Journal of Business Strategy Article – Keeping a lower profile: how firms can reduce their digital carbon
The Conversation Article – ‘Dark data’ is killing the planet – we need digital decarbonisation
Knowledge Management Research & Practice Editorial- Is there a role for knowledge management in saving the planet from too much data?
The Volume Article – How digital waste is polluting the planet
OECD.AI Article – Three steps for businesses to make AI data and compute more sustainable
Open Data Institute Article – Why we need to be responsible about data and the environment
Public Money & Management – Debate: The data threat to 2050 net zero—public administrations’ responsibility for the ‘data-scape’
World Economic Forum – What is dark data and how is it adding to all of our carbon footprints?
British Academy of Management Conference Proceedings Paper – Data decarbonisation, greenhouse gas emissions, and industrial business
The Chronicle of Higher Education Article – Decoding the digital carbon footprint: exposing the global data challenge
ITNow Article – Why Data Decarbonisation Matters for Net Zero (restricted access – BCS membership required).
IAG Briefing Series – Why, where and when dark data affects greenhouse gas emissions. This briefing series by the International Advisory Group of the Academy of Social Sciences seeks to bring an international dimension to the Academy’s policy positions and identify interdisciplinary solutions to complex challenges facing society from a global standpoint.
Community Resources
We are establishing a Digital Decarbonisation Community of Practice. If you have material you would like to make available so others can benefit from your experiences, please contact us.
Cost-benefit analysis of digitising everything in an archive service
Contact: Cassandra Pickavance, Archivist (Digital Preservation), Dorset History Centre, email: c.m.pickavance at dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
We are delighted to share our insights, with the understanding that our approach may not follow a rigorous scientific process. While crafting our report, we would have greatly benefited from the opportunity to reference similar calculations as a valuable point of comparison.
Why we need to be responsible about data and the environment
Contact: Joe Massey and Sasha Moriniere
The risks to environmental sustainability will only increase as data and technology continue to proliferate. Data stewardship can be seen as a way to address climate change. At the Open Data Institute, we’ve been working on defining responsible data stewardship for the between June 2022 and March 2023, with the support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. This blog was collaboratively written with Professors Tom Jackson and Ian Hodgkinson from the Loughborough Business School at Loughborough University.
Decarbonisation in the Public Sector – Debate
With more than 230 councils in the UK declaring a climate emergency and the public sector under increasing pressure to reach net zero targets, With the cost-of-living crisis, high energy tariffs due to instances such as inflation and the war in Ukraine, does digital and data have a role when tackling decarbonisation? Smart buildings as a concept have in part been brought to fruition so what next?
Can data play an intrinsic role in decision making to deliver net zero in time? In this panel discussion, hear from leaders on how the public sector can use data and extract value to improve public services while hitting their net zero targets
In this panel discussion hear from leaders about their strategies to hit net-zero. What improvements they are using and why? How technology plays a vital role to ensure the correct decisions are being taken.
Professor Tom Jackson, Professor of Information and Knowledge Management, Loughborough University
Christine St. John Cox, Platform lead for the Complex Site Decarbonisation and Head of Energy Partners, Energy Systems Catapult
Andy Hunt, Green Energy and Sustainability Manager, Oldham Council
Bret Willers, Head of Climate Change & Sustainability, Coventry City Council