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014 THE SUSTAINABILITY
INTERVIEW
Adam Grant, General
Manager of Mars Wrigley UK
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Kara Hurst, Vice-President
and Head of Worldwide
Sustainability at Amazon
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024 PEOPLE MOVES
ESG investing generates a shift
among sustainability leaders
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DