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  -title: "BT's Sustainability Festival: Insights and COP28 Call to Action"
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  -introtext: "<p>A resounding call to action echoed through the&nbsp;BT's sustainability festival, urging participants to contribute to a sustainable ecosystem.</p>\r\n"
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    <p id="ember48" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">Action over words!<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/adastral-park/" data-test-app-aware-link>Adastral Park</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>near Ipswich, UK recently became the epicentre of dialogue<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><em>AND</em><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>actions on sustainability as the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bt/" data-test-app-aware-link>BT Group</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>hosted its inaugural ‘Sustainability Festival’.</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember48" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And now as we reflect on<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://unfccc.int/cop28" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>COP28</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>the UN’s Climate Change Conference, fresh from the research news that 20 of 35 of the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/climate-report-%E2%80%98uncharted-territory%E2%80%99-imperils-life-earth" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>earths</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>vital signs are now at extremes in 2023, this heralds a timely moment to consider key insights and how we can best harness this momentum to accelerate a contagion of positive change. And one so aligned to BT’s core purpose to ‘connect for good’.</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember49" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">With technology playing a central role in accelerating the transition to Net Zero, for me, the festival additionally brought to the fore the importance of human connection and how vital the power of communication, collaboration and the creation of new ecosystem partnerships is to affect lasting meaningful change. This is encapsulated within 3 strategic pillars that can help accelerate the move to Net Zero: Connect &amp; Communicate, Measure &amp; Manage and of course, Scale! as highlighted below. Let’s now explore all the key developments and personal reflections, underpinned by these key focus areas throughout:</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember51" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">1. 🕸️<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><strong>Connect &amp; Communicate</strong>! Helping customers smartly and securely connect their operations at scale to the <a href="technology/everything-you-need-to-know-to-succeed-in-the-cloud-industry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cloud</a>, ready for decarbonisation via partners platforms. Starting with the move from ‘analogue to digital’ smart and green buildings in<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://newsroom.bt.com/bt-and-johnson-controls-collaborate-to-help-businesses-reach-net-zero-faster/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>collaboration</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>with Johnson Controls<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember52" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">2. 📏<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><strong>Measure</strong>!</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember53" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">Helping customers accurately and more holistically<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.globalservices.bt.com/en/solutions/products/digital-carbon-calculator" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>measure</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>the carbon footprint of their BT products &amp; services from networks right through to end point devices. And the end result? &nbsp;More informed and sustainable choices</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember54" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">3. 🌱<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><strong>Scale</strong>! Providing customers with the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.globalservices.bt.com/en/solutions/products/carbon-network-dashboard" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>tools</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>to manage their networks energy efficiently as data volumes continue to accelerate with AI&nbsp;adoption</p>\r\n
    <h2 id="ember56" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>Smart and Green Buildings – BT and Johnson Controls<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></strong></h2>\r\n
    <p id="ember57" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">Energy usage within the building sector accounts for an eyewatering 26% of scope 1 and 2 global CO2 emissions (<a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>IEA</a>), clearly reflecting its significant contribution to climate change. And with an staggering 172 Zetabytes of data predicted in smart connected buildings by 2030, the criticality of this issue moves centre stage. So, how to address? A tangible example is the recently announced initiative between BT and<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/johnson-controls/" data-test-app-aware-link>Johnson Controls</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember58" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">Data driven solutions are so critical here - despite the massive impact of buildings on the environment, data analysis in this sector has been lacking. By effectively and securely leveraging the right data, buildings can operate beyond a simplistic on/off mode, offering more precise energy-saving measures.<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember59" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">The combination of Johnson Controls'<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/openblue" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>OpenBlue</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>Digital Platform with BT's secure and resilient networks marks an empowerment opportunity for change, enabling customers to digitally assess and optimize energy consumption across their buildings. OpenBlue can also integrate HVAC systems with sensors in lighting and security to measure workspace occupancy and adjust accordingly. It can also connect to resources like solar panels or EV chargers to lessen the load on the grid or sell extra electricity too! The end result? The opportunity for customers to digitally measure, analyze and optimize energy usage right across their buildings! And you can see more of the BT/Johnson Controls synergy in this live dashboard demo ⬇️</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember60" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://youtu.be/Mjnebrv5N64" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Watch - BT/Johnson Controls - Live Demo!</a></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember62" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And to find out more, please check out this piece<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/bt-and-johnson-controls-collaborate-to-help-businesses-reach-net-zero-faster-301926043.html" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>here</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>with comment from<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/khansarwar/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Sarwar Khan</a>, Global Head of Sustainability at BT and<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-katie-mcginty-a9818560/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Katie McGinty</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>VP &amp; Chief Sustainability, External Relations Officer at Johnson Controls, which emphasizes the pivotal role of digitization AND ecosystem partnership in building decarbonization! And for even more inspiration, I also recommend exploring the UK Governments Home Decarbonisation Projects competition series – some superb successful projects<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-decarbonisation-skills-training-competition-successful-projects" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>here</a>! Plus, here is an earlier writing series I was delighted to develop with Johnson Controls focusing in on the building sector, from a clean air perspective – you can follow along from Part 1 onwards within the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.johnsoncontrols.co.uk/insights/2021/blog/clean-air-imperative-1" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Insights</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>resource!</p>\r\n
    <p><img src="/images/Smart_and_Green_Buildings__BT_and_Johnson_Controls.png" alt="Smart_and_Green_Buildings__BT_and_Johnson_Controls.png" width="600" height="400" /></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember64" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And reflecting further on the BT and Johnson Controls partnership news, this advance affords additional benefits too, for example around best navigating upcoming compliance changes. As just one example, EU governments are currently negotiating a revision of the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.eceee.org/policy-areas/test-1/#:~:text=The%20Energy%20Performance%20of%20Building%20Directive%20(EPBD)%20is%20the%20main,sources%20in%20the%20building%20sector." target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>with the European Parliament, which would include mandatory renovations for buildings with the worst energy performance.</p>\r\n
    <h2><img src="/images/worst_energy_performance.jpeg" alt="worst_energy_performance.jpeg" width="600" height="400" /></h2>\r\n
    <h2 id="ember66" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>Industry Evolution and Liquid Cooling Technology</strong></h2>\r\n
    <p id="ember67" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">I also believe this milestone moment represents new opportunities for the construction sector by turning buildings into a distributed energy system using digital electricity and clearly affording an opportunity to use PoE too. Further still, sector coupling comes front of mind as an effective means of achieving the energy transition most efficiently, with the aim to effectively connect sectors such as industry, buildings and transport. When these are interconnected and the components of energy generation from renewable energies are combined, CO2 emissions can be much reduced.</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember68" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And there’s more! Within its own network, BT is also partnering with a number of organisations to trial liquid cooling technology to further reduce energy usage. Examples include trialing precision liquid cooled network switches using technology from<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/iceotope/" data-test-app-aware-link>Iceotope Technologies Limited</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>a solution which directly sprays liquid onto equipment, alongside the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://juniper.net/climate" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Juniper Network</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>QFX Series switches – this represents an industry first! Additionally,<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexalus/" data-test-app-aware-link>NEXALUS</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>' liquid-cooled plates and "cooling using sprayed-on partial immersion" are also being evaluated, plus<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/immersion4/" data-test-app-aware-link>Immersion4</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>'s solution, within which servers are actually immersed in a dielectric liquid tank. Finally, also on show from<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/pea-soup-hosting-limited/" data-test-app-aware-link>PeaSoup.Cloud</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>but not a part of the announced trials, was an immersion liquid cooling system which can help reuse the heat generated by a radiator.</p>\r\n
    <p><img src="/images/Industry_Evolution_and_Liquid_Cooling_Technology.png" alt="Industry_Evolution_and_Liquid_Cooling_Technology.png" width="600" height="421" /></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember71" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">As devices continue to become more powerful and compact, and as the demand for efficiency grows, liquid cooling is becoming increasingly important in various fields, especially where thermal management is critical for performance and longevity. BT anticipates that the implementation of cooling technologies could reduce energy consumption by some 40% to 50%. And this could also decrease the physical space required for equipment, leading to material savings too. Shared value personified!</p>\r\n
    <h2 id="ember73" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>Evolving CIO Role - Sustainability<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></strong></h2>\r\n
    <p id="ember74" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And before we explore some specific tools to support the journey, especially from measurement and scale perspectives, I just want to draw attention to other areas that are imperative for sustainable change too. This takes a holistic focus - it's not all about the technology, but its culture, its skills, its mindset, its change management, and its process too!</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember75" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">Putting this in context, the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-economic-forum/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>World Economic Forum</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>anticipates that over half of all employees (<a class="app-aware-link " href="https://tcglobal.com/digital-skills-gap-a-look-at-the-landscape/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>54%</a>) will require significant re-skilling to meet IT-related needs. Or in other words, this equates to a need to reskill more than a billion people by 2030.&nbsp;And this at a moment when CIO skill set requirements have evolved probably more quickly and broadly that at any other time, this includes the role becoming increasingly elevated and strategic. More on this evolution can be explored in my written mini-series<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cio-reimagined-data-centricity-human-centered-leadership-sally-eaves-1e/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>here</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>supported by<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ernstandyoung/" data-test-app-aware-link>EY</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>research.</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember76" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">So, within this development, an important question to consider is the role of the ‘evolved’ CIO in empowering business sustainability and leading-in on that strategy? More on this in my recent discussion with the always inspiring<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/basburger/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Bas Burger</a>, Chief Executive Officer at<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/bt-business/" data-test-app-aware-link>BT Business</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>which you can read more on and watch at this link – a passionate conversation on shared values! ⬇️</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember77" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7143208333506744321/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Watch - Bas and Sally - Live Chat!</a></p>\r\n
    <h2 id="ember79" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>Digital Carbon Calculator – Measurement Matters!<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></strong>📏</h2>\r\n
    <p id="ember80" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">You can’t manage what you can’t measure remains a truism! And regards the carbon footprint of IT Service and devices, holistic and unified measurement is especially key to help organisations attain a clearer picture on their emissions and support lifecycle management too. Enter BT’s<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.globalservices.bt.com/en/solutions/products/digital-carbon-calculator" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Digital Carbon Calculator</a>, launched earlier this year, a tool which uniquely combines the carbon footprint data from the IT services you buy from BT<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><em>AND</em><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>the IT services you buy from other vendors – so critical for accuracy, reliability and consistency, and baselining your carbon emissions too. More on that launch from me<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/esg-measurement-matters-from-network-up-driving-outcomes-sally-eaves/" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>here</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>!</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember81" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">The carbon footprint calculations are derived from comprehensive lifecycle assessments wherever feasible, ensuring all stages of a product's life are considered, and aligns with the<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard#:~:text=The%20standard%20covers%20the%20accounting,and%20nitrogen%20trifluoride%20(NF3)." target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>GHG</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>(greenhouse gases) Protocol Corporate Standard, using specific guidance tailored for the ICT sector. This assures international compatibility and recognition. In addition, wherever available BT sources regional grid carbon intensity figures for use-phase emissions, ensuring region-specific accuracy. By juxtaposing your inventory device details with the lifecycle assessment (LCA) data and grid carbon intensity, the calculator can pinpoint your carbon footprint with true precision, and with all the key advances highlighted below!</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember83" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>🌟Unified Platform:</strong><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>Affords a holistic view of all network assets on one platform, facilitating comprehensive carbon emissions tracking across all IT products</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember84" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>🌟In-depth Analysis:</strong><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>The calculator breaks down data into six distinct sections, offering valuable insights into asset-related priorities and network performance. All crucial data is condensed into one section, ensuring immediate focus on what's paramount</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember85" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>🌟Track KPIs Over Time:</strong><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>Monitor each Key Performance Indicator (KPI) chronologically, allowing for a clear visualization of the effects of any alterations or initiatives</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember86" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>🌟Comprehensive Reporting:</strong><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>Access all reports via a singular interface. Dive deep into the data and break it down by region, country, site, category, or even the device model. This feature ensures a granular understanding of your carbon footprint, aiding in targeted emission reduction strategies</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember87" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And you can watch a demo at the link below! ⬇️</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember88" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://youtu.be/QsJFk68LBKw" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Watch - Digital Carbon Calculator - Live Demo!</a></p>\r\n
    <h2><img src="/images/Digital_Carbon_Calculator.png" alt="Digital_Carbon_Calculator.png" width="600" height="307" /></h2>\r\n
    <h2 id="ember91" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>Carbon Network Dashboard – Empowerment to Scale</strong></h2>\r\n
    <p id="ember92" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">As compute power continues to rise, organisations can sometimes find it difficult and complex to use their digital technology as efficiently as possible. It is absolutely critical then, to make it easier for customers to have the integrative visibility and capacity to analyse exactly this,<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><em>and treat their data differently</em>, for example moving less petabytes from ‘A to B’, reducing their organisation’s overall carbon footprint in an optimised way.<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember93" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">Add in the rapid acceleration in development within Artificial Intelligence - notably GenAI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in recent months - and the compute power required to support them, this raises needs further still and will indeed put pressure on sustainability target metrics for many. Helping customers to continue to leverage the benefits of AI whilst still managing their workloads and applications in a transparent and sustainable way is key, an area I had the pleasure to discuss with<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/khansarwar/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Sarwar Khan</a>, Global Head of Sustainability at BT Group amongst many more ESG related topics, including news of additional impactful partnerships with<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-test-app-aware-link>SAP</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>and<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cisco/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-test-app-aware-link>Cisco</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember94" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And you can watch our full conversation at the link below! ⬇️</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember95" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://youtu.be/6AwXBHAQIvs" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Watch - Sarwar &amp; Sally - Live Chat!</a></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember96" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">In addition, the launch of BT’s<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://www.globalservices.bt.com/en/solutions/products/carbon-network-dashboard" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Carbon Network Dashboard</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>earlier this is already benefiting organisations - a tool designed to make power usage and carbon emissions management as seamless, integrated and real-time as possible, directly addressing the contemporary challenges of high energy prices and the demand for sustainable practices from all stakeholders.<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember97" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><em>Some key benefits include:</em></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember98" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">✅&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Real-time Power Usage Monitoring</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember99" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">✅&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Identification of Inefficiencies such as carbon intensive devices</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember100" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">✅&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Integration of Real-time Energy Grid Data</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember101" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">✅&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Strategic Workload Management and Network Planning</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember102" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">✅&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Embedded Future Integration for Holistic Management</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember103" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">✅&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Support in Calculating your Footprint for Carbon Accounting</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember104" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">And you can watch a demo at the link below! ⬇️<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember105" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://youtu.be/HoriT7rlBao" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>Watch - Carbon Network Dashboard - Live Demo!</a></p>\r\n
    <h2><img src="/images/BT_Tips.png" alt="BT_Tips.png" width="600" height="297" /></h2>\r\n
    <h2 id="ember107" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>Final Thoughts</strong></h2>\r\n
    <p id="ember108" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">By bringing together the benefits of having a secure, resilient network and combining that with platforms and application AI, developed by decarbonisation experts and partners within their field of domain – this becomes a powerful and mutually re-enforcing ecosystem for sustainability change, simplifying and hopefully accelerating the journey to net zero for many!</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember109" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">So as we reflect back on COP28 and also consider how the UN’s recent global stock take<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " href="https://unfccc.int/documents/631600" target="_self" data-test-app-aware-link>synthesis&nbsp;report</a><span class="white-space-pre"> </span>reveals just how much more must be done to meet the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement, this feels a moment of difference-making potential. 2024 presents a critical and time-bound opportunity to put the world on a more sustainable path. And for me, reflecting on the BT Sustainability Festival and all the actions around and beyond, it is clear that the future does not lie in sustainability and technology – it lies in<span class="white-space-pre"> </span><em>sustainable technology</em>.</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember110" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">These are not just parallel lines, they're the intertwined key catalysts for change!<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <p id="ember111" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">🗨️ All feedback and questions most welcome 🗨️</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember112" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">Many thanks! Sally<span class="white-space-pre"> </span></p>\r\n
    <h2 id="ember114" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph"><strong>About the Author</strong></h2>\r\n
    <p id="ember115" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">A highly experienced chief technology officer, professor in advanced technologies, and a global strategic advisor on digital transformation, Sally Eaves specialises in the application of emergent technologies, notably AI, 5G, cloud, security, and IoT disciplines, for business and IT transformation, alongside social impact at scale, especially from sustainability and DEI perspectives.</p>\r\n
    <p id="ember116" class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph">An international keynote speaker and author, Sally was an inaugural recipient of the Frontier Technology and Social Impact award, presented at the United Nations, and has been described as the "torchbearer for ethical tech", founding Aspirational Futures to enhance inclusion, diversity, and belonging in the technology space and beyond. Sally is also the chair for the Global Cyber Trust at GFCYBER.</p>
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