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Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups

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Commitments to carbon neutrality keep coming from all corners of the business world — over the past few weeks, companies ranging from the fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen to the security-focused networking IT company Palo Alto Networks to the online craft retailer Etsy committed to net-zero carbon emission plans.

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CIOs could improve sustainability with data center purchasing decisions — but don’t

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The lack of action on sustainability also applies to AI decisions, according to the recent State of Data Infrastructure Global Report from Hitachi Vantara. Among eight key priorities for successfully implementing AI, sustainability ranks last, with two-thirds of IT leaders not including it in their top three concerns.

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Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create ‘sustainable and affordable’ 3D-printed homes

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Mighty Building’s self-proclaimed mission is to create “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” homes. The money will also go toward helping it achieve a new goal of achieving Net-Zero carbon neutrality by 2028 – which it says is 22 years ahead of the construction industry overall. . “As

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As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

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The company is driving change in the industry through the open sourcing of materials for others to benefit, and in doing so, is becoming the industry’s standard bearer on sustainability practices. Sustainable companies are most likely to lead the next generation. The fashion industry alone dumps 2.1

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Cloudera and AWS Partner to Deliver Cost-Efficient and Sustainable Infrastructure for AI and Analytics

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Today, energy efficiency is gaining importance, not only for cutting costs but also as a vital step toward sustainable business practices. Together, FinOps and GreenOps form a powerful approach to cloud strategy supporting cost-efficient sustainable operations. Sustainable infrastructure is no longer optional–it’s essential.

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Salesforce plans generative AI boost for ESG reporting with Net Zero Cloud

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Generative AI will soon be everywhere — including in Salesforce’s Net Zero Cloud environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting tool. Net Zero Cloud uses data held within the Salesforce platform to help enterprises report on their carbon footprint and manage other social and governance metrics.

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This startup hopes to get us to net zero via its platform to construct wooden buildings

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So if we could reduce this amount or transition, this growth to “net zero” (or better), we’d would do to a lot alleviate the impending, and disastrous, affects of climate change. A large part of this problem is that concrete and steel are just not sustainable materials, unlike (say) timber.