BT Global Head of Sustainability Sarwar Khan: ‘I hope my job doesn’t exist in 10 years’

BT sustainability lead Sarwar Khan is clear-eyed about the key role the telco sector has in supporting climate action in the entire economy, as well as its own responsibility in reducing its environmental impact.

“Data traffic will grow eightfold by 2030, and that's excluding the use of AI,” the Global Head of Sustainability at BT’s newly created business unit tells CSO Futures, citing a study BT conducted with Accenture in 2021 – conducted “before ChatGPT became a thing.”