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Salesforce plans generative AI boost for ESG reporting with Net Zero Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI will soon be everywhere — including in Salesforce’s Net Zero Cloud environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting tool. Net Zero Cloud uses data held within the Salesforce platform to help enterprises report on their carbon footprint and manage other social and governance metrics.

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3 things CIOs must do now to accurately hit net-zero targets

CIO Business Intelligence

However, the latest and largest UNGC-Accenture CEO study revealed that 91% of CEOs report insufficient technology solutions as a barrier to seizing opportunities in the net-zero transition, building resilience in their organization, and overcoming current volatility in the business landscape.

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Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions

GeekWire

Amazon has pledged to make its retail and cloud-computing operations “net carbon zero” by 2040, but its newly released 2019 sustainability report shows that greenhouse gas emissions rose over the previous year by 15%. Amazon announced that it would run entirely on renewable energy by 2025, shaving five years from its earlier goal.

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7 tech trends that have changed the tech landscape in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Electrification and Renewables – Initiatives toward net-zero commitments include solar, wind, hydro-powered renewables, nuclear energy, hydrogen, sustainable fuels, and electric vehicle charging.

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

(Helion Photo) Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant. Engineers for decades have chased the promise of fusion energy — a potentially limitless source of carbon-free power. The goal is to get the plant running by 2028.

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Accelerate Sustainable Digital Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry

CIO Business Intelligence

In response, oil and gas majors are making headway in terms of carbon reporting, net-zero targets, and accountability. Many have even spun up renewable energy arms. If an enterprise can do more work with less hardware, using fewer servers, licenses, and people, they save money while lowering carbon emissions.

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Bechtle: Pursuing a Multi-Faceted Sustainability Strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

Providing hardware, software, and IT solutions and services, the company also delivers an extensive array of cloud offerings from dedicated private clouds to deployments with the world’s largest hyperscalers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Datacenters are also built with sustainability in mind.

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