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Why are Salesforce hiding the emissions of their cloud?

Why are Salesforce hiding the emissions of their cloud?

By Tom Raftery on November 20, 2012

The lack of transparency from Cloud computing providers is something we have discussed many times on this blog – today we thought we’d highlight an example. Salesforce dedicates a significant portion of its site to Sustainability and on “Using cloud computing to benefit our environment”. They even have nice calculators and graphs of how Green […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged carbon intensity, Cloud, cloud carbon intensity, Cloud Computing, cloud infrastructure, data center, emissions data, Greenhouse gas, greenwash, greenwashing, salesforce, salesforce.com, singapore, Spain, Sustainability

SAP’s 2010 Sustainability Report demo’d

SAP’s 2010 Sustainability Report demo’d

By Tom Raftery on May 9, 2011

I had a Skype chat recently with SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf where he gave me a demo of their new 2010 Sustainability report. With Peter’s permission, I recorded the demo for publication on YouTube. The video above is the result and the transcription is below. Some highlights Peter mentioned include: Sustainability reporting has […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CSR, demo, Greenhouse gas, Peter Graf, sap, sap 2010 sustainability report, Sustainability, sustainability report

Unfortunate EV choice won’t help SAP’s Greenhouse Gas reduction commitments

Unfortunate EV choice won’t help SAP’s Greenhouse Gas reduction commitments

By Tom Raftery on April 26, 2011

The graph above is taken from the Greenhouse Gas Footprint page of SAP’s Sustainability Report and it shows SAP’s global GHG footprint for 2010. Of particular note in this graph is that globally SAP’s 2010 carbon footprint for corporate cars is 24%. This is up from 23% in 2009 and 18% in 2008. This is […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Electric car, electric vehicle, electric vehicles, European Union law, EV, future fleet, Greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, mvv energie, sap

Branding The Smarter City: An exercise in priorities

Branding The Smarter City: An exercise in priorities

By James Governor on September 24, 2010

“Any city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals.” – Virginia M Rometty, IBM SVP and Group Executive. I recently attended a ground-breaking event hosted by IBM and The Prince’s Charities. 9 Days of discussions and presentations about sustainability, business, and government with a stellar attendee […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Greenhouse gas, ibm, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Urban planning

Friday Green Numbers round-up 04/23/2010

Friday Green Numbers round-up 04/23/2010

By Tom Raftery on April 23, 2010

And here is this week’s Green numbers: Like Sept.11, volcano plane ban may hold climate clue | Reuters Plane-free skies over Europe during Iceland’s volcanic eruption may yield rare clues about how flights stoke climate change, adding to evidence from a closure of U.S. airspace after September 11, 2001, experts say tags: airplane, aviation, iceland, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged ashtag, Carbon emissions, climate change, CSR, eirgrid, Greenhouse gas, GreenNumbers, Iceland, sustainability reporting, taiwan, transmission network, volcano

Grid Watch: smartgrids meet smartcomms

Grid Watch: smartgrids meet smartcomms

By Tom Raftery on April 8, 2010

We have pointed to the ongoing convergence of wireless communications and smart grids before, for example in this video about Tropos Networks and in Tom’s stump pitch on sustainability and mobility, but some news from this week throws the trend into stark relief. Carbon Trust investments, the VC arm of a non-profit organisation working to […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged automation, currentcost, environment, google, Greenhouse gas, greenmonk, greenpeak, hohm, Home automation, Mobile phone, powermeter, smart grid, smartgrids, smartmeters, TX, zigbee | 1 Response

Rich Lechner talks about Smart Buildings and a Smarter Urban Infrastructure

Rich Lechner talks about Smart Buildings and a Smarter Urban Infrastructure

By Tom Raftery on March 23, 2010

I had a great chat about Smart Buildings the other day with IBM’s VP Energy and Environment, Rich Lechner. Why are smart buildings important? Well, as Rich says, in the US buildings are responsible for about 70% of the energy consumption and for about 40% of the greenhouse gases emitted. When you combine that with […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged buildings, Energy, Greenhouse gas, ibm, smart buildings, Smart Planet, smarter planet, smarter urban infrastructure

Investors, the EPA and now the SEC are making pollution an increasingly unattractive option

Investors, the EPA and now the SEC are making pollution an increasingly unattractive option

By Tom Raftery on March 11, 2010

Photo credit Neubie A perfect storm consisting of the EPA, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and investors is pressuring companies to come clean on their environmental risks and performance. I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about FaceBook’s decision to use a primarily coal-burning utility to power its new data center where […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon dioxide, climate change, Fossil fuel, Greenhouse gas, investors, pollution, Risk, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, shareholders

Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from coal?

Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from coal?

By Tom Raftery on February 23, 2010

Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from primarily coal-fired power? FaceBook is fourth largest web property (by unique visitor count) and well on its way to becoming third. It is valued in excess of $10 billion and its investors include Russian investment company DST, Accel […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accel Partners, arsenic, bp, climate change, co2, coal, data center, Electricity generation, Facebook, Fossil fuel power plant, Greenhouse gas, Greylock Partners, investor, investor revolt, mercury, PacifiCorp, pollution, radiation, Risk, selenium, shell

This is a very opportune time to be investing in sustainability management software!

This is a very opportune time to be investing in sustainability management software!

By Tom Raftery on February 14, 2010

I wrote about SAP’s launch of their Sustainability Performance Management software recently. This is a space which is of massively growing importance given the increasing regulations around greenhouse gas emissions, for example. I was heartened then to hear in a recent discussion with SAS that their Sustainability Management software was launched in April 2008! For […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Greenhouse gas, investment, sap, SAS, Sustainability, sustainability management, sustainability performance management

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