Sustainable ICT
Emily Watson-Breeze is a Sustainability Activation Manager at BT and is a member of the Government Digital Sustainability Alliance (GDSA) circular economy working group. The views in this post are their own and not the UK government’s. Driving Circularity in …
For any public sector organisation with a net zero commitment, establishing a carbon emissions baseline is the first meaningful step.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has become an early adopter in Government of eSIM technology (embedded SIM) across its mobile estate, setting a benchmark for sustainable digital transformation in the public sector. This initiative is part of Defra’s broader commitment to embedding sustainability and social value into its procurement and operational …
Gerry Hackett and Ewen Anderson tell us why they have each volunteered to chair one of our Government Digital Sustainability Alliance (GDSA) working groups, sharing their personal career journeys to this point, and their ideas for where they see some …
Chris Howes shares his thoughts on the latest Government ICT sustainability report, acknowledging the progress made and the work still to be done.
This is an AI image generated by Dalle / ChatGPT. Chris Howes reflects on a recent gathering of Government Digital Sustainability Alliance (GDSA) members that included the latest recruits to what is becoming a fast-growing forum. It was my pleasure …
Chris Howes shares his hopes for this year’s COP event and the opportunities it might bring to help us drive digital transformation. It’s that time of year again when climate change and sustainability rise to the top of the …
Ahead of the start of COP29 Matt Bradley reflects on the achievements from another COP - COP16 – which took place in Colombia recently. COP16 marked the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Nearly …
Sarah Gartland welcomes a new cohort of members to the Government Digital Sustainability Alliance (GDSA) family, and shares the new vision.
On Earth Overshoot Day Matt Bradley explores how we must consider not only the carbon impact of our solutions, products, and services, but also their true planetary effects. Balancing the books: Earth Overshoot Day unpacked Governments and societies worldwide aspire …