Sustainability
Is Lenovo’s path to Net Zero working?
How exactly is Lenovo treading the long path to Net Zero? We examine its claims about sustainability and circularity, revealing a largely positive story - except for plastics.
Anaïs Engelmann, Co-Founder of Team Repair: “Tackling e-waste by teaching kids how to fix by showing them how real products work”
Team Repair is on a mission: to give schoolkids confidence that they can repair electronics and inspire them to consider STEM subjects
How Google’s Green Light AI cuts waiting time at traffic lights
Google Research has built an AI that should cut the time that motorists spend waiting at traffic lights
Paris 2024: The greenest games ever
How the Paris 2024 Olympic Games organisers have lived up to their promise that this is the greenest Olympics ever
Why many tech giants will miss their 2030 Net Zero commitments
With 2030 fast approaching, it not only seems unlikely that the tech giants will miss their Net Zero targets but impossible. Lee Grant explains why.
Wasabi and Zero Circle develop sustainability tools for cloud storage
Cloud storage firm Wasabi Technologies and sustainable finance marketplace Zero Circle have teamed up to develop a suite of sustainability-focused cloud storage solutions to help businesses reduce their environmental impact.
HP’s sustainability strategy: promising signs but challenges lie ahead
We take a deep dive into HP's recently published 2023 Sustainability Impact Report to show where it's doing well - and where it could do better
Colorado’s Right To Repair law is first to include business-to-business repairs
Colorado's Right to Repair legislation not only makes it easier for consumers to get their devices repaired, but also for businesses.
Mercury NZ overhauls its finance system with Workday
Mercury NZ has selected Workday for its new finance system as the company aims to help New Zealand transition to a low-emissions economy.
Why turning motherboards to jelly could be a sustainability breakthrough thanks to vPCBs
A team at the University of Washington has created printed circuit boards that really do turn to jelly - or at least, viscous material - to make reusing components far easier at the end of life.
From carbon calories to renewable energy: eight ways to make technology products more sustainable
We all want to buy more sustainable products, but how do we make informed decisions? Logitech's Head of Sustainability gives us his eight wishes to make sense of it all.
Microsoft’s renewable energy plan laid bare
Microsoft has just paid billions of dollars to gain access to an enormous amount of renewable power - and that's just part of its efforts to go carbon neutral
Why Lenovo’s customers want sustainable technology: youth, power bills and legislation
In an exclusive interview with Lenovo's Global Head of Environmental Services, Stefan Brechling Larsen, we ask why its customers are finally asking for sustainable technology
Inside Lenovo’s Budapest factory: making workstations more sustainable
Lenovo has just switched on 5,072 solar panels to make its Budapest factory more sustainable. We go behind the scenes
What is ocean-bound plastic and should you care?
Lee Grant digs behind the truth about ocean-bound plastics to explain why reducing them is a worthy cause - but that we need to treat marketing claims with due scepticism
On Earth Day 2024, we ask: how can technology combat climate change?
Ahead of Earth Day, we asked 34 leaders for their take on the role technology must play if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold review: or, what Samsung must do to make the next Z Fold a compelling business phone
After spending half a year with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5, Tim Danton feels well placed to give a long-term review - and to tell Samsung how to change things to make it more appealing to businesses
Parts pairing and the Apple iPhone 16: how Apple’s next phone will be designed by Oregon’s Senate
Legislators in Oregon’s Senate have passed a parts pairing law that may force Apple to perform a radical rethink about how the iPhone 16 works.
Water and green tech companies in South Korea
We've compiled a list of water and green tech companies from South Korea that attended CES this year, with an overview of what they do.
Samsung vs greenwashing: real talk for a better planet needs real action
If Samsung wants to take on greenwashing, it needs to not only talk the talk but put its money where it matters