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Sustainability stories - Page 5

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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Ethique founder launches tablets to replace soft drinks

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Ethique founder Brianne West unveils Incrediballs, plastic-free effervescent tablets aiming to replace bottled soft drinks worldwide.
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Blue Yonder grows FY25 revenue & boosts AI supply chain

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Blue Yonder posts FY25 revenue of USD $1.42 billion as it expands AI-driven planning and warehouse tools to meet rising supply chain demands.
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CapitaLand Ascendas REIT lifts income as portfolio grows

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CapitaLand Ascendas REIT posts higher income and an 8.6% rise in portfolio value to SGD $18.2 billion, despite lower payout per unit.
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UK homes halve gas cooking as ivie app cuts energy use

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UK homes using the ivie smart meter app almost halved gas cooking in December 2025, helping cut overall household energy use by 5.5%.
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Smart CT wins Toshiba deal to support 32 UK retailers

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Smart CT secures three-year Toshiba deal to maintain tills and tech for 32 UK high street retailers, handling 10,000 callouts annually.
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AI fuels Europe data centre boom amid power crunch

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AI is turbocharging Europe's data centre boom, but grid bottlenecks and power scarcity now threaten to slow the next wave of expansion.
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Lucion adds in-house AI to upgrade NexGen compliance

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Lucion has embedded in-house AI into its NexGen platform, promising continuous, data-led compliance oversight for complex UK estates.
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UK firms lack data to prove AI's green credentials

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Most UK IT chiefs hail AI as vital to net-zero, yet over half admit they cannot accurately measure its carbon emissions or green impact.
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How digital service is transforming global cash cycles

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From AI analytics to remote fixes, digital service is reshaping cash operations, boosting uptime, trust, and sustainability at every stage.
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WD maps 100TB-plus hard drives for AI data centres

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WD maps a path to 100TB-plus hard drives, unveiling faster, lower-power designs as cloud data centres scale storage for AI workloads.
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Ireland unveils strict new rules for data centre power use

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Ireland ends its data centre freeze with strict rules tying new projects to onsite power, renewables and a shift beyond Dublin's grid limits.
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Snap launches Specs unit to drive smart glasses push

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Snap forms Specs unit to spearhead next-gen smart glasses, promising AI-driven, low-friction eyewear that blends digital and real worlds.
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MPs launch data centres group to balance growth & net zero

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Cross-party MPs form a data centres group to probe growth, planning and energy use while safeguarding communities and the UK's net zero goals.
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Crompton crowned world's top ceiling fan maker by 2024

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Crompton named world's top ceiling fan brand for 2024 by Euromonitor, selling over two crore units a year and one fan every two seconds.
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PPDS unveils Philips Signage 5000 AI display range

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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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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Schneider Electric powers new McLaren Racing tie-up

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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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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Snowflake unveils AI data tools tailored to energy firms

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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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'

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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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

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Schneider Electric tops 2025 global ESG rankings with best-in-class scores from World Benchmarking Alliance, EcoVadis, CDP and MSCI.