Net Positive Life App
A mobile app that helps individuals, companies, and charities reduce their environmental impact and track their progress towards a net positive lifestyle.
| Client | Better Century |
|---|---|
| UN SDGs | 12 Responsible Consumption And Production 13 Climate Action 15 Life On Land |
| Impact | United Kingdom |
| Technologies | PHP, MySQL |
01 Introduction
Better Century is a non-profit that helps individuals, companies, and charities have a net positive impact on the environment. Their goal is to make it simple for people to understand the practical changes they can make to reduce their carbon footprint across home energy use, transport, food choices, and financial investments.
Better Century asked us to build the Net Positive Life app: a mobile app where users set goals and track their progress towards a net positive lifestyle. It needed to appeal to everyday consumers while also offering functionality for businesses and charities working to cut their environmental impact.
The main objectives were to:
- Help users understand the changes they can make to become net positive
- Let users set goals and track progress across home, transport, food, and money
- Appeal to consumers, companies, and charities alike
- Allow users to share progress and compare with others
- Motivate sustainable actions over the long term
02 The Project
We built the app with two distinct journeys: one for individuals and one for organisations.
Individuals - including employees and members signed up through their company or charity - register and choose the areas of their lifestyle they want to improve across home, transport, food, and money. They can then set goals with target dates, log completed actions, and share updates on social media. The app calculates the projected carbon impact of both completed and pledged actions, so users can see and share their progress over time. Badges and leaderboards add a layer of gamification to keep people coming back.
For organisations, the app provides a way to plan their journey to becoming net positive for nature and climate, drawing on Better Century's expertise in policy, planning, low-carbon technology, natural climate solutions, and communications.
Throughout development we tested concepts and designs with consumer focus groups and participating companies, refining the app based on their feedback. The result is a straightforward, engaging app that drives real behaviour change.
03 Conclusion
The Net Positive Life app gives consumers, companies, and charities a practical way to reduce their environmental impact. Early usage data shows strong retention, with users finding real value in tracking their progress and sharing it with others. The app continues to grow its user base and its library of tips for sustainable living.