Kiwi Stories

NZ businesses failing to reach sustainability goals

Microsoft New Zealand has released an extensive study of local organisations' performance on sustainability and carbon reduction.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 14th Mar 2022

Digital Transformation

First digital tool to help reduce commuter carbon emissions

Transportation planning company Abley has developed the first digital tool to help reduce carbon emissions generated by commuters.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Mar 2022

Global Stories

Supply Chain

Tencent sets goal for carbon neutrality, 100% green power

Internet and technology company Tencent has announced it plans to become carbon neutral by 2030 across its operations and supply chain.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Fri, 25th Feb 2022

Hyperscale

Carbon emissions driving cloud buying decisions - Gartner

Cloud buyers are increasingly taking carbon emissions into account, with Gartner predicting it will be a top criterion by 2025.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Jan 2022

Supply Chain

40% of orgs to embed sustainability into operations by 2024 - IDC releases top predictions

Strong financial outcomes and sustainability focused leadership is required for long term impact, according to a new report from IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 17th Jan 2022

EduTech

AI tech poised to help reduce carbon emissions, IDC and Baidu finds

AI tech to contribute 70% of carbon emissions reductions by 2060, says IDC and Baidu whitepaper. Over 35 billion tons of emissions to be reduced.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 31st Dec 2021

Data Analytics

Emmi gears up for global expansion following latest funding round

Emmi, an Australian fintech specializing in carbon risk solutions, has raised $3.5m to support global expansion of its Global Carbon Efficiency Rating (GCER).

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Dec 2021

DataCentre infrastructure

Tech consortium to lead low-carbon fuel cell development for data centres

Vertiv has announced the Clean Hydrogen Partnership will provide €2.5 million to help fund a project developing low-carbon fuel cells to power data centres.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Dec 2021

EduTech

Fibre the most environmentally friendly broadband option according to new research

New research has determined that fibre is the best broadband option for consumers concerned about carbon emissions.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Fri, 3rd Dec 2021

Supply Chain

AspenTech's new software release puts greater emphasis on sustainability

Aspen Technology releases aspenONE V12.2 software, offering sustainability models and product capabilities to accelerate digitalisation efforts.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 19th Nov 2021

Clean technologies

COP26: Huawei tackles climate change with tech innovation

Technology innovation will play a central role in tackling climate change and achieving carbon reduction goals.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 5th Nov 2021

Public Cloud

Microsoft makes Emissions Impact Dashboard tool generally available

The tool gives customers insight into the greenhouse gas emissions associated with using Microsoft cloud services.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Oct 2021

Digital Transformation

Sustainability and the corporate carbon footprint challenge

By investing in the rapid advancement of digital technology, businesses can find new ways to get ahead of the competition and create impactful social change.

By Semra Barutchu • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd Aug 2021

DataCentre infrastructure

Cloudflare to power networks on 100% renewable energy and remove all historical carbon by 2025

Cloudflare has announced it will power its networks on 100% renewable energy and remove all historical carbon from its global network by 2025.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Jul 2021

Hyperscale

APAC firms could slash carbon emissions by 78% by moving to cloud - AWS report

Moving to cloud infrastructure could cut Asia Pacific organisations' carbon emissions by 78%, says a report by 451 Research and AWS.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Jul 2021

Microsoft

Microsoft pledges to run data centres carbon neutral by 2030

The tech giant has announced it will aim to power all its global data centres and offices with zero-carbon energy by 2030. .

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Jul 2021

Hyperscale

Equinix commits to achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030

The digital infrastructure and data centre company aims to make a 50% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions from a 2019 base year by 2030.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Thu, 17th Jun 2021

Supply Chain

Apple creates sweeping carbon removal fund

Apple launches $200m Restore Fund to remove carbon from the atmosphere. The fund aims to become a key part of Apple's carbon neutrality plans by 2030.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Apr 2021