HPE also announced two new executive-level initiatives to give business leaders a personal stake in their company's environmental impact.

The operator is banking on its carbon pricing strategy to reach net-zero scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions by 2040.

Only one in seven cyber professionals reported getting their data back after paying the ransom; human bias and emotions can hurt corporate sustainability efforts.

The report found that 93% of business leaders would trust a bot over a human to make a company's sustainability and social decisions.

Measuring and reporting ESG metrics is one of the clearest ways for a company to prove its ESG efforts are more than just a landing page or ad campaign.

VMware estimates the carbon impact of its remote workforce to be 2.5-times smaller than its pre-pandemic impact.

Receiving an A grade represents a deep understanding of risks associated with climate change and implementation of strategies to address those risks.

From a regulation perspective, the crux of this issue is creating “guidelines and baselines of compatibility” across ESG reporting, according to VMware's ESG VP Nicola Acutt.

A study conducted by GSMA concluded that the mobile industry is currently responsible for about 0.4% of carbon emissions globally.

“The low-hanging fruit has been picked,” said VMware's Victor Firoiu. “We need a second evolution in the sustainability of computation.”

“Sustainability is a North Star for cost reduction and innovation,” said Forrester's Abhijit Sunil during Commvault's Climate Week event.

Intel has pledged to achieve net positive water use by 2030 through conserving 60 billion gallons of water and funding external water restoration projects.

The new program looks to academia for fresh ideas and a new generation of sustainable digital infrastructure.