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Microsoft unveils new sustainability steps in effort to remove all carbon produced in company history

GeekWire

Microsoft President Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood, and CEO Satya Nadella preparing to announce Microsoft’s plan to be carbon negative by 2030. The company will provide $50 million in grants to community organizations working on education, habitat restoration, clean energy programs, and job training.

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Seattle-area county reveals plans for ‘world leading’ sustainable aviation fuel R&D center

GeekWire

million in the state’s transportation budget to get the project rolling. The state’s Legislature is likely to vote on the transportation budget in the next few weeks. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines announced a program in August allowing corporate customers to pay for sustainable fuel credits to reduce their carbon emissions.

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Bezos Earth Fund again poaches the leader of a grant recipient to help run its organization

GeekWire

The Bezos Earth Fund has hired Charlotte Pera as vice president for Strategy and Programs for the $10 billion effort to fight climate change. The Earth Fund plans to spend its $10 billion by 2030. Charlotte Pera. Photo via LinkedIn). Since 2012, Pera has been the president and CEO of ClimateWorks Foundation.

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Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025

Network World

Further, many organizations haven’t yet planned or budgeted for this shift,” stated Mark Horvath, vice president analyst at Gartner. A policy-based program will reduce confusion and arbitrary choices, and increase manageability.” “As But that’s hardly a simple switch.

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Robotics data startup led by former Amazon drone engineers emerges from stealth, raises $4.8M

GeekWire

” The problem is especially acute for smaller companies that don’t have big budgets to invest in building their own tools. Roboto went through the incubator program at Seattle’s Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI2), where Barash spent a year as an entrepreneur-in-residence after more than six years at Amazon.

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Dear SAP Support – We’ve Grown Apart

CIO Business Intelligence

You know my budget is tight; I can’t afford that. Then to add insult to injury, you said that after 2030, we’re through. You call it your “RISE with SAP” program. Oh, and these features would have a 30% potential uplift in the cost of the program. That’s a 10% cost increase for me. End of the road. and now by another 5%.

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How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet

CIO Business Intelligence

As an ICT company with large assets such as undersea cables and data centers, NTT has made aggressive sustainability targets to become net-zero by 2030 and through their supply chain by 2040. You can solve any problem given enough budget. NTT is sharing their experience with clients through Sustainability as a Service.

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