Google will be using the heat generated at its Hamina data centre in Finland to help provide locals with free heating. This will be appreciated by people in the area who face freezing weather.
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Amazon has started using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a replacement for diesel in its backup equipment. HVO produces 90% fewer carbon emissions than diesel over its lifecycle.
Amazon is putting €1 billion into its European operations to help it reach its net-zero goal by 2040. This plan will see it switch to using electric vans and HGVs and expand low-emission package hubs.
Amazon has announced the latest expansion of signatories to The Climate Pledge. In this round, 100 new companies joined up including SAP. Under the pledge, companies strive to be net-zero by 2040.
In order to help address the climate crisis, Airbnb has committed to becoming a Net Zero company by 2030. For this, Elizabeth Sturcken is guiding Airbnb on sustainability targets and strategy.
Microsoft has announced a partnership with Scottish energy provider SSE. They'll attempt to make the energy sector more sustainable through a variety of efforts. Both are COP26 partners too.
At its Dreamforce event, Salesforce has announced that it has achieved effective Net Zero energy usage across its entire value chain with 100 percent renewable energy and purchasing carbon offsets.
At Inspire 2021, Microsoft has announced the Cloud for Sustainability initiative that will help organizations to measure and track their carbon emissions and also take act upon intelligent insights.
O2 has been rolling out new cooling technology from EkkoSense across its network. This will reduce its carbon emissions by one million kilograms each year, helping it become net-zero by 2025.
Every sector needs someone like Elon Musk who will experiment and develop new technologies to reduce carbon emissions, according to Bill Gates. He specifically cited the steel and cement industries.
Amazon has announced that 20 more firms, including IBM, have signed up to its The Climate Pledge programme which encourages signatories to meet their net-zero goals by 2040 rather than 2050.
Vodafone has announced that it plans to hit net zero carbon by the year 2040. Its Scope 1 & 2 emissions will reach net zero by 2030. The 2040 goal was set for 2050 but was brought forward.
The collaboration will be focusing on developing innovative tech solutions that help the companies meet their sustainability goals. bp will also be utilizing Microsoft's Azure services.
