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. Google Carbon Emissions: Google's carbon emissions continue to rise amid Google Cloud data center expansions and more AI workload deployments. The latest stats suggest it will be difficult for Google to meet its 2030 sustainability goals.
2. SEC Climate Disclosure Rule: It looks like the U.S. Supreme Court could potentially determine the SEC overstepped its authority in adopting the Climate-Related Disclosure Rule, according to the Forbes editorial...
3. Carbon Tracking Software: IntegrityNext has launched Carbon Emissions Navigator -- which allows customers to streamline data collection, monitoring and reporting for "more efficient regulatory compliance and rapid decarbonization," the company asserts.
4. Electric Vehicle (EV) Partnership: Rivian denied rumors and said it has no plans to expand its partnership with Volkswagen for vehicle production, SeekingAlpha reported.
5. Building Energy Management (BEM): AEMACO has deployed an energy management solution at Servhub’s labour camp in the UAE, which has helped the facilities management company reduce its energy consumption by 20%, the organizations said.
6. High-Performance Computing (HPC): Amazon claims HPC workloads can run more sustainability in AWS...
7. Partnership - Generative AI: Apple will get an observer role on OpenAI’s board as part of a landmark agreement announced in June 2024, Bloomberg reported, further tightening ties between the once-unlikely partners.
B. Sustainability M&A, Investments, Funding and Green IT Business Launches
1. No Deal: We didn't spot any M&A deals today...
2. 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. European Union - Combustion Car Plan: The European People's Party, the biggest lawmaker group in the European Parliament, will seek to weaken the bloc's planned 2035 phase-out of CO2-emitting cars, Reuters reported.
2. Sweden - Carbon Capture Plan: The European Commission approved a 3 billion euro ($3.21 billion) Swedish scheme to support carbon capture and storage aimed at helping the country meet its goal of zero net emissions by 2045.
D. Sustainability and Green Technology Conference Calendar
- Stanford Sustainability Summit 2024Â (July 8-9, Stanford University)
- Sun Valley Forum 2024Â (July 15-18, Ketchum Idaho)
- CSR and Sustainability Summit MOZ 2024Â (July 17-18, Mozambique)
- Siemens Transform 2024Â (July 17-18, United Kingdom)
- ITAD 2024 (July 23-24, Miami Beach, Florida)
- 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.
