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IBM to increase the amount of renewable electricity it procures

IBM to increase the amount of renewable electricity it procures

By Tom Raftery on March 27, 2015

After returning from IBM’s InterConnect conference recently we chided IBM for their aping of Amazon’s radical opaqueness concerning their cloud emissions, and their lack of innovation concerning renewables. However, some better news emerged in the last few days. The Whitehouse last week hosted a roundtable of some of the largest Federal suppliers to discuss their […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, electricity, Electricity generation, emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, ibm, Renewable energy, renewables

Carbon Disclosure Project’s emissions reduction claims for cloud computing are flawed

Carbon Disclosure Project’s emissions reduction claims for cloud computing are flawed

By Tom Raftery on July 21, 2011

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a not-for-profit organisation which takes in greenhouse gas emissions, water use and climate change strategy data from thousands of organisations globally. This data is voluntarily disclosed by these organisations and is CDP’s lifeblood. Yesterday the CDP launched a new study Cloud Computing – The IT Solution for the 21st […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Carbon Disclosure Project, Carbon emissions, Cloud Computing, data center, data center carbon emissions, emissions reduction, Energy, energy efficiency, epa, greenhouse gas emissions, Uncategorized

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

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 01/29/2010

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 01/29/2010

By Tom Raftery on January 29, 2010

U.S. pledges 17 percent emissions reduction by 2020 – washingtonpost.com
The United States pledged Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels under an international climate agreement, though it made its commitment contingent on passing legislation at home. […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon emissions, covalence, doe, eels, electric vehicle, energy storage, ethics, EU, green mcafee CSR sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, GreenNumbers, monsanto, obama, think city

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