Sustainability – Blogs

November 17, 2020

A guide to software decarbonization: How to architect your applications to reduce their environmental footprint and help prevent climate change

As software engineers, we build applications that eventually…

November 12, 2020

Sustainability: it all starts with a vision

I was chatting to a friend the other day, a power network engineer. I asked if she needed a vision in her profession – or whether visions…

August 17, 2020

Delivering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in smart cities

In 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) were adopted by all UN Member States as a universal call to action to…

July 9, 2020

Ambitious Decarbonization Goals, Demand Ambitious Action

Atos is committed to an ambitious target of transforming the way we interact with our customers and becoming a leader in secured and decarbonized digital. Last month we went…

June 19, 2020

A Digital Society on the fast track

The Digital Society is all around us. The challenges posed by the current health crisis, along with the radical responses they prompted, have added enormous momentum to…

March 6, 2020

Coronavirus, cancelled events, immersivity and a more sustainable world

In 2012, for the London Olympic Games, there was a specific request from the UK government for companies to be more flexible in terms…

February 18, 2020

It’s time to engage with nature through Swarm Intelligence

Eric Monchalin Vice-President, Head of Machine Intelligence at Atos and member of the Scientific CommunityPurshottam Purswani Chief Architect, Distinguished Expert and member of the…

January 8, 2020

Using data to predict energy requirements

Now that COP25 in Madrid has reached its conclusion, and with the world still facing the climate emergency, everyone is talking about the need for a radical change in…

November 26, 2019

Technology got us into this mess

There is now almost universal agreement that the rise in CO2 in the atmosphere has resulted in the warming of our planet between 0.5 and 1.0°C since the beginning…

November 19, 2019

Why supercomputing holds the answer to a greener tomorrow

Sophie Proust Chief Technology Officer, AtosJean-Pierre Panziera Chief Technology Officer for High Performance Computing, AtosPosted on: 18 November 2019 With the finishing line in…

September 17, 2019

How utilities can help smart cities drive a greener future

Everybody knows we have to manage our energy better. But turning knowledge into action is never easy. To initiate change, smart cities must…

May 27, 2019

Why digitalizing the energy value chain is fundamental to saving our planet

Climate change and population growth are two of the biggest threats to the sustainability of our planet. But they’re at…

November 23, 2018

First introduction to Sustainability

What’s behind sustainability? The concept of sustainability, that emerged in the 80’s, refers to the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet…

June 5, 2018

World Environment Day: Delivering research from the Oceans

Did you know that about 70 percent of our planet's entire supply of oxygen is a waste product created by marine-dwelling plankton? Just one type of…

October 11, 2017

E-vehicles, smart innovation and societal change

The rapid growth of electric vehicles is a social and industrial phenomenon with far-reaching implications. In around five years, the e-vehicle has moved from being an expensive…

October 11, 2017

Could quantum hold the key to saving the environment?

At our recent Technology Days event, we launched the Quantum Learning Machine, a powerful emulator that is helping us to tackle a serious cybersecurity problem. Since World…