InstaHost has run on 100% renewable energy since 1996 — back when it cost more and won no headlines. Today that means efficient UK data centres, a footprint we measure rather than estimate, and carbon removal we fund and publish. Every figure below carries its source.
The short version: renewable power for nearly three decades, efficient hardware measured against the EU Code of Conduct, ISO 14001 data centres, and a standing commitment of 1% of revenue to verified carbon removal. Nothing here is an estimate we can't show you.
Our standing commitment of 1% of revenue — contributed through Stripe, our main payment provider — funds permanent carbon removal via Frontier. Every project is sourced and vetted by Frontier’s in-house team of science and commercial experts, and our contribution buys from a portfolio spread across five removal pathways and fifteen countries.
One pathway, up close: field weathering
Field weathering speeds up the natural weathering of alkaline materials with CO₂ and rainwater. The reaction stores the CO₂ durably as bicarbonate — with low energy requirements and useful co-benefits along the way.
We fund tree-planting and verified carbon-removal projects through Ecologi. The banner below comes straight from their public ledger, updated as projects are funded — not a figure we typed in.
Alongside renewable energy, we invest through Lend with Care, CARE International UK’s microfinance initiative. We make small loans to entrepreneurs in low-income countries, and as each loan is repaid we reinvest it in the next. These are the three most recent people we’ve helped fund.
Oscar and his wife run a small cattle farm in Carchi province, producing milk and raising animals for fattening to support their three children through school. His loan will grow the herd and improve their grazing land.
Total loan funded £2,483 · 30 months
See Oscar’s loan →
Oeurm has farmed rice in Battambang for more than twenty years — his family’s main income. His loan buys a walking tractor so he can plough his own paddy instead of renting equipment from neighbouring farmers.
Total loan funded £1,241 · 36 months
See Oeurm’s loan →
Suttida, 22, grew up in a farming family and raises cattle in Surin. Her loan buys a mother cow, straw bales and materials to expand her shed — a step toward building a commercial livestock business.
Total loan funded £742 · 36 months
See Suttida’s loan →Prefer the detail? The Ecologi ledger is public, and our data-centre certifications are available on request. If a green claim can't be evidenced, you won't find it on this page — see the figures on our homepage for the same commitment, rendered as data.