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We’ve all read and heard the term “sustainability” in books, articles, and real-life accounts. The simplest definition of sustainability is the capacity to continue at a particular rate or level.
Utilizing technologies like traceability, analytics, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy, sustainability can raise the efficiency of IT services (and overall corporate efficiency).
Sustainability cuts across all of the 2023 strategic technology trends. According to a recent Gartner survey, CEOs believe that environmental and social changes are now among the top three priorities for investors, following profit and revenue. To meet sustainability goals, executives must invest more in innovative solutions to address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) demand.
By 2025, 50% of CIOs will have performance metrics tied to the sustainability of the IT organization.
Sustainable technology is a framework of digital solutions that influences ESG results, not a single goal.
According to Gartner, sustainable technology is a set of digital tools to help an organization and its clients achieve ESG goals.
“Sustainable technology is increasingly important operationally — for optimizing costs, energy performance, and asset utilization, for instance — but it also drives ESG outcomes like improving wellness and providing the traceability needed to ensure responsible business practices,” says Gartner Principal Analyst Autumn Stanish. “Sustainable technology also facilitates new business models and tech-enabled products to better serve customers.”
Opportunities are created by sustainable technology in three critical areas of the business: internal IT, enterprise, and customer operations..
Sustainable IT refers to choosing and working with the appropriate technology, software, and providers to produce the greatest output with the fewest practical resources.
Reducing Scope 2 and Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or indirect emissions related to the electricity consumed by IT and emissions outside of the organization’s direct control, is one of the goals of sustainable
IT (such as the embodied carbon in decommissioned
IT). A strong emphasis on important issues, including human rights, ethical sourcing, and supply chain transparency, is also required.
One possible solution is using robots for recycling to integrate the concepts of the circular economy into IT. Another is outsourcing IT operations to operators who practice sustainability, such as hyper-scale cloud providers.
Profits from streamlined IT resources include improved financials. As an illustration, consumptionbased pricing links costs to resource use, which correlates to sustainability implications (including reduced carbon emissions and e-waste).
Sustainable technology offers a lens through which to deliver goods and services that help clients achieve their sustainability objectives.
This necessitates an in-depth comprehension of the client’s top priorities and a delicate balancing of their goals, which can occasionally collide. Customers might, for instance, desire a sustainable product yet be unwilling to forego price or quality. Make it simple for customers to understand how using your goods and services helps them achieve their sustainability objectives.
In the end, sustainable technology will combine both cutting-edge and established technologies. Investments in technology should be prioritized based on the top practical problems that your company has determined are most crucial to long-term success.
As a corporation and individual, Acer desires that all decisions be made responsibly. Project Humanity, launched in 2017, is Acer’s global initiative to make the world a better place. Acer wants to ensure that every employee has the opportunity to express themselves and contribute to the decisions. Every decision matters, whether it’s about the products they design, their partners, or the efficiency of their operations.
Acer is urging more partners and suppliers to join forces in reducing negative environmental impacts and conserving valuable resources by transitioning to a circular economy.
With the increasing number of natural disasters caused by climate change worldwide, constructive and collective action is required to address the pressing issues.
Employees at Acer share their vision for Project Humanity, which prioritizes environmental protection and talent development.
With every action having the potential to make a difference, Project Humanity brings the ideals of Acer into sharp relief.
The combined efforts of their 7,700 employees, if every single one contributed to the global movement, can create a positive effect.
Acer launched the Earthion program in 2021 with a commitment to ESG and began working closely with suppliers and partners to integrate eco-friendly initiatives into its supply chain ecosystem, with a primary focus on energy, product design, packaging design, production, logistics, and recycling. Acer is well aware of the environmental impacts of its processes, from product design to manufacturing. The belief that Earthion’s mutual collaboration can effectively create a positive impact on the environment is the driving force behind the organization. Acer’s Vero line of eco-conscious devices was launched in 2021 to provide consumers with greener options. Vero products are intended to incorporate eco-friendly and recycled materials and are designed to have longer lifespans to reduce material consumption and overall waste. “Sustainability is in Acer’s DNA, and as a brand, we continue to raise awareness about our sustainable Vero line of products. Here’s the good news: Recyclable packaging materials are now used in other Acer products. In the Philippines, we have made many efforts towards sustainability. We staged The Green Mark concert last year, which raised Php1.38 million for the GreenEarth Heritage Foundation and 20 metric tons of plastic waste compensation for The Plaf. We have used our online platforms to rally our followers to make their green mark and have urged our brand ambassadors to do the same,” said Sue Ong-Lim, Acer Philippines General Manager.
The Plastic Flamingo, more commonly known as The Plaf, is a social enterprise based in the Philippines that collects and transforms plastic waste into a range of sustainable construction.
Sustainability at Globe is anchored on The Globe Purpose, “In everything we do, we treat people right to do a Globe of Good,” and aims to contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) to create a Globe of Good.
Globe Telecom, as a purposedriven organization, aspires to create a wonderful world by combining innovation with the power of collaboration in order to achieve inclusive and sustainable development for all. With an engaged and empowered workforce, the company strengthens its contribution to nation-building as it grows. The company commits to contributing to ten (10) UN SDGs based on four (4) sustainability strategy pillars: Digital Nation, Care for the Environment, Care for People, and Positive Societal Impact.
In their second Communication on Progress (CoP) report, PLDT, the Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco, and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc., reaffirmed their commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in June 2022. This is as the companies continue to instill sustainability into their corporate cultures.