WeNR
WeNR is a self-assessment and measurement tool developed by the Institute for Sustainable IT (ISIT), which lets an organisation assess the maturity of its sustainable IT practices.
What it does
WeNR helps an organisation situate its practices, measure the footprint of its information system, and compare itself with similar structures. Three bodies carry the project jointly: the Institut du Numérique Responsable in France, ISIT-BE in Belgium and ISIT-CH in Switzerland.
Its academic partners are La Rochelle Université and UCLouvain. The work is supported by the French environment agency ADEME and by DINUM, the French interministerial digital directorate.
Method
The method builds on the doctoral work of Guillaume Bourgeois at La Rochelle Université and has undergone an independent critical review.
The assessment rests on a questionnaire completed by the organisation itself, covering qualitative aspects (governance, internal policies, awareness) alongside quantitative ones (equipment inventory, length of use, hosting arrangements).
Self-declaration is both the strength and the limit of the exercise. It makes participation cheap and comparison possible; it does not verify the figures.
Three levels
- MyImpact
- a quick calculator for personal digital impact, open all year and available in several languages.
- WeNR Standard
- the full qualitative and quantitative assessment, designed to allow comparison across organisations.
- WeNR Higher Education
- a version adapted to higher education institutions, currently in development.
How a campaign runs
Participation is open to any organisation. During a campaign window the organisation downloads a spreadsheet, completes it and submits it through the portal; each submission is timestamped and renamed after the organisation.
The 2026 campaign opens in June and introduces new indicators covering the impact of artificial intelligence on digital practice. A comparative report sets the results of successive campaigns side by side; the report for the 2021 edition is freely available in English and French.
