Green Web Hosting by Global Bay
Green web hosting is one of the most overlooked opportunities in digital business today. Addressing this gap could be the smartest move to differentiate from the competition, provide real value to your customers, and protect the environment.
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Climate Positive Website Care Plans
Our Climate Positive Website Care Plan is an eco-friendly web hosting solution that makes your website faster, more secure, and more cost-efficient to run. Our certified agency does the vetting for your business by making a measurable, positive impact on the planet.
And since sustainability shouldn't cost extra, our climate-positive hosting comes standard with every Global Bay Website Care Plan.
Just £595.00 / year
(Billed annually)
Includes website hosting, monthly security updates, and 30 minutes of tweak time per month.
- Responsible reforestation and climate investment via trusted partners, Ecologi.
- Complete website care (hosting, security, backups, updates, and technical support)
- SSL certificates, hourly backups, and monthly maintenance.
- Dedicated UK-based developers who maintain your website every month.
- 99.99% uptime guarantee and 24/7 monitoring.
- One transparent annual price. No add-ons. Everything your website needs, in one package.
“Green” The Digital Part Of Your Business With Climate Positive Web Hosting
Every time someone loads a webpage, servers consume electricity. That electricity comes from Earth’s carbon-based resources. Multiply that by millions of page views across the internet, and the numbers become destructive.
According to the online carbon calculator Website Carbon, the average website produces 1.76g of CO₂ for every page view. A site with 10,000 page views per month emits 211kg of CO₂ every year.
That’s equivalent to:
As much CO₂ as boiling water for 28,591 cups of tea
Emitting the amount of carbon that 10.7 trees absorb in a year
500.41Kwh energy which is enough electricity to drive an electric car 3,524km or from Bristol to Cairo.
Climate Positive Website Care Plans
At Global Bay, we provide digital sustainability without sacrificing performance. Switching to our Climate Positive Website Care Plan is one of the quickest and easiest ways to reduce your company's carbon footprint. Like you, we are committed to running our business sustainably and making a positive impact in the world.
Our UK-based data centres
- Have already avoided 153.55 tonnes of CO₂ through our partnership with Ecologi.
- Run on solar-powered data centres and use energy-efficient hardware.
- Are located on the same continent to decrease latency and energy costs.
- Offset our remaining business emissions by planting over 1000 trees through verified global reforestation projects.
- Are funding carbon removal projects around the world.
- Use energy-efficient cooling systems to minimise waste and reduce power consumption.
Why Choose Global Bay's Climate Positive Website Care Plan?
With Just Website Hosting…
Your files, data, and content are stored on servers, physical or cloud-based, so visitors can access your site.
With Just Website Management…
Professional support keeps your site faster, with monthly plugin updates, security checks, and making sure nothing malfunctions after those updates run.
But, With Hosting + Management Plan…
A qualified engineer actively manages everything stated above and looks after your website every month to protect it from hackers, malware, or outdated software.
Our Climate Positive Website Care Plan includes security checks, 24/7 performance monitoring, backups, and much more - in one annual price.
Emitting the amount of carbon that 10.7 trees absorb in a year
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Typical Hosting
100% Renewable energy
Carbon offsetting via Ecologi
Ongoing support & maintenance
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Monthly security updates
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Hourly backups
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UK-based support team
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Words of Praise From Our Past Clients
Since moving, our speed rapidly improved and the regular performance issues are a thing of the past
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Climate Positive Website Care Plans
What's Included in a Global Bay Climate Positive Care Plan
Climate Positive Hosting
Our servers use 100% renewable energy, and offset our remaining carbon emissions through Ecologi. Every client of Global Bay gets climate-positive hosting, not as a premium tier, but as the baseline. The websites we create help reduce and offset environmental impact.
Consistent and reliable web presence
Our servers provide a 99.99% uptime guarantee, so you're not losing business due to website downtime. SSL certificate is included as standard - no extra charges.
Expert Security Protection
Over 50,000 websites are hacked daily worldwide. Our expert website engineers deliver world-class website security through monthly plugin and theme updates. Our team carries out continual proactive server security implementations, to prevent attacks before they even happen. Our approach includes layered security that larger providers often charge extra for: DDoS protection, malware scanning, and firewall management - these are all part of what we do every month.
Experienced UK-Based Support Team
Our UK-based support team has over a decade of experience building and maintaining websites. You'll be dealing with people who actually know your website and care about it performing well.
24/7 Uptime Monitoring
On the rare occasion your website goes offline, we're alerted to it immediately. Our 24/7 uptime monitoring means we can start working to resolve the problem immediately, minimising any disruption to your business.
1-Hour Response Time on Support Requests
We know that when something goes wrong with your website, you want it solving fast. Our expert support team aims to respond to all support requests within 1 hour during UK office hours, Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 18:00.
Hourly Backups
We take hourly backups of your website. If you ever need to return to an earlier version - for whether an update causes a problem or for any other reason - we can restore from a very recent backup with minimum downtime and minimum hassles.
