Sustainability stories - Page 2

In this video, Techday speaks to Autodesk regional director for A/NZ Andy Cunningham, who discusses the company's digital event, Autodesk University, as well as the company's vision, its focus on sustainable projects, and its presence in the A/NZ region.>>

The APAC region is set to be the biggest market for data centers by 2021, with a total market size to be around US$28 billion by 2024 for colocation data centres, according to a new joint report from Digital Realty and Eco-Business.>>

The report reveals the extent to which the region, led by Singapore, has seen exponential growth in data demand in the past few years —mostly a result of rapid expansion of enterprises in the region, driving demand for robust regional IT infrastructure. >>

After three Golds, gaining the Platinum rating indicates that Epson was ranked among the top 1% of companies in the industry.>>

65% of global GDP will be digitalised by 2022, driving $6.8 trillion of IT spending from 2020 to 2023.>>

Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit East Asia 2020 on 4 November will leverage the experience of experts to deliver informative sessions on how to stay agile by utilising resilient and sustainable strategies.>>

“Instead of consigning perfectly functional equipment to e-waste or landfill, we're asking customers to take one on, and we'll give money to a good cause.”>>

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pinchai says the world must act now if it has any hope avoiding the worst climate change effects.>>

Schneider Electric has shared the numbers behind its efforts to increase its sustainability in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.>>

The company will work with fellow participating companies to leverage industry expertise to reduce emissions across supply chains, with a goal to becoming carbon neutral by 2050.>>

“This fiscal year, Microsoft is taking concrete steps to remove one million metric tonnes of carbon from the environment,” the company states.>>

This transition from plastic to molded fibre has already eliminated 933 tonnes of hard-to-recycle expanded plastic foam last year, according to HP.>>

“This project is an excellent example of how we can take valuable work with a long term partner like IKEA, collaborate with another strong WWF partner like Google to make that work even more powerful, and make it open source so that hopefully it can help with the transformation of a whole industry.”>>

Schneider Electric and EcoDataCenter have teamed up with the shared goal of advancing sustainability and eco-friendly practices in the data centre world. >>

The internet of things, machine learning, and visual analytics can all support thriving bee colonies.>>

TCO Certified has extended its online product finder to included measurable sustainable performance data for certified products.>>

The data centre sector in Australia alone is responsible for more than 4% of national energy consumption, second only to the resources sector, and is spread across the country’s 50,000 and counting data centre facilities.>>

A Nordic company focused on improving the innovation, security and sustainability of data centres has released a guide to help businesses in improving their sustainability profile.>>

Microsoft is calling the announcement a ‘major milestone’ towards delivering enterprise-grade cloud services locally.>>

The university was ranked in the top 25% for each of the Goals with which it engaged. >>

The company says it has deployed a system for its largest data centres to shift the timing of many compute tasks to when low-carbon power sources, like wind and solar, are most plentiful. >>

“In today’s global climate, sustainability should be at the heart of every business’ strategy. Yet, it’s clear from our research that organisations globally are not doing enough.">>

The survey in the report, which quizzed almost 2,000 senior executives in global enterprises with over 5,000 employees, found that only a quarter of end-of-life equipment is being sanitised and reused, despite 83% of organisations having a Corporate Social Responsibility policy in place.>>

The UN Global Goals call for action to end poverty, protect Earth, and encourage peace and prosperity by 2030.>>