Sustainable IT Services News for Channel Partners and MSPs: 17 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. Research: Here are the latest sustainability research reports -- along with the potential implications for channel partners, MSPs and chief sustainability officers.

2. Browser Software: Shift, positioned as a carbon-neutral browser, has launched a Browsing Footprint Calculator. The software tool pinpoints the environmental impact of digital habits, and offers immediate climate action through verified carbon offsets, Shift said.

3. Partnership - Cloud Services: Mission and AMD are partnering to help customers maximize AWS cloud efficiency. Among the key focus areas: Helping customers to achieve their sustainability goals. CDW, which acquired Mission from Great Hill Partners in December 2024, is a longstanding AMD partner.

4. Partnership - Managed Energy Services: Google has selected Shell to manage its UK renewable energy supply, with the oil giant’s traders balancing power flows through access to battery storage systems, Bloomberg reported.

5. Partnership - Consulting Services: Deloitte Consulting Korea and SK AX are partnering to "provide comprehensive services encompassing the entire ESG transformation process," according to The Asia Business Daily.

6. IT Services: Tech Mahindra is striving to achieve net-zero emissions by 2035, according to Chief Sustainability Officer Sandeep Chandna, BusinessWorld India reported.

7. Supply Chain Management: Kubota Tractor Corporation is the first company to earn Ducker Carlisle's new Supply Score certification. The certification "recognizes manufacturers for implementing sustainable management practices in their outbound supply chains," Ducker Carlisle said.

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

1. Funding - Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): A group of the world’s leading airlines are investing in a new $150 million sustainable aviation fuel fund with the aim of bringing new technologies to the market and lowering the emissions of flying, The Wall Street Journal reported. The oneWorld BEV Fund will be managed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures -- which is backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the report said.

C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies, Regulations and News

1. United States - Earnings Reports: A call by Donald Trump to ditch quarterly corporate reporting has received cautious support from an unlikely source: international investors pushing business to do more on longer-term sustainability issues, Reuters reported.

D. Sustainability Conferences, Summits and Events

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