"Cybersecurity, which has become a broad sustainability issue, [is] threatening our evolving connected society," Fortinet's Barbara Maigret said.

CFOs are struggling to translate their corporate sustainability promises into measurable action, but they should be leading the charge, according to GRI.

Cloud leaders should instead "solve demand problems through planning and innovation," Deloitte's David Linthicum said.

CIOs "see the benefits [of sustainability], but they think it will be outweighed a lot by the cost," Gartner analyst Annette Zimmermann said.

Gartner predicts carbon footprint measurement tools will reach early mainstream adoption within the next one to three years.

Enterprises should carefully assess the environmental costs of emerging technologies "and not just follow every shiny ball," Forrester's Abhijit Sunil said.

Regulatory bodies, investors, and customers are "placing increased scrutiny and pressure on the data center industry's future," Dell'Oro's Lucas Beran said.

If Amazon Web Services wants to deliver on its environmental promises, it needs to make sustainable choices as easy for cloud customers as one-click shopping.

There's a lack of standardized governance policies for green bonds, and that leads to discrepancies in impact reporting, Gartner's Moutusi Sau said.

Natural capital is viewed as an externality, and no one directly pays for its depletion, Gartner analyst Sarah Watt explained.

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, TIM, Telefónica, and Vodafone said they’re particularly interested in energy efficiency gains from open RAN.

"Careful analysis is required in prioritization" of the sustainable development goals, GSMA Sustainability Director Nadia Chelache said.

“What we do is noble,” Trellix CEO Bryan Palma said. “It’s to make the world safer. We have purpose and mission on our side.”

As corporations take on more responsibility in the fight against climate change, more and more eyes are watching them.

"This bill includes important sustainability provisions for clean, renewable energy ... but it doesn’t go far enough,” ITRenew CEO Aidin Aghamiri said.

“We think [hybrid work] is going to be a net positive” for the environment, Cisco's Director of Corporate Affairs Mary de Wysocki said.

“If you want to get all the people who are skilled to apply for your job, then your job has to account for all the people who are skilled,”

This year’s The Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals report found 38% of respondents say lack of competitive compensation is the No. 1 reason for the skills shortage.

Biden will need private sector buy-in to confront the climate crisis and reboot the economy with a clean energy transition, and the technology sector will play a key role

The road to recovery calls for cooperation over competition to innovate at the speed of technology – in other words, an open source strategy.

A growing number of cybersecurity vendors are realizing that open source can be a powerful tool for protecting customers and staying ahead of attackers.

Pandemic life may be even tougher for cybersecurity professionals who were already short-staffed and stressed out before COVID-19.

The ICT sector has landed a leading role in stimulating consumption and production systems changes as environmental sustainability can no longer be deemed optional.

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