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Amazon sustainability report: Carbon emissions rose 19% in 2020 as pandemic drove huge revenue

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As Amazon’s sales skyrocketed during the pandemic, its carbon emissions rose — by 19%, according to its 2020 sustainability report , released Wednesday. The report is Amazon’s third annual sustainability report assessing progress toward its 2019 Climate Pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Amazon Graphic).

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

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But the Redmond company was blindsided Friday by the OpenAI board’s decision to remove Altman, learning about it shortly before the news was announced, according to a report by Axios , which GeekWire confirmed independently. But, as I understand it, it was a “misalignment” of the profit versus nonprofit adherents at the company. .”

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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Decision makers are realizing that technology is essential for reaching their ESG goals,” noted Bjoern Stengel, IDC global sustainability research lead, in the report. CIOs can help the business find, collect, validate, and analyze the appropriate data and help develop a sustainability reporting platform. So, too, are business leaders.

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Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe

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NPR reported Tuesday that India now has more than 20 million reported coronavirus infections and nearly 3.5 CBS News reported that the disease has killed 120 people an hour on average over the last two weeks. Financial support for nonprofits: Through the Microsoft Philanthropies employee giving program, employees in the U.S

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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Amazon Web Services’ VP of Solution Architecture and Training & Certification Rudy Valdez has departed, according to a report by The Information. The former head of engineering and science at Amazon Web Services Health Jean-Olivier Racine joined Outset Medical as its chief technology officer. billion. —

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

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Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy bolsters board; Tune CEO steps down following acquisition; AWS execs promoted

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Michele Broderick , recently appointed CMO of The Esalen Institute , an education nonprofit based in Big Sur, Calif. She sees her role with the nonprofit as identifying liabilities and assessing risk factors in support of Ada’s growth. She was previously SVP of marketing for Automattic, WordPress’ parent company.