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Mastercard to eliminate plastics from payment cards by 2028
Thu, 27th Apr 2023
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Mastercard has announced it is accelerating efforts to remove first–use PVC plastics from payment cards on its network by 2028.
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BLUETTI Invests in Our Planet, Invests in Our Future
Wed, 26th Apr 2023
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BLUETTI, as a powerful leader who keeps researching for more clean energy solutions, has always advocated a green and sustainable lifestyle.
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BOM IT partners Byteback to help the IT industry cut carbon
Mon, 24th Apr 2023
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BOM IT Solutions has partnered with the electronic waste company, Byteback, to help the IT sector reduce its electronic waste and cut its carbon footprint.
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CyrusOne, Aruba Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact compliant
Fri, 24th Mar 2023
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Independent certification demonstrates measurable progress towards becoming the first European climate-neutral sector by 2030.
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Going green: How the cloud can drive sustainability goals
Wed, 1st Mar 2023
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Tytus Kurek, Product Manager at Canonical, explores how companies around the globe are leveraging cloud technologies to do their part in protecting the environment.
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Northern Gas Networks partners IOTICS for energy solutions
Thu, 19th Jan 2023
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Digital cooperation capability from IOTICS enables a decentralised data ecosystem for the ground-breaking Northern Gas Networks customer energy village.
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Quinbrook expands Rowan green data centre platform
Fri, 13th Jan 2023
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Rowan is now positioned for rapid expansion in providing turnkey renewables-powered site solutions for data centre operators across the US.
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Tech sector aims high in sustainable digital transformation
Fri, 6th Jan 2023
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Schneider Electric produced the New Zealand Business Sustainability Research Index with Perceptive, which interviewed 300 New Zealand business decision-makers.
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Micro Focus and Jaguar TCS Racing renew their partnership
Fri, 2nd Dec 2022
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Micro Focus will provide software and services to Jaguar TCS Racing and help it secure a better season in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
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Equinix commits US$50 million to advance digital inclusion
Fri, 30th Sep 2022
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Establishes the Equinix Foundation, an employee-driven charitable organisation, to advance digital inclusion through grants and strategic partnerships.
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Equinix partners NUS to use hydrogen tech in data centres
Thu, 22nd Sep 2022
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The partners will develop hydrogen fuel technologies for green data centres in tropical climates, and for use in Equinix’s global network.
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Tencent sets goal for carbon neutrality, 100% green power
Fri, 25th Feb 2022
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Internet and technology company Tencent has announced it plans to become carbon neutral by 2030 across its operations and supply chain.
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Here come the Greenfluencers: 5 tech trends that will fuel the green transition in 2022
Tue, 4th Jan 2022
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Employees are not willing to wait for their companies to get climate friendly.
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The green future of the public cloud
Thu, 1st Oct 2020
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An increasing reliance on cloud means more pressure on data centres to deliver. But, according to a new report from Accenture, if a greener approach is taken, migrations to the public cloud can reduce global carbon emissions by 59 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
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Singtel installs thousands of solar panels on Bedok data center
Wed, 29th Apr 2020
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The panels will provide 10% of the data center’s energy needs, or 2059 MWh of clean energy per year. For reference, that is the equivalent of 462 four-room apartments per month.
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Toyota invests in hydrogen-fuelled vehicles for a brighter future
Fri, 30th Aug 2019
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Toyota has announced it is investing more into hydrogen-fuelled vehicles, alongside self-charging hybrids and battery electric vehicles, in order to better help decarbonise transport.
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AgritechNZ unveils major initiative to boost production
Thu, 6th Jun 2019
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“With the need to feed the world’s population of 9.8 billion people by 2050, AgritechNZ is looking at ways New Zealand can scale up its food production."
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Vertiv certified for energy efficiency in ANZ
Thu, 6th Jun 2019
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“We’ve always been environmentally conscious, but increased demand from our customers has led us to take this a step further."
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Smarter cities through cross-border and G2G collaborations
Wed, 24th Apr 2019
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"As countries race ahead in their bid to accelerate smart city development through industrialisation, the environment and ultimately humanity is paying the price for this phenomenon."
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How printing solutions can help save the planet
Wed, 17th Apr 2019
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Y Soft has identified five key ways organisations can become more economical and reduce their environmental impact.
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Healthy home tech startup gains investor interest
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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Initiatives related to the sustainability of our planet are gaining great traction - and for good reason.
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Huawei aims to go green by 2025
Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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The signed agreement covers approximately 20% of the current network and consumer hardware...
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Microsoft’s green AI is on track to save the planet
Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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Microsoft’s AI infrastructure can transform how the world responds to the ever-increasing scale and speed of changes in the natural world...
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Drive green
Mon, 1st Aug 2011
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The first every day electric car this side of the world has gone on trial in Australia! The trial involves 10 electric vehicles to be used in government and private fleets over a two year period.
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