Improve Load Speed by up to 400% (Depending on Your Current Setup)
Whether we built your website or not, when you join us on a Climate Positive Website Care Plan, we advise you on performance upgrades, site speed improvements, security updates, and other opportunities to improve your website. Faster websites rank better in search engines, retain visitors on the page, and convert more enquiries. Our infrastructure uses technologies that reduce load on your server and make your site feel instant to the people visiting it.
Monthly Reports
Our web experts send you a monthly website report covering security updates, website analytics, uptime summary, and site form analysis. You always know exactly what's been done and how your website is performing.
Simple, Transparent Pricing For Green Web Hosting
Just £595.00/year (billed annually).
No hidden fees. No paying extra for SSL certificates.
No separate charges for website backups.
No choosing between confusing packages with features you don't fully understand.
Just one simple website care plan that includes everything you need to run a fast-loading, super secure, climate positive website.
Our £595.00/yr plan for green web hosting in the UK covers the full cost of eco-friendly web hosting, ongoing website management, security, backups, monitoring, support, and your Climate Positive Digital Badge.
With over a decade of website hosting experience, we've built this plan to be suitable for most small and medium-sized businesses.
If you're a larger business or your website is mission critical, please get in touch to discuss a custom website care plan tailored to your needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is green web hosting?
Green web hosting is a greener and eco-friendly way to host websites. It means that the servers storing and delivering your website are powered by renewable energy sources. The best green web hosting providers, like Global Bay, further this climate-friendly digital strategy by offsetting remaining carbon emissions and investing in verified climate projects, like tree planting, reforestation schemes, and certified carbon sequestration initiatives. In other words, we remove more carbon than we produce.
How much does green web hosting cost in the UK?
The prices of green web hosting in UK vary depending on what's included. Some providers charge extra for SSL certificates, backups, security, and support, but Global Bay’s Climate Positive Website Care Plan costs £595.00 per year, which includes everything - hosting, management, security, backups, support, and SSL.
Is eco-friendly web hosting worth it?
Yes, eco-friendly web hosting is worth it, both for your business and your planet. Eco-friendly web hosting reduces the carbon footprint of your business. This sustainability contribution matters to customers and proves that your brand is responsible. The eco-friendly web hosting that Global Bay provides doesn't compromise on speed or security alongside climate positivity.
What does website hosting and management mean exactly?
Website hosting means the location where your website's files and data are stored; on physical or cloud servers. Every website needs a host so that people can access it. Website management is the ongoing work by software engineers to keep your site fast, safe, and secure. This includes installing plugin and theme updates and checking that those updates haven't caused any issues on the live site.
What's the difference between just a hosting package and a hosting and management package?
A hosting-only plan gives you somewhere to store your website, but it doesn't protect it from malware, hackers, or outdated software. Many low-cost hosting packages advertise enticing monthly prices but charge separately for SSL certificates, email accounts, and security features that we include as standard.
A hosting and management package like we provide ensures that you always have a software engineer looking after your website. These experts run updates, check performance, and keep your site secure. Having an expert team by your side also ensures that you are protected from known and unknown threats.
How is your hosting and management service "climate positive"?
Our server team runs on 100% renewable energy sources. If that wasn't enough, they also offset the carbon emissions they would have produced had they used conventional energy, and they've committed to offsetting all the carbon they've created in the 20 years since they launched. Global Bay adds to this through our own Ecologi partnership, funding tree planting and carbon removal projects worldwide. You can view our Climate Positive contribution at Ecologi. That combination is what makes our hosting and management service genuinely climate positive, not just carbon neutral.
How is Global Bay different from GoDaddy or Bluehost?
Lots of hosting companies hook you in with a low headline price that covers hosting space only. By the time you've added email accounts, SSL certificates, security features, and backups, that are essential for running your business, by the end of the year, the actual cost is hundreds of pounds higher than that advertised £3.99/month.
At Global Bay, we believe in being transparent, open, and honest. Our package has no hidden costs. You get a human software engineer updating your security every month and testing your site works properly after each update. We provide everything you need to run a reliable, fast, and secure website, with no sneaky extra costs, so you can budget for your year and focus on running your business.
I have more than one website - is there a discount?
Yes. We want to provide excellent value to your business. If you have more than one website, we offer discounts on a sliding scale depending on how many you choose to host with us. Get in touch to find out exactly how much you could save.
What if my website requirements change during the year?
Global Bay is here to support you as your business grows. You can upgrade your managed hosting package at any time to suit your needs.
What is the Climate Positive Web Hosting Digital Badge?
When you sign up to our Climate Positive Website Care Plan, we provide you with a digital badge - a branded image asset you can display on your website. It shows that your business is taking active steps towards achieving the 2050 net zero carbon emissions target. It also aligns with the UK government's pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 67% by 2030.
Do you offer climate positive hosting without the management?
No, hosting without management leaves your site vulnerable. After more than a decade of building and hosting websites, we know that the fastest and most secure websites are the ones that receive monthly security updates from actual humans.
Make Your Website Climate Positive Today
Your website is another part of your carbon footprint. Start making it greener, now that you know your impact.
Switching to Global Bay’s Climate Positive Website Care Plan is one of the smartest ways you can make your digital presence as sustainable as the rest of your business.
Fast. Secure. Just £595.00 a year. Hosting, management, and everything else included.
Limited onboarding slots each month. Free migration included.