Category: Sustainability

YugabyteDB is a cloud-native distributed SQL database offering resilience and on-demand scalability for complex applications. In 2022, it became the first distributed SQL database certified for the AWS Graviton Partner Program, enabling customers to benefit from the performance and cost efficiencies of Graviton instances in its fully-managed DBaaS service.

New Relic partnered with AWS to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. Migrating to AWS cloud and adopting Graviton-powered services led to a 37% decrease in carbon emissions and 15-20% performance boost. By 2024, 64% of workloads ran on Graviton instances, showcasing how cloud technology drives sustainability and performance.

Organizations face increasing demands for transparency around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters. PwC’s Unified Sustainability Hub helps access and manage ESG data, providing automated data ingestion, a centralized view of sustainability performance, intelligent data extraction, carbon accounting, reporting/analytics, forecasting capabilities, and a generative AI assistant. It accelerates sustainability transitions by integrating stakeholders, processes, and standards.

The travel and transport industry faces increasing pressure to reduce emissions due to environmental regulations and consumer demand. However, a gap exists between consumers’ stated willingness to pay more for sustainable options and their actual behavior. TCS GreenMiles Mobility aims to bridge this gap by providing data-driven insights, discoverability of emissions hotspots, control over reducing emissions through operational changes, and predictability through modeling net-zero pathways.

The True Elements Water Intelligence Platform on AWS transforms complex data into clear insights on local watershed conditions. It provides color-coded scores for water quality and availability to support decisions around capital planning, supply chains, policy, reporting, forecasting, risk management, and innovation. Real-world examples show how the platform guides collective action on pollution, reveals supply chain vulnerabilities, and identifies opportunities for water resilience through targeted investments.

KewSustain is an AI platform by KewMann built on AWS that addresses gaps in sustainability compliance. It efficiently gathers ESG data from multiple sources, analyzes it, and generates sustainability reports adhering to major frameworks. Key features include automated data collection, collaboration tools, recommendations based on various risk factors, real-time insights via dashboards, and a virtual assistant providing guidance on reporting requirements.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives are gaining traction, but companies often struggle to measure progress. The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) offers clearly-defined greenhouse gas emission reduction targets aligned with global climate goals. Choosing the right tools, like the Adonis carbon management platform from eCloudvalley, is critical for data integration, effective tracking, and sustainability strategy optimization on this journey.

Sustainability is a strategic priority for organizations in the global transition to net-zero emissions. Many AWS Partners have chosen to establish a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) to achieve their decarbonization goals. Learn how to incorporate sustainability into your organization with a CCoE and how AWS services can help. With these efforts in place, your business can consider joining the 460 signatories who have signed The Climate Pledge and are working towards carbon neutrality by 2040.

TensorIoT leverages AWS services and the Guidance for Carbon Accounting framework to build carbon accounting solutions. It provides a technical walkthrough for calculating a facility’s Scope 2 emissions using EPA data on building energy use and electricity emissions factors. The solution allows input of building details like type, area, and zip code to estimate or calculate emissions, and AWS services provide adaptability, transparency, efficiency, and security.

Private equity firms are addressing climate change through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies, but data gaps hinder progress. Obtaining consistent emissions data across portfolios is difficult. Gardenia Technologies’ carbon accounting solution on AWS helps private equity groups capture, analyze, and report ESG data at scale. The tool connects to data sources, standardizes outputs, and surfaces insights through interactive dashboards to track progress and guide strategies.