Missing the target - what the energy crisis means for IT businesses' net zero ambitions

Adopting automation, digitisation and sustainable technologies are practical steps to take right now

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Missing the target - what the energy crisis means for IT businesses' net zero ambitions

Eighty-three per cent of IT business leaders say the energy crisis will impact their organisation’s ability to meet emissions reduction plans, according to research from Schneider Electric. Yet kicking the climate ‘can’ down the road won’t only impact broader efforts to address climate change – it doesn’t make business sense.

Forget 2050: we will know where we are in the fight against climate change by 2030. To stand a chance of meeting commitments to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C by mid-century, experts agree that w...

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