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Reducing Your Digital Usage
Technology is something we use every day, but we tend to underestimate our impact from our daily use of technology. Everytime we search up a site or send a text, we are creating an impact. To put this into perspective, digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and this energy consumption is […]
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An Underlooked Impactor on Emissions
When considering causes of emissions, many consumers overlook the impact that technological devices have in this sector. Everyday, we use our phones, laptops, and other devices without a second thought. However, the energy usage from these devices is a giant contributor to emissions, and every click you make has an impact. In the grand scheme, […]
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Multi layer strategy to fend off the CO2 emissions
Green supply chain utopia is coming An unavoidable trend that will change the way we do business in Europe is certainly the “Green supply chain”. This topic is mainly faced by big corporations, but in reality it is involving more and more small and medium sized enterprises. But what does it mean to create a […]
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5 pathways to the materiality of ESG factors
In this post you will learn why ESG factors are important for companies, investors and all the stakeholders involved. There are 5 major pathways to the materiality of ESG factors. Customers First of all, better or worse ESG performance can attract or repel customers who pay more or pay less. The most rapidly and only […]
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6 easy ways to reduce your website impact
900+ millions tons of CO2 is Internet’s carbon footprint today and this number will double by 2030. Businessmen and developers need to adopt greener practices. Websites can be made more sustainable by reducing the amount of computation and network involved in serving, delivering and rendering the website on the users devices. A few of the […]
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Stamina websites are a way to waste less energy
How many times do we visit a site and then do something else without closing the window? Well, that site continues to exchange data from the server to our computer. It is not expensive to design sites so that they go into stamina mode after a few minutes if there is no browsing. Suzuki’s Italian […]
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Why companies think sustainability is a trend in 2022
Sustainable mindset in successful companies According to a global survey conducted by The Harris Poll for Google Cloud, many executives are prioritizing sustainability at their companies. Executives also said they are looking to invest more in sustainability and technology than in any other area this year, though they confess that they are not quite sure […]
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The Great Beauty called Earth
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James I doubt that Oscar-winning director P. Sorrentino meant to refer to planet Earth in his award-winning masterpiece ‘The Great Beauty’, but the definition is so apt that I can think of no other. As humans continue striving to reach higher peaks, […]
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ESG reporting in the future
The deadlines are as follows: January 1, 2022 All in scope companies need to report the proportion of their turnover, Capex, Opex, AUM (for asset managers) or Green Asset Ratio (for banks and credit institutions) that is Taxonomy-eligible. Eligibility is merely an indication that a company makes money in an activity that can be tested […]
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How much an email pollutes?
As reported by the BBC, the carbon footprint of an email is 4 grams of CO2. However, if it contains very heavy attachments, it can be as much as 50 grams per email. In one year, a typical consumer who uses email for work can emit 135kg of CO2 equivalent. As the UK newspaper points […]