Digitalisation is accelerating across Europe at an unprecedented pace — but speed alone is not enough. The question we must ask is whether this transformation is also sustainable.
For many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the answer remains unclear. While digital tools are being adopted rapidly, the environmental footprint of ICT — including cloud services, data storage, devices, and artificial intelligence — continues to grow. At the same time, most SMEs lack the structured knowledge and practical guidance to ensure their digital transition is also an environmentally and socially responsible one.
This is the challenge that the Erasmus+ D-Green project was designed to address, and Let's Do It World is proud to be part of the international consortium bringing it to life.
D-Green brings together organisations from Estonia, Italy, Sweden, Austria, and Spain, combining expertise in environmental leadership, vocational education and training, ICT systems, and SME capacity-building. Together, the consortium is developing an integrated learning ecosystem that makes digital sustainability understandable, actionable, and economically relevant for businesses that form the backbone of European economies.
At the heart of the project is a practical Digital Sustainability Handbook developed for VET trainers — the professionals who work directly with SMEs on the ground. The Handbook covers the full spectrum of what sustainable digital transformation means in practice: from Green IT and energy efficiency to responsible AI use, circular economy thinking in ICT procurement, cybersecurity, data ethics, and measurable KPI frameworks. It includes real-life SME case studies, ready-to-use lesson plans, and operational toolkits that trainers can apply immediately. The structure is modular and adaptable, meaning it works for businesses at very different stages of their sustainability journey.
Alongside the Handbook, the project delivers an accessible online course for scalable knowledge transfer across countries, as well as a practical assessment tool that allows SMEs to evaluate their current digital sustainability maturity, identify their next steps, and measure progress over time.
Let’s Do It World leads the Estonian national workshop and contributes directly to shaping the Handbook’s content and structure. Our role is to ensure that sustainability remains practical and measurable throughout — not an abstract concept, but a clear implementation pathway rooted in real organisational change. Drawing on our experience mobilising communities and driving environmental action across 211 countries, we bring both the global perspective and the on-the-ground pragmatism that this kind of work requires.
For members of the LDIW network, D-Green opens meaningful opportunities. The project provides structured training materials that can support sustainability education in your communities, tools to engage local business ecosystems in environmental responsibility, and a bridge between the world of civic environmental action and the everyday realities of SMEs navigating digital transformation.
The long-term vision is clear: by strengthening the competence of trainers and businesses alike, D-Green contributes to reduced digital waste, more efficient use of cloud infrastructure and AI, better procurement decisions, and stronger governance across organisations. Digital progress and environmental responsibility must go hand in hand — and this project is building the practical tools to make that possible.
If you are interested in piloting elements of the toolkit, contributing case examples from your country, or exploring how to connect local SMEs to this initiative, we warmly welcome your involvement.
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