Uniting technology and sustainability
In this section, Sanjay Podder, Managing Director, Global Lead for Technology Sustainability Innovation, Accenture, shares his perspective on the need to unite technology and sustainability to get the full value from your sustainable tech strategy. Sanjay is a thought leader within the sustainable IT space, and he is also a founder and steering member of the Green Software Foundation (GSF).
How to get the full value from your sustainable tech strategy
Sustainability has moved swiftly up the executive agenda in recent years. Beyond the great promise of protecting people and the planet, companies with a higher sustainability performance – across environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indicators – perform better financially than their peers (United Nationals Global Compact & Accenture 2021). Just as digital transformation required every company to become a technology company, with technology at its heart, now, every business...