Data and Technology

Tech giants urge transparency from data centre vendors amid AI-driven emissions rise

Embodied emissions from manufacturing and construction are estimated to make up 6.6% of data centres' Scope 3 footprint.

Melodie Michel

17 July 2024

Carbon removals

Big Tech bets on carbon credits as AI climate impact grows

Nature-based projects to remove CO2 from the atmosphere are often criticised for exaggerating their positive impacts, but the Symbiosis Coalition hopes to raise quality standards.

Melodie Michel

27 May 2024

Climate Targets

Sage validates 2040 net zero target

A large part of Sage's decarbonisation strategy involves migrating customers to the cloud.

Melodie Michel

22 May 2024

Sustainability Reports

AI-driven data centre expansion threatening Microsoft’s climate targets

Microsoft's capital goods emissions went up by almost 2 million tonnes last year.

Melodie Michel

16 May 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Green software and the future of sustainable AI

AVEVA's sustainability lead talks Scope 3, an invitation to discuss cloud emissions and growing scrutiny for supply chains...

Melodie Michel

21 March 2024

People & Culture

AVEVA sustainability head Lisa Wee on green software principles and radical value chain collaboration

"How do we make sure that the software is fit for purpose for the energy transition?"

Melodie Michel

21 March 2024

Cloud emissions

CSO approaches to IT emissions: help us forge the future of sustainable AI

The University of Sussex and Greenpixie team up to find out how Chief Sustainability Officers are approaching the climate impacts of IT, the cloud and AI.

Melodie Michel

21 March 2024

Sustainability Reports

SAP reports increase in absolute emissions as cloud revenue spikes

Emissions from cloud hyperscalers' power use jumped by 45,500 tonnes, reaching 128,800 tonnes – more than 27% of SAP’s overall carbon footprint.

Melodie Michel

05 March 2024

People & Culture

Scope 4 emissions: What Chief Sustainability Officers should know

Scope 4 aims to quantify the emissions avoided merely by using one product instead of another, but calculations rely largely on assumptions.

Melodie Michel

04 January 2024

People & Culture

Platform.sh sustainability lead Leah Goldfarb on looking for “impact at scale” in cloud decarbonisation

The trained climate scientist talks cutting cloud emissions and avoiding data centre graveyards in this CSO Futures interview.

Melodie Michel

16 November 2023