Sustainable IT Services News for Channel Partners and MSPs: 15 September 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. AI Software and MSPs: Workiva is touting an AI software partner strategy that spans Intelligent Finance, Intelligent Sustainability and Intelligent GRC software and associated services, according to a September 2025 presentation to Wall Street analysts.

2. Google Circular Economy Strategy: Google X has renamed its circularity project to Materra, according to Director and Project Lead Rey Banatao. Related: Here is Google's overall sustainability strategy.

3. Data Center Honorees: ECL, Ramboll and Scala Data Centers won Global Sustainability Awards for 2025 for their various hydrogen-powered infrastructure, net zero design and renewable finance efforts, according to DataCentre Magazine.

4. Tesla Energy Engineer Resigns: Giorgio Balestrieri resigned from the Tesla Energy team because he believes Elon Musk's "leadership and decision making seem seriously compromised." On LinkedIn, Balestrieri wrote in part: "This is not just about politics: it’s about lying to the public, manipulating public discourse, targeting minorities and supporting climate change deniers and political forces aligned with the oil and gas industry." Related: Tesla sustainability strategy timeline.

5. Electric Vehicle Charging Networks: EasyGo has rebranded as Ezo, Business Post reported. The company continues to deploy EV chargers across Ireland. Ezo has 78 staff and has raised €46 million in funding since launching in 2018, the report said. More than 110,000 drivers leverage the Ezo EV charging network.

6. AI Lawsuit vs. Google: Penske Media -- the owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety -- sued Google, alleging the technology giant's AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. (Source: Reuters). Related: See detailed timeline and status of Generative AI lawsuits.

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

1. Accounting Concerns Threaten Potential IPO: Sustainability management specialist SK ecoplant has repeatedly been found to have breached accounting rules by overstating earnings, with a new judgment from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) adding to concerns over SK ecoplant's plan to go public, The Korea Times reported.

C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies, Regulations and News

1. United States: The US Financial Stability Oversight Council voted to disband two committees focused on climate change’s impact on the economy and financial stability, Bloomberg reported. The council voted to revoke the charters of the Climate-related Financial Risk Committee and Climate-related Financial Risk Advisory Committee, which were established during the Biden administration, the report noted.

2. Australia - Climate Spending Budget: Australia will spend A$9 billion on climate adaptation through 2030 for flood mitigation, bushland conservation, and managing health impacts, Bloomberg reported.

3. Australia - Climate Change Impact: Australia will suffer more frequent and extreme climate events, often happening simultaneously, which will strain industry, services and infrastructure, a government report said on Monday, Reuters reported.

4. Australia - Data Center Water Concerns: Authorities in Sydney approved construction of data centers without requiring measurable plans to cut water use, raising concerns the sector's rapid growth will leave residents competing for the resource, Reuters reported.

D. Sustainability Conferences, Summits and Events

1. Sustainable City Conference 2025 (September 16-18, Ancona, Italy)
2. Climate Week NYC 2025 (September 21-28, New York, New York)
3. CO2 Summit 2025 (September 22-24, Denver, Colorado)
4. CEM 2025: Conference and Exhibition for Emissions Monitoring (September 24-26)
5. Sustainability in AV Conference 2025 (September 24-25, Los Angeles, California)
6. Schneider Electric Innovation Summit 2025 (September 24-25, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
7. Complete Sustainability Conference Calendar

E. Previous Updates & Future News

1. Previous News: All of our daily news updates are here.
2. Future Updates: If you have news to share then please email me the details.