This page contains additional information related to the Green Web Foundation provider verification criteria and process. These FAQs are a supplement to What disclosures do you accept for verification which you should read first to familiarise yourself with the current verification criteria.
We refer to it as fossil free, because for us, it names the problem to solve – to divest from fossil fuels, and phasing out fossil fuels from hosting infrastructure.
This is broadly in-line with our blog post, No Fossil Fuels in Our Tech Stacks, and previously, we’ve had a definition of green energy that was to some extent determined by a) what you could reasonably expect hosting providers to be able to meet and b) what various conflicting national standards could agree on. That being said, we also recognise organisations making commitments using word like “carbon-free”.