Green Digital & IT

 

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Key Issues addressed

The Digital & IT industry has provided powerful tools to generate and process data, communicate globally, and improve productivity. However, all the advances in technology have not made it more sustainable. Until recently it has mostly overlooked the related environmental issues it created -it accounts for 2% of all GHG emissions per year, as much as air transportation- and social sustainability challenges it is still facing. Now more than ever is there a real potential for the Digital & IT sector to transform itself into a more sustainability-oriented system by tackling some of its current issues:

  • Hardware and software durability, setting criteria for resource and energy efficiency

  • Corporate Digital Responsibility in the light of accelerated digital transformations

  • Sustainable servers and data storage, and an alternative to the cloud

  • The potential impact of Blockchain and AI on energy consumption

  • Responsible digital value chain & digitization of the supply chain 

  • Internet surfing in a greener way: develop a sustainable website

  • Fair and green mobile hardware technology & communications

These are all pressing matters that need solving. This Wave aims to focus on its participants' most relevant challenges.

Objectives

  • Evangelize and educate businesses on developing sustainable use of resources in Digital & IT

  • Share challenges, best practices, and new solutions through use cases

  • Expose impact investors to new opportunities and models to consider

  • Present a selection of green IT & Digital startups during the Waves of Change 2021 Forum