel, offices, and other procurement and through using green energy. The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Strategy/Recommendations/Increase_the_Sustainability_of_Our_Movement" title="Special:MyLanguage/Movement Strategy/Recommendations/Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement">Wikimedia movement strategy implementation recommendations</a> pledge to "align our practices to support the environmental sustainability of our planet." </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Green_energy_for_the_Wikimedia_servers" data-mw-thread-id="h-Green_energy_for_the_Wikimedia_servers"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Green_energy_for_the_Wikimedia_servers"></span>Green energy for the Wikimedia servers<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Green_energy_for_the_Wikimedia_servers"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sustainability_Initiative&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Green energy for the Wikimedia servers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg"><img resource="/wiki/File:Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg/330px-Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg/495px-Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg/660px-Greenpeace_USA_analysis_of_Wikipedia_energy_use_in_2015.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="286"/></a><figcaption>Barely passing: "D" score for Wikipedia in Greenpeace USA's 2015 "Click Clean Scorecard".<sup id="cite_ref-GP-Scorecard_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP-Scorecard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Why is this important?</b> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_servers" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia servers">data centres</a> hosting Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects have a significant carbon footprint: In 2018, only 6% of the 2.8 gigawatt hours powering the Wikimedia servers came from green sources, resulting in a carbon footprint of 1.2 kilotonnes.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2018 Wikimedia Foundation sustainability assessment states that <i><b>"moving servers to renewable energy options is the single most impactful thing to reduce the organization's carbon footprint"</b></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, as one of the world's most popular websites, Wikipedia could inspire other websites to choose carbon-free hosting as well,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while big names like Facebook<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or Salesforce<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have already switched to green hosting. </p><p><b>What needs to be done?</b> </p><p>The Wikimedia Foundation should ask its data center providers to switch to green energy, or choose providers that offer green hosting. </p><p><b>Who is the responsible for this?</b> </p><p><a href="/wiki/User:SDeckelmann-WMF" title="User:SDeckelmann-WMF">Selena Deckelmann</a>, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Wikimedia Foundation </p><p><b>What is the current status?</b> </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pictogram_voting_wait.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Working"><img alt="Working" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/18px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/27px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/36px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256"/></a></span> <b>Waiting</b> In August 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation sent <a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_letter_to_Equinix_re_green_hosting.pdf" title="File:Wikimedia Foundation letter to Equinix re green hosting.pdf">letters</a> to its colocation providers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyrusOne" class="extiw" title="en:CyrusOne">CyrusOne</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinix" class="extiw" title="en:Equinix">Equinix</a> asking about information regarding the data centres' energy sources. Equinix responded by pointing to its recent acquisition of a wind farm of Oklahoma – which does not help reach the goal since the Wikimedia data centres are located in a different electricity grid in Virginia. CyrusOne has not responded to their letter. In 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation published a strategic roadmap to "identify carbon-reduction opportunities" in its operations.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2020, the Wikimedia Foundation was "looking into several options for a new data center that uses sustainable energy".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r19611900">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.mw-graph{min-width:auto!important;max-width:100%;overflow:auto}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Remote_participation_at_Wikimania" data-mw-thread-id="h-Remote_participation_at_Wikimania"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Remote_participation_at_Wikimania"></span>Remote participation at Wikimania<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Remote_participation_at_Wikimania"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sustainability_Initiative&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Remote participation at Wikimania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Why is this important?</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Changi_Airport_traffic_jam_(5621408218).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Changi_Airport_traffic_jam_%285621408218%29.jpg/220px-Changi_Airport_traffic_jam_%285621408218%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Changi_Airport_traffic_jam_%285621408218%29.jpg/330px-Changi_Airport_traffic_jam_%285621408218%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Changi_Airport_traffic_jam_%285621408218%29.jpg/440px-Changi_Airport_traffic_jam_%285621408218%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1411" data-file-height="986"/></a><figcaption>Changi airport, Singapore.</figcaption></figure> <p>International travel makes up for a large share of Wikimedia's carbon footprint: In 2019, WMF-funded flights stays caused the emission of 1,600 tonnes of CO2.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therefore, we need to look at ways to require fewer flights. Since it would be counterproductive to propose to discontinue Wikimania, we need to encourage remote participation at Wikimania and other Wikimedia events. The main channel for remote participation is offering video recordings or streams. </p><p><b>What needs to be done?</b> </p><p>The Wikimedia Foundation should offer video recordings or streams for all sessions at Wikimania and other Wikimedia events, and clearly communicate this well before the events. </p><p><b>Who is responsible for this?</b> </p><p><a href="/wiki/User:JVillagomez_(WMF)" title="User:JVillagomez (WMF)">Jaime Villagomez</a>, Chief Financial Officer, Wikimedia Foundation </p><p><b>What is the current status?</b> </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pictogram_voting_wait.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Working"><img alt="Working" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/18px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/27px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/36px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256"/></a></span> <b>Waiting</b> At Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, nearly every session was recorded on video. At Wikimania 2017 in Montréal and Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town, only a small share of the sessions was streamed online. </p><p>At Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm, some video recordings were created. Emission certificates were purchased for the estimated carbon footprint of the conference.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation published a strategic roadmap to "develop guidelines for remote vs. in-person participation of events, including meeting options to accommodate virtual participation".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wikimania 2020 was cancelled due to the pandemic; the 2021 and 2022 Wikimanias were virtual. In 2023, around 1,000 Wikimedians are expected to convene in Singapore; it will not allow for remote participation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="A_sustainable_investment_strategy_for_the_Wikimedia_Endowment" data-mw-thread-id="h-A_sustainable_investment_strategy_for_the_Wikimedia_Endowment"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-A_sustainable_investment_strategy_for_the_Wikimedia_Endowment"></span>A sustainable investment strategy for the Wikimedia Endowment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-A_sustainable_investment_strategy_for_the_Wikimedia_Endowment"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sustainability_Initiative&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: A sustainable investment strategy for the Wikimedia Endowment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Why is this important?</b> </p><p>By investing in sustainable industries, we are putting our money where our mouth is – if we want to reduce our environmental impact, the Wikimedia Endowment should not finance carbon-intensive industries. </p><p><b>What needs to be done?</b> </p><p>The Wikimedia Foundation should adopt an investment strategy for the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Endowment" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Endowment">Wikimedia Endowment</a> that accounts for the environmental impact of its investments. </p><p><b>Who is responsible for this?</b> </p><p><a href="/wiki/User:Lgruwell-WMF" title="User:Lgruwell-WMF">Lisa Seitz-Gruwell</a>, Chief Advancement Officer, Wikimedia Foundation </p><p><b>What is the current status?</b> </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pictogram_voting_wait.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Working"><img alt="Working" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/18px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/27px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pictogram_voting_wait.svg/36px-Pictogram_voting_wait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256"/></a></span> <b>Waiting</b> Until 2021, the Wikimedia Endowment was invested at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tides_(organization)" class="extiw" title="en:Tides (organization)">Tides Foundation</a> and the preliminary investment policy contains a very basic sustainability measure. In 2021, the Wikimedia Endowment was moved out of the Tides Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation is currently 'investigating' how to best reflect sustainability in the definitive investment policy. (The <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Investment_Policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Wikimedia Foundation Investment Policy">investment policy for the Wikimedia Foundation's <i>own</i> investments</a> which was adopted in April 2018 states that long-term investments should be made in "companies with a superior sustainability profile, particularly relating to environmental factors", without further defining this objective.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_you_can_help" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_you_can_help"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_you_can_help"></span>How you can help<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_you_can_help"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sustainability_Initiative&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: How you can help"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Show your support!</b> </p><p>Currently, more than <b>815</b> community members support the Sustainability Initiative. Please add your name to the <a href="/wiki/Sustainability_Initiative/List_of_supporters" title="Sustainability Initiative/List of supporters">list of supporters to <b>express your support</b></a>! </p><p>You can also show your support on your userpage: Userboxes are available on <a href="/wiki/Template:User_Sustainability_Initiative" title="Template:User Sustainability Initiative">Meta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_Sustainability_Initiative" class="extiw" title="en:Template:User Sustainability Initiative">English</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Salix_alba/Sustainability_Initiative_Userbox" class="extiw" title="en:User:Salix alba/Sustainability Initiative Userbox">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:R%C3%BCbenkopf/Vorlage:Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative" class="extiw" title="de:Benutzer:Rübenkopf/Vorlage:Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative">German Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Utilisateur_M%C3%A9ta-Wiki_projet_Sustainability_Initiative" class="extiw" title="fr:Modèle:Utilisateur Méta-Wiki projet Sustainability Initiative">French Wikipedia</a> and <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Utente_Sustainability_Initiative" class="extiw" title="it:Template:Utente Sustainability Initiative">Italian Wikipedia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Further_reading" data-mw-thread-id="h-Further_reading"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Further_reading"></span>Further reading<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Further_reading"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sustainability_Initiative&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Going_green-_How_we_can_reduce_the_environmental_impact_of_Wikipedia.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Going_green-_How_we_can_reduce_the_environmental_impact_of_Wikipedia.pdf/page1-220px-Going_green-_How_we_can_reduce_the_environmental_impact_of_Wikipedia.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Going_green-_How_we_can_reduce_the_environmental_impact_of_Wikipedia.pdf/page1-330px-Going_green-_How_we_can_reduce_the_environmental_impact_of_Wikipedia.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Going_green-_How_we_can_reduce_the_environmental_impact_of_Wikipedia.pdf/page1-440px-Going_green-_How_we_can_reduce_the_environmental_impact_of_Wikipedia.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="843"/></a><figcaption>Sustainability Initiative slide deck from Wikimania 2017.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Sustainability" title="Special:MyLanguage/Sustainability">Sustainability</a> – for more information about the Wikimedia Foundation's sustainability practices</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedians for Sustainable Development">Wikimedians for Sustainable Development</a> user group</li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Environmental_Impact" class="extiw" title="foundation:Resolution:Environmental Impact">Resolution:Environmental Impact</a> – a resolution passed by the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation as a result of this initiative, making a commitment to minimize the Foundation's overall environmental impact.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_servers" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia servers">Wikimedia servers</a> – for more information about the energy use of the Wikimedia servers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_offices" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia offices">Wikimedia offices</a> – for more information about the energy use of the Wikimedia offices</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wiki_Loves_Renewables" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wiki Loves Renewables">Wiki Loves Renewables</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sustainability_Initiative&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-GP-Scorecard-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-GP-Scorecard_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Greenpeace USA: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015ClickCleanScorecardKeyFindings.pdf">Click Clean Scorecard: Key Findings & Scores Explained</a>, 2015, page 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Sustainability_Assessment_and_Carbon_Footprint.pdf" title="File:Wikimedia Foundation Sustainability Assessment and Carbon Footprint.pdf">2018 Wikimedia Foundation sustainability assessment</a>, p. 30, 42, and 46.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Sustainability_Assessment_and_Carbon_Footprint.pdf" title="File:Wikimedia Foundation Sustainability Assessment and Carbon Footprint.pdf">2018 Wikimedia Foundation sustainability assessment</a>, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>"[R]oom to claim leadership advantage"</i>, <a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Sustainability_Assessment_and_Carbon_Footprint.pdf" title="File:Wikimedia Foundation Sustainability Assessment and Carbon Footprint.pdf">2018 Wikimedia Foundation sustainability assessment</a>, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sustainability.fb.com/clean-and-renewable-energy/">Adding clean and renewable energy to the grid</a>, Facebook Sustainability,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mark Hawkins: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/04/why-sustainability-is-good-for-business.html">Why Sustainability is Good for Business</a>, Salesforce blog, 13 April 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/File:WMF_Sustainability_Impact_Statement_2019.pdf" title="File:WMF Sustainability Impact Statement 2019.pdf">Wikimedia Foundation Sustainability Impact Statement</a>, December 13, 2019, p. 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Deborah Tankersly on <a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ASustainability&type=revision&diff=20715129&oldid=20703929">Talk:Sustainability</a>, 25 November 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Carbon_Footprint_Report_-_June_30,_2020.pdf" title="File:2019 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Carbon Footprint Report - June 30, 2020.pdf">2019 Wikimedia Foundation sustainability assessment</a>, p. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/2019:Carbon_offsetting" class="extiw" title="wikimania:Special:MyLanguage/2019:Carbon offsetting">Wikimania 2019: Carbon offsetting</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/File:WMF_Sustainability_Impact_Statement_2019.pdf" title="File:WMF Sustainability Impact Statement 2019.pdf">Wikimedia Foundation Sustainability Impact Statement</a>, December 13, 2019, p. 5.</span> </li> </ol></div>    </div><noscript><img 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