Nvidia recently announced that it is developing a digital twin of the Earth to aid humanity in its battle against climate change. It’s a neat idea, but not all attempts to combat the climate crisis need to be so grandiose in order to be effective.
If we really want to tip the scales, we need small actions from the majority rather than bold gestures from the few. There is no panacea for climate change, as the COP26 summit in Glasgow underlined, but if you’re a business owner with sustainability on your mind, and you want to make changes that aren’t dismissed as blah, blah, blah, the technology to make a difference is already at your disposal.
When it comes to the climate, carbon is a cost. What if you could intelligently price-in the carbon footprint of every single operational decision you take as a business, just as you would with time and resources? Not only might you unlock further cost-saving and efficiency gains, but you’d also gain a competitive...