Displaying items by tag: Climate

AI’s predictive analytics offer significant business opportunity to assess Scope 3 risks, forecast future energy consumption and lower an organisation’s carbon footprint

GUEST RESEARCH: IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl in collaboration with Microsoft today released the Australian findings of the Global Sustainability Barometer study.

FinTech Australia, the national association for the Australian FinTech startup community, has launched a new event aimed at showcasing sustainability-focused fintech companies.

GUEST OPINION:  Items people mistakenly believe can be recycled, rotten and otherwise wasted food that emits greenhouse gases, and abandoned TVs and computers with toxic substances. It's the stuff that Victoria's mountains of landfill are made of. The amount of waste Victorians generate is expected to grow, harming human health, the environment, and the climate, to say nothing of economic growth.

Global imaging, print, and hardware manufacturer Epson has partnered with talented digital artists to reveal the words that most describe how young people are feeling about climate change. To bring them to life, Epson partnered with digital artists Katy Wang and Gabriel Greenough to produce a piece of original, digital art, to bring generation COP voices to life in a visually impactful way.

Intel’s roadmap to achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions and climate goals

GUEST OPINION by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger:  We are in a new era of global expansion where computing power has become foundational to a bigger opportunity and better future for every person on the planet. It has the power to make industries more sustainable and to unlock new solutions in the fight against climate change.

Zurich Financial Services Australia and Mandala Partners today released Australia’s “first Climate Risk Index” for Australia’s national energy generation sector.

GUEST INTERVIEW: iTWire talks to Stacy Wolff, Global Head of Design and Sustainability, Personal Systems at HP. We discuss industry trends, A.I. and where the industry is going.

Household appliance maker Dyson has now launched its Dyson Zone noise-cancelling headphones in Australia. The headphones offer up to 50 hours of listening with ultra-low distortion, advanced active noise cancellation, and faithful audio reproduction across the entire sound spectrum.

Aussie brand convinces one of the biggest landlords in Australia to install solar panels spelling the word “CRAP”

Storage manufacturer Western Digital Corp has announced ambitious new corporate sustainability targets, focused on powering the company's operations with 100% renewable energy as well as water and waste reduction targets.

A number of Outsiders programs broadcast on Foxtel between October and December 2021 breached requirements of the subscription TV code of practice, failing to present TV news accurately, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

The United Nation’s leading body on climate change has issued its final IPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report reaffirming that low emission technologies are a feasible and effective option for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change.

Eighty-four percent (84%) of major firms are yet to set science-based targets for supply chain emissions, according to a new joint study by Microsoft and global IT consultancy TCS.

COMPANY NEWS: Leading technology service provider Tecala Group today announced that it has achieved the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for Organisations and is now certified as carbon neutral for its Australian business operations, the first mid-market managed services provider in Australian to achieve the certification.

Red Hat has announced its ambition to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, to aid in combatting the global climate crisis.

Sensibo has released its first climate impact summary and found the impact of smart HVAC systems in 2022 had the effect of mitigating the effect of 15,376 fossil fuel-powered vehicles from the road for the year, saving 212GwH of energy.

Sensibo can already make your air conditioner smart; now it can also help you keep your air pure with the new Sensible Elements smart indoor air quality monitor.

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has published an assessment of twelve carbon sequestration technologies and the role they could play in helping Australia reach net zero emissions.

Global small business platform Xero has announced its emissions reduction targets from now to 2030, aiming to be completely net-zero by 2050.

A new 'blue carbon' collaboration between CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and Google Australia has been announced, with the collaboration aimed at helping scientists to map and understand seagrass ecosystems and their ability to absorb and sequester carbon, supporting climate resilience, Indo-Pacific and Australian coastlines, and the people and livelihoods that rely on them.