Sustainable IT Services News for Channel Partners and MSPs: 22 August 2025

Here is today's sustainable IT services news, research and analysis -- written for channel partners, MSPs, green IT service providers, climate accounting professionals, and the chief sustainability officers (CSOs) they serve.

A. Sustainable IT Partnerships, Strategic Alliances and Strategies

1. Cloud Services- AI Energy Consumption: A Google technical report describes AI's energy consumption, and Google's strategy to improve AI model efficiency. Related: See Google's sustainability strategy and channel partner implications.

2. Circular Economy Strategies: Lenovo Singapore is promoting "Clean, Secure, and Renew" (CSR) -- a program that trains students on circular economy strategies.

3. Executive Leadership - Energy: Bloom Energy has hired Aaron Hoover as head of business and corporate development. Among his key responsibilities: Develop and oversee strategic partnerships with energy ecosystem companies.

B. Sustainable IT Investments, Funding, Earnings and Business Launches

1. Funding - Self-Driving Technology: Autonomous vehicle technology company Nuro raised $203 million in Series E funding, SeekingAlpha reported.. Nuro's valuation is now $6 billion. Key investors include Uber Technologies and Nvidia. SoftBank also owns a stake in the business. Nuro, founded in 2016, competes with self-driving technology from Google's Waymo, and Tesla.

C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies, Regulations and News

1. CSRD Policy Debate: Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has warned members of the European Parliament against going too far in their plans to trim Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements, Green Central Banking reported. Faced with some pushback from corporations, European Union officials have been evaluating various ways to delay or weaken the requirements. Moreover, the EU has planed that CSRD will not impose undue restrictions on U.S. trade, responsible investor reported.

D. Sustainability Conferences, Summits and Events

1. International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management (ICSTM) 2025 (August 24-26, Paris)
2. Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Global Summit 2025 (September 2-3, London, United Kingdom)
3. Workiva Amplify 2025 (September 8-10, Washington, D.C.)
4. RE+ 2025 Renewable Energy Conference (September 8-11, Las Vegas, Nevada)
5. Sustainability Live 2025 (September 9-10, London, United Kingdom)

E. Previous Updates & Future News

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2. Previous News: All of our daily news updates are here.