Truly sustainable open source projects require adequate resources to maintain healthy code and communities, Amazon Web Services' Nathan Taber said.

Red Hat's open source Project Kepler measures the energy use associated with running workloads in data center or public cloud environments.

Sustainability dropped from executives' No. 1 priority in 2022, to No. 3 in Google Cloud's latest global survey.

The combined efforts will be governed by a committee chaired by Cisco Networking EVP and GM Jonathan Davidson and Telenor CTO Ruza Sabanovic.

Cisco provides “thought partnership” not usually found with corporate vendors, El Paso Sustainability and Climate Officer Nicole Ferrini said.

The vendors plan to develop energy efficiency proof-of-concepts using centralized unit and distributed unit components.

Cloud transformation requires "a significant change of mindset for telcos,” Capgemini's Jacques Assaraf said.

"We can bring the future data centers to life in 2023," ECL Founder and CEO Yuval Bachar said.

Progress on ESG initiatives "during 2022 in enterprise tech was solid," GlobalData Senior Analyst Robert Pritchard explained.

John Deere Exact Shot results in a 60% reduction in fertilizer use without compromising on speed, according to VP Deanna Kovar.

5G technology is particularly suited to progress each aspect of the triple bottom line framework, Ericsson Chief Architect Colin Bowdery explained.

From job cuts, to a significant data breach, and the restructuring of some of its operating divisions, the networking giant had a busy 12 months.

With a new year on the horizon, here are the top enterprise sustainability moves SDxCentral covered in 2022.

Three-quarters of developers will lead with sustainability as their top development principle by 2025, Google Cloud's Steren Giannini said.

"Connecting people to new opportunities and empowering diverse communities" personifies Cisco's purpose, EVP Fran Katsoudas said.

“A new era of cooperation and collaboration between government and industry is required to achieve the full potential of limitless connectivity,” Ericsson stated.

In return for the miracle of the cloud, Brookfield is providing AWS with renewable energy on three continents.

At Re:Invent, AWS committed to return more clean water to nearby communities than its cloud infrastructure and operations consume.

The lifecycle analysis of Telefónica's connectivity offerings showed fiber allows for more sustainable networks than copper.

The cloud sustainability technical guides help "support the societal infrastructure for a sustainable world," VP Alysa Taylor said.

"We are constantly focused on improving our energy efficiency," Microsoft VP Noelle Walsh said.

Google Cloud also introduced a climate finance accelerator that offers mentorship and funding to climate fintech startups.

NTT releases a 2022 Global Network Report; Cloud Foundry Foundation welcomes a new leader; and Dell introduces zero-trust services.

OCP aims to reduce the data center industry's environmental impact; TIP announces a new group; and authID launches its Verified 3.0 platform.