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Sustainability – Blogs

October 12, 2021

What is digital decarbonization and why is it important for CIOs?

In times where climate protection is no longer an option but an imperative, data and digital technologies have proven to be…

September 28, 2021

How CIOs can build the business case for net-zero

Today’s climate crisis is affecting the global economy, financial stability and the value of investments. Companies face physical risks, such as the operational…

September 9, 2021

Your top questions about net-zero, answered

In August 2021, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report that firmly linked rising temperatures and increasingly severe weather to human activity. The…

June 29, 2021

Improving weather and climate forecasting – Why collaboration between domain scientists and High-Performance Computing experts is key

Weather and climate forecasts are vital tools to help save lives…

June 1, 2021

Decarbonizing content production in media and entertainment

The current Covid-19 related restrictions for social distancing and limits on travel have required major changes to work practices. Yet even before the pandemic hit, content production…

May 27, 2021

“Green IT” and “IT for Green”, technology at the service of the planet

In the first part of this article, we saw what are the steps that a manufacturing company must…

April 22, 2021

The Roadmap to becoming Carbon Neutral

Why? The first question most businesses have to ask themselves is "why do we need to become eco-sustainable?" There are millions of reasons why but the answer is simple:…

March 28, 2021

Atos discusses decarbonization with UK Government Net Zero Business Champion

Atos discusses decarbonization with UK Government Net Zero Business Champion JTNDQlIlM0UlMEElM0NCUiUzRQ==Atos SVP Strategy and Communications UK&I, Kulveer Ranger was joined by Andrew Griffith…

March 26, 2021

A concerted (r)evolution: accelerating decarbonization across the energy and utilities ecosystem

The pandemic has placed health, social and environmental considerations very much in the spotlight. Businesses are taking stock of the ongoing…

March 25, 2021

Can start-ups save the planet?

How can we address climate change by leveraging alliances between global enterprises and start-up companies? Incubators and accelerators are ways to support the creation and the development of a…

February 19, 2021

How to forecast green energy production - The recipe for success

In the absence of suitable energy storage solutions, you must be able to continually balance electricity production and consumption. That’s…

January 20, 2021

Digital twins drives industrial decarbonization

For far too long manufacturing enterprises have focused on productivity centred around economics and commercial gains driven by KPIs such as speed to market, manufacturing cost, operational cost, overall profitability…

January 8, 2021

Are we ready for our carbon detox?

A new year is the time for good resolutions and for both reflection on the past and aspirations for a better future. Five years after the signing…

December 8, 2020

Adjusting your car business to new decarbonization regulations

Nothing less than daily vigilance. That’s the expectation of a concerned customer base as well as government agencies regarding decarbonization. While they conduct day-to-day business, automotive…

November 23, 2020

The pandemic has sped up our change of mindset to go beyond sustainability

Linear models should be replaced by circular ones, supported by technology. But the true change starts from within…

November 20, 2020

Additive Manufacturing – Will it save our Planet ?

Will Additive Manufacturing (AM) save the planet? Well, no single technology will save our planet from global warming. Since manufacturing activities worldwide are responsible…

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…

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…

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