Here is today’s sustainable IT services news, research and analysis -- written for technology partners, green IT service providers, CIOs, chief sustainability officers (CSOs) and climate accounting professionals.
A. Sustainable Technology, Talent, Partnerships and Green IT Alliances
1. MSPs and PC Recycling: BetterWorld Technology, a national managed services provider (MSP) headquartered in Illinois, has selected PCs for People as its lifecycle disposal and recycling partner. PCs for People is a non-profit organization that provides affordable computers and Internet access to low-income individuals and families.
2. IT Infrastructure: Supermicro CEO Charles Liang shared some thoughts on energy-efficient data centers during a recent guest spot on CNBC. Naturally, liquid-cooling data center solutions were part of the conversation...
3. HP - IT and PC Sustainability: In a lengthy article, HP outlines a sustainability strategy that involves:
- HP’s sustainability mission
- HP’s green technology innovations
- Sustainable operations and manufacturing
- HP’s impact on the green tech industry
- Collaborations for a greener future
- Challenges and looking ahead
- Takeaways: HP’s role in shaping sustainable technology
- Related: See our HP sustainability strategy timeline, which we update regularly.
4. HP - AI PCs: Separately, HP claims to have delivered multiple AI PC breakthroughs.
5. Partnership - ESG Software and APIs: Lythouse and Climatiq have integrated their ESG software and emissions database to help customers more easily calculate Scope 3 emissions.
6. Partnership - ESG Software and Services: JLL’s sustainability services team will leverage the IBM Envizi ESG Suite as part of its real estate decarbonization strategy. Related: See our IBM sustainability strategy timeline.
7. Trump - EV Policy: Trump running mate JD Vance in 2023 proposed the Drive American Act, a bill intending to replace the $7,500 EV tax credit with a subsidy of the same amount for U.S.-built gas vehicles, Teslarati reported. Related: See our Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden Climate Policy timeline.
.8 Electric Vehicles (EVs): General Motors declined to reiterate its previously announced forecast that it would have one million units of EV production capacity in North America by the end of 2025, SeekingAlpha reported.
9. Tesla Robotaxi - Delay Details: Elon Musk has requested "an important design change to the front of the robotaxi model, SeekingAlpha reported. The request forced Tesla to delay its robotaxi reveal, originally scheduled for August 2024. A new reveal date has not been announced, though speculation suggests Tesla is targeting October 2024. Related: See our Tesla AI strategy timeline.
10. Time to Regroup? Amid executive turnover, Abrdn’s sustainability team "has lost its place," Financial Times London reports.
11. Relocation: NorthStar Clean Energy has relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
B. Sustainability M&A, Investments, Funding and Green IT Business Launches
1. Energy Transition - Private Equity vs. Public Markets: The stock market’s fixation on quarterly earnings and short-term performance makes it a suboptimal funding venue for companies critical to the energy transition, KKR alleges in a Bloomberg report.
2. M&A - Engineering Services: Terracon has acquired Harbor Environmental, an engineering, compliance, and sustainability services firm in Little Rock, Arkansas.
3. Complete M&A List: Here's our database of all M&A deals involving green IT and renewable energy buyers, sellers and investors.
C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies and News
1. COP29 and United Kingdom: Ed Miliband is to take personal control of the UK’s negotiations at COP29 international climate talks, in stark contrast to his Tory predecessors, The Guardian reported.
2. United States - New York: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has agreed to support an Evercloak building dehumidification project that also has energy efficiency implications.
3. United States - Austin, Texas: The Joint Sustainability Committee passed a resolution proposing a new climate fee to help the city of Austin reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fund sustainability projects, The Daily Texan reported.
4. Brazil - Investment Strategy: Brazil's Treasury and Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) is launching a fund consortium to attract private investment in early-stage sustainable projects, Finimize reported.
5. India - E-Waste Growth: India's e-waste from screens, computers, and small IT and telecommunication equipment (SCSIT) grew 163% between 2010 and 2022, according to a United Nations Trade and Development (Unctad) report, Business Standard reported. That's the largest growth rate in the world, the report said.
D. Sustainability and Green Technology Conference Calendar
- CSR and Sustainability Summit MOZ 2024Â (July 17-18, Mozambique)
- Siemens Transform 2024Â (July 17-18, United Kingdom)
- ITAD 2024Â (July 23-24, Miami Beach, Florida)
- XeroCon Nashville 2024Â (August 14-15, Nashville, Tennessee)
- World ESG Summit Dubai (August 20-21, Dubai, UAE)
- Complete Calendar of Sustainability Conferences
E. Previous Updates & Future News
- Did You Miss Yesterday's Daily Update?: Here is our previous sustainability, green IT and renewable energy news for technology partners.
- Future Updates: If you have news to share then please email me the details.
