Sustainable development

Discussion around climate tech dominated a sustainability conference I attended earlier this month in London. There, tech vendors to environmental lobbyists honed in on decarbonisation goals, an ambition which tails the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

BT Group joined an effort around smart agriculture by delivering a robotic platform and management system to Robot Highways, a programme partly backed by the UK government designed to boost the sector’s efficiency and sustainability.

Taiwan-headquartered chip company MediaTek committed to powering all offices from renewable sources by 2030 as part of a pledge to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

LIVE FROM INTERSOLAR EUROPE, MUNICH: Huawei sought to further underline its credentials in the sustainable technology market with its latest kit, deploying AI and power management tools to optimise energy storage and use.

Samsung Electronics ha querido dar un nuevo paso en el uso de plásticos reciclados en sus productos y ha anunciado que los smartphones marca Galaxy recién presentados cuentan con material procedente de redes de pesca desechadas.

Vodafone Group stepped-up efforts to transition to clean energy, pledging to power its networks across Europe with renewable electricity by July 2021, bringing forward an original target by three years as it aims to halve its carbon footprint by 2025.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, outlined plans to expand its use of renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions, as it targets adoption of more green manufacturing practices.