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Sustainability stories - Page 4

Sustainablilty in the tech sphere can also be described as Green IT and involves the use, distribution and creation of IT technology that has positive impacts on the environment. With close links to ESG, organisations need an informed strategy, engaged employees and positive leadership to achieve successful and sustainable outcomes.

Sustainable tech also involves reducing the negative impacts of manufacturing, use, and end-of-life handling, both of which relate to physical hardware and software.
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PPDS unveils Philips Signage 5000 AI display range

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PPDS debuts Philips Signage 5000 AI displays with on-device processing, Android 14 SoC and 24/7-ready screens up to 98in for pro venues.
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Just how green is Australia's tech?

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Australia’s tech boom hides a growing e‑waste crisis, as repair barriers, patchy recycling and high green costs stall real sustainability.
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Blue Carbon wins dual KPMG nature prize worth AUD $120,000

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Blue Carbon scoops both top and People’s Choice honours in KPMG’s Nature Positive Challenge, netting AUD $120,000 for ocean tech.
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Radar sensors give councils real-time bin monitoring

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Australian firm Matter touts fingernail-sized radar sensors to give councils live bin data, cutting overflows, truck runs and complaints.
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Schneider Electric powers new McLaren Racing tie-up

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Schneider Electric signs as McLaren Racing’s Official Energy Technology Partner across F1, IndyCar, F1 Academy and WEC programmes.
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MasterChef winner reveals tech secrets to better hosting

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MasterChef winner Laura Sharrad reveals how smart fridges and connected tech cut stress, waste and chaos from Australian home hosting.
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Snowflake unveils AI data tools tailored to energy firms

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Snowflake launches Energy Solutions for its AI Data Cloud, unifying IT, OT and IoT data to boost grid reliability and cut emissions.
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Snowflake unveils AI Data Cloud ‘Energy Solutions’

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Snowflake launches Energy Solutions for its AI Data Cloud, unifying energy sector data to modernise grid planning and asset management.
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Londoners battle ‘furniture fit gap’ in tiny homes

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Seven in ten Londoners have had to rejig cramped homes after online furniture buys failed to fit, Fixtuur warns in new ‘fit gap’ report.
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Schneider Electric tops global sustainability rankings

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Schneider Electric tops 2025 global ESG rankings with best-in-class scores from World Benchmarking Alliance, EcoVadis, CDP and MSCI.
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Forrester maps ten edge & IoT trends set to shape 2025

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AI at the edge, observability and Zero Trust security head Forrester’s ten edge and IoT trends it says will redefine enterprise tech in 2025.
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BDO Canada buys GrantMatch to boost grants advisory

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BDO Canada acquires GrantMatch, adding grants specialists and a funding-tracking platform to expand its Credits & Incentives services.
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Nokia picks Pure Storage to power Red Hat telco cloud

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Nokia taps Pure Storage and Red Hat OpenShift for a new telco cloud blueprint targeting cloud-native, AI-ready, low-energy networks.
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Canon retains EcoVadis Platinum rating with higher score

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Canon retains EcoVadis Platinum status with an improved score of 89/100, keeping it among the top 1% of sustainability-rated firms.
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Point74 names Rob Sinclair as new Chief Executive Officer

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Midlands software firm Point74 appoints Rob Sinclair as CEO to spearhead UK and international growth of its food lifecycle platform.
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EcoOnline names David Orstad Chief Customer Officer

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EcoOnline appoints David Orstad Chief Customer Officer to lead global customer functions and launch new managed services offering.
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Radix honoured for digital transformation in industry

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Radix wins CIOReview’s Digital Transformation Company of the Year for AI-driven projects boosting efficiency in asset-intensive industries.
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Global Switch signs Welsh wind power deal for AI hub

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Global Switch inks eight-year Welsh wind PPA with RWE to power its London Docklands AI data hub with around 70 GWh of renewables a year.
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AI reshapes fire protection design for data centres

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AI-ready data centres push fire protection into early design, as liquid cooling and high-density racks reshape risk, resilience and recovery.
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Beko index finds smart appliance surge in Global South

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Smart appliances are spreading faster in the Global South than Western Europe, as households chase lower running costs over green credentials.