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How the C-Suite Can Champion Sustainability Across the Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, more than 3,200 companies have set science-based carbon targets , and thousands of companies from around the world are pledging to reach net-zero emissions by either 2040 or 2050. Data: Use data to share information around sustainability efforts.

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Estimating Scope 1 Carbon Footprint with Amazon Athena

AWS Big Data

Today, more than 400 organizations have signed The Climate Pledge , a commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) provides standards for measuring and managing global warming impacts from an organization’s operations and value chain. SELECT "gasutilization"."usage_scf"

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Examples of sustainability: How new efforts are shaping the environmental future

IBM Big Data Hub

They’re implementing measures to reduce energy usage and adopting renewable energy alternatives where possible to aid efforts against global warming. Sweden, for example, aims to be fossil fuel-free by 2040, while in Denmark, over 40% of electricity is generated from wind turbines.