Companies rely on the cloud to help them reduce their carbon footprint.
Cloud technology may be the key (or one of the keys) to achieving net-zero carbon emissions in Europe by 2050, according to a recent survey commissioned by AWS.
The study consulted 4,000 companies in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Spain, of which 96% had established emission reduction goals.
Approximately three-quarters of business leaders believed that cloud hosting technology would accelerate their journey to net zero by at least two years, allowing them to reach their goal by 2048 at the latest.
Cloud in decarbonization
Consequently, approximately 20% of respondents claim they lack the appropriate technology to achieve their net-zero goals, and 20% have yet to adopt a “cloud-first” strategy. The impact of rising costs and economic uncertainty on a global scale was one of the impediments that impeded business growth.
Despite the obstacles, three-quarters of business executives are confident in their ability to control greenhouse gas emissions. In stark contrast, only one in ten companies measure emissions scope 3, which focuses on indirect emissions that occur within the value chain of the company. Just over half of the companies in question were measuring scopes 1 (direct emissions from owned or controlled sources) and 2 (indirect emissions from owned or controlled sources) (indirect emissions from electricity, heating, cooling, and so on).
“What I find so fascinating is that business leaders who have already adopted cloud services believe they are more effective at delivering carbon reductions.” “Chris Welliss, AWS Director of Sustainability, remarked. “The data supports this assertion, as cloud computing offers nearly every business and government agency a less carbon-intensive method of IT management.”
