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Italian CIOs at the crossroads of transformation and sustainability

CIO

Digital transformation is a gradual journey, and for many CIOs, becoming more data-driven hinges on how sustainability practices are systematically adopted. These are two interconnected issues, because sustainability not only shows how we can use technology to be more sustainable, but also guides the paths of technological development.”

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

CIO

Across the world, climate change has bitten hard into the economies of tech-centric California, again due to wildfires. There is a need and realization by the business world to be more environmentally sustainable since organizations are seeing an impact on the bottom line as a direct result of climate change.

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

CIO

Choice Hotels International’s early and big bet on the cloud has allowed it to glean the many benefits of its digital transformation and devote more energies to a key corporate value — sustainability, its CIO maintains. And his team can do this more sustainably, another “benefit that’s important to us,” Kirkland says. “If

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IT Modernization With a Sustainability Edge

CIO

As companies fast-track IT modernization to accelerate digital transformation and gain business advantage, there is an opportunity to rearchitect a greener IT environment and application portfolio that will drive cost efficiencies and contribute to broader corporate sustainability goals. of all global carbon emissions.

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How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet

CIO

Sustainability is a major priority in business boardrooms already, and pressures from regulators, shareholders, board members and employees are likely to further drive this trend. Due to the complexity and scale of the challenge, not all businesses have the resources to move toward net-zero at the necessary pace, and many are lagging.

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Lessons from Costco on Sustainable Growth

Harvard Business Review

Few companies succeed in growing at a sustainable rate over time. But the leaders of a handful of companies, including Costco and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, never forget that businesses are complex systems whose elements are interconnected.

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SAP takes steps toward ‘green ledger’ for carbon accounting

CIO

The software provider plans to do that by enhancing existing tools for estimating greenhouse gas emissions due to an enterprise’s activities, and adding capabilities for exchanging that data with partners, bringing it all together in a “green ledger” that will record the climate cost of doing business alongside the financial cost.