Eco-design statement
Eco-design statement
Ekuity publishes this website in line with its CSR commitments and its mission of more responsible IT. This statement presents the concrete measures applied to reduce the environmental footprint of ekuity.tech, in accordance with the principles of the French Digital Service Eco-design Framework (RGESN).
Strategy & architecture
| Measure | Detail |
|---|---|
| Static site generator | Built with Hugo — no database, no PHP, minimal server rendering. |
| No dynamic CMS | Zero database queries per visit. |
| Bilingual without duplication | A single shared FR/EN template, not two separate sites. |
| Sovereign hosting | Hosted on Ekuity infrastructure, in France (low-carbon electricity mix). |
Loading & performance
| Measure | Detail |
|---|---|
| No external web fonts | system-ui / system fonts only — zero CDN requests. |
| No third-party trackers | No analytics cookies, no advertising pixels. |
| Single minified CSS | One CSS file, minified by Hugo in production. |
| Minimal JavaScript | No external JS dependencies — vanilla JS only for essential interactions (menu, form). |
| Targeted external connection | The preconnect to the form server is limited to the contact page only. |
| Lazy loading | All blog images loaded lazily (loading="lazy" decoding="async"). |
| Image space reservation | aspect-ratio: 16/9 on card images — no layout recalculation (CLS). |
| SVG favicon | No multi-resolution PNG — a single vector SVG file. |
| Static search | Pagefind (client-side indexing) loaded only on the blog page. |
Media & content
| Measure | Detail |
|---|---|
| WebP priority | Recent images use WebP format rather than JPEG/PNG. |
| Optimised images | Target: < 200 KB per displayed image. |
| Inline SVG illustrations | Icons and vector illustrations are embedded directly as SVG — no bitmap images. |
| No auto-play video | No video, no animated GIFs on the site. |
| Open visuals, no AI generation | All illustrations are custom-built (inline SVG). Forthcoming photographs will be sourced from CC0/CC-BY collections. See our visual credits. |
Accessibility & inclusion
Eco-design and accessibility are addressed together: an accessible site reduces friction and therefore unnecessary page loads. See our accessibility statement.
Data savings
| Measure | Detail |
|---|---|
prefers-reduced-data | Decorative backgrounds (CSS images) are removed when the user activates data-saving mode. |
prefers-reduced-motion | CSS animations are disabled when the user prefers reduced motion. |
| Native dark mode | prefers-color-scheme: dark support — no JavaScript required. |
What we don’t do (yet)
- Implementation of
srcset/<picture>for responsive images by screen size — in progress. - Systematic conversion of all legacy PNG images to WebP.
- Full third-party RGESN audit (planned).
Contact
For any questions about our eco-design approach: bonjour@ekuity.tech
Statement last updated: 12 May 2026.