Carbon Footprint Toolkit Workshop

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The DPC launched its Carbon Footprint Toolkit at the iPRES 2026 conference in Copenhagen and held a face-to-face workshop on the first day of the conference to share it with the community. We now plan to deliver an online version of this workshop, allowing those who were not able to attend iPRES in person to gain an understanding of the toolkit and how they might use it to calculate the carbon costs of their own digital preservation activities.

The Carbon Footprint Toolkit supports digital preservation organizations to measure, understand, and reduce emissions in a practical and proportionate way. It provides a conceptual framework for where carbon emissions arise across digital preservation services; step-by-step guidance on scoping and planning a footprinting exercise; and advice on data gathering, estimation, and transparency.

Carbon footprint calculation can be a challenging and complex area, and one that is new to most digital preservation practitioners. It involves collaboration with, and the cooperation of, colleagues across departments, as well as third-party service providers. Perfect data is rarely available, and informed estimates are often required to support decision-making. The toolkit intends to demystify carbon footprint calculation and offer practical advice on getting started. This workshop itself provides a valuable opportunity to learn about the toolkit, work with others in the community who are interested in this topic and consider how to get started.

This workshop will be facilitated by Jenny Mitcham from the DPC and Alicia Wise from CLOCKSS. It will include:

• An introduction to the toolkit and spreadsheet tool

• An opportunity to start using the spreadsheet tool

• A community case study from Julie Shi of Scholar’s Portal

• A mapping exercise

• Time and support to consider how to take first steps towards carbon calculations

• Networking and community discussion

• An invitation to continue the conversation

A full agenda will follow.

This workshop is suitable for anyone who is interested in calculating the carbon footprint of their organization’s digital preservation activities. No prior experience with carbon footprint calculation is needed.

Recordings

All presentations will be recorded and made available to DPC Members and Supporters via this web page after the event (login to DPC website required).

Recordings will also be shared with non-members who pay to attend the event.

Please note – DPC Members do not need to register in order to access the recordings after the event.

Registration

Registration is open to all, with no charge for DPC Members or DPC Supporters and £250 for non-Members. Full Members may register 3 attendees and Associate Members may register 1 attendee for this event. DPC Members can claim their free place by entering the promotional code DPCMEMBER. DPC Supporters can claim their free place by entering the promotional code DPCSUPP. Any additional attendees can attend for a charge of £250.

Registration will close 48 hours before the event starts. If you wish to register after registration has closed, please email eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org

DPC events rely on having minimum numbers to run successfully and effectively. Low numbers may mean events are not viable and will need to be cancelled, so please check that you can attend before booking.

If you register for this event and find that you can no longer attend, you are welcome to send a colleague in your place. If you need to cancel, please email eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org with the event name. If cancelling please try to provide more than 48 hours’ notice before the scheduled event time, otherwise a cancellation fee of £50 may apply.

DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy

The DPC Community is guided by the values set out in our Strategic Plan and aims to be respectful, welcoming, inclusive and transparent. We encourage diversity in all its forms and are committed to being accessible to everyone who wishes to engage with the topic of digital preservation, whilst remaining technology and vendor neutral. We ask all those who are part of this community to be positive, accepting, and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others in alignment with our DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy.