Sustainable Digital Report

Building cleaner, leaner, and more responsible software

White paper

2021 Edition

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Can digital acceleration and climate goals coexist?

This white paper captures the urgent tension between two forces: the need to decarbonize, and the digital explosion driven by COVID-19.

What you'll learn

  • Why 2020 was a wake-up call for digital sustainability
  • How digital transformation is accelerating global CO₂ emissions
  • What “green software” really means, and where your team can start
  • Key practices and tools used by Fortune 500 teams to lower digital emissions

Why it matters

  • Cloud, APIs, and software come with a hidden footprint
  • Emissions are rising again, and fast
  • Transformation isn’t optional, but sustainability must be part of the plan
  • Developers and architects now have real power to reduce impact

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Mentioned in the report

As climate change is already visible and indisputable, its impact on our society and economy will transform industries, people, and organizations in unprecedented ways. 2030 is not even tomorrow, it’s tonight and we have to act now!

Pierr-Olivier Chotard

Head of Marketing at Google Cloud

We need to work on understanding the impacts of digital technology, because in order to reduce, we need to understand.

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Raphael Guastavi

Head of Products & Materials Efficiency at ADEME

Ready to build greener digital systems?

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