Improving the conformance model - Web Sustainability edition
2026-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 (Etc/UTC) | Online
https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/b0e063d6-897d-46e1-94ab-73b95752aebb/

#### Background

The [Web Sustainability Guidelines](https://w3c.github.io/sustainableweb-wsg/) provide recommendations to help digital teams make informed sustainable development decisions.

The group ([SWING](https://www.w3.org/groups/ig/sustainableweb/)) is currently looking at improving the document's conformance model. Open questions include what the scope of conformance is (both what to claim conformance of, eg a website or a page, and what to claim conformance with, eg a guideline or success criterion), the balance between allowing for partial conformance and enabling greenwashing, and how the conformance model fits with external factors like regulation.

#### Session

In this session we'll present what we've got so far and ask your feedback on the direction, possible ways to improve and caveats we may have missed.

**Goal(s):**
Gather feedback from the wider community on the in progress WSG conformance model

Agenda

**Materials:**
- [Session proposal on GitHub](https://github.com/w3c/breakouts-day-2026/issues/4)
