Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the amount removed from the atmosphere is key to helping the UK meet its net zero targets by 2050. This topic showcases how the decarbonisation of all industries is crucial to achieve this and increasingly digital methods are being implemented across public, private and charity sectors in new and innovative ways for this purpose. We also cover the emerging concerns about energy use relating to the growing use of AI. The UK digital transformation ecosystem is leading the way in this work and our annual Net Zero 50 List represents the top 50 individuals, initiatives, products and services helping us reach Net Zero in the UK.
November 2022
The IPCC stated unequivocally that ‘Human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in at least the last 2000 years,’ and went on to explain that ‘widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.’ Human-induced climate change is one of […]
November 2022
I think that the first thing to determine – what is Net Zero? And what are we asking people to agree to? The recently revised ISO definition is that Net Zero is ‘a condition in which human-caused residual GHG emissions are balanced by human-led removals […]
November 2022
On Wednesday this week I was at the House of Lords to meet the UK’s first NetZero 50 list for a business breakfast. The guests of honour, hosted by Rt. Hon. Lord Knight of Weymouth, were 50 examples of best practice when it comes to […]
October 2022
The United Nations’ ‘Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ declaration says, ‘We call upon all businesses to apply their creativity and innovation to solving sustainable development challenges’. So, how can individual digital SMEs play a part? Firstly, we can ask ourselves, “what parts of […]
October 2022
This month we have welcomed a new Chair and 4 new Advisory Board members here at Digital Leaders. It has given the board some great new perspectives and me the chance to talk all things Digital Leadership with 5 leaders who really know what it […]
October 2022
Just as companies might require Software as a Service, Data as a Service or Content as a Service, companies are increasingly seeking out ‘Ethics as a Service’ – but what exactly is it? ‘Ethics as a Service’ is a term recently coined the academic paper […]
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