About Wholegrain Digital Design company in London, United Kingdom
Wholegrain Digital is an agency specialising in the design and development of WordPress themes and plugins. We were the first specialist WordPress agency in London and now provide services to corporate users of WordPress internationally, with clients in t
Wholegrain Digital was founded in 2007 by husband and wife Tom and Vineeta Greenwood with the aim of helping positive organisations to thrive online. We wanted to see whether we could create a truly sustainable business using design and tech for good.
Our customer-first approach led us to identify that WordPress was the perfect platform to meet our clients needs so we specialised and became Londons first WordPress agency. For over a decade we have been using WordPress at scale for positive businesses the public sector and charities.
Our passion for sustainability has driven us to refine our process become industry leaders in web sustainability and performance helping to shift the industry towards a zero-carbon future.
We are ambitious in both our design and development practices and our desire to create a more sustainable world through our work. Already leaders in creating websites that offer the best user experience while following sustainable practice we also aim to act as a catalyst for our industry towards a shift to a greener internet and a more sustainable future for us all.
We approach all of our work with a can do attitude with a focus on what is possible without compromising on our core values. This means that we need to be brave enough to stand up for what we believe in when necessary even (especially!) when our resulting actions may be unpopular. We maintain our integrity while always seeking solutions that make for a positive result for everyone involved.
To be net zero carbon by the end of FY2019-20 and carbon positive by the end of FY2020-21
To ensure that the average CO2/page view of all new websites is less than the industry average (currently 1.76 grams per page view)
To increase the proportion of our clients websites using web hosting powered by renewable sources to 50% by 2020 and 100% by 2026
We have declared a Climate Emergency and act accordingly.
We are a certified living wage employer and have an industry leading maximum wage ratio of 3 (real ratio is even lower).
We minimise printing use recycled organic and/or FSC certified materials for all printed goods where possible and strive to use only vegetable based inks.
In 2020 we moved away from offsetting our carbon emissions to carbon synching – the idea that we need to not just remove CO2 from the atmosphere but we need to do it at roughly the same speed (or faster) than we are emitting it. To the end of FY2019/20 we had already planted 2224 trees in ecosystem restoration projects nearly double our target.
We provide staff with free access to Londons Santander Cycles to help them get around efficiently and keep fit.
We positively and negatively screen all clients to ensure that our work is making a positive impact.
We actively promote green web design calculating the approximate energy consumption and carbon emissions of all websites that we work on.
We host all of our own websites (including dev sites) on energy efficient servers using 100% renewable energy.
We created the worlds first website carbon calculator and were lead authors of the Sustainable Web Manifesto.
We share knowledge experiences and inspiration on how to use business for good via published articles and presentations.
We have a genuine open hiring policy that focuses on individuals not arbitrary criteria.
We provide staff with rewards for using renewable energy at home and provide additional travel time to team members who choose sustainable travel options for their holidays.
All of our non-sensitive internal web projects are released as open source.
We use second hand equipment where available and donate used computers to Computers 4 Africa.
We prioritise efficient low emission transport and never fly for business.
We are members of 1% for the planet giving back 1% of our annual sales to support nonprofits focused on the environment.
We are a Certified B Corporation and support the B Corp movement and business community wherever we can.
We only serve low impact healthy plant based food when catering for company events and prioritise suppliers and brands committed to organic fair trade and low food waste.
Our team voted for a vegetarian only expense policy and in addition our team Christmas meal is always held at a vegetarian or vegan restaurant.
We use low impact shared office space powered by renewable energy as part of the vibrant creative community at Somerset House in London.
We enable genuine flexible working with the aim of promoting a happy healthy life balance.
Wholegrain Digital Scamper Ltd Exchange at Somerset House South Wing Strand London WC2R 1LA. 0207 112 8240. Read our privacy policy website terms service terms.
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Our clients range in size from large corporations to smaller independent businesses, all focussed on harnessing the potential of the WordPress eco-system to help them achieve their business goals. Our services include: WordPress theme design WordPress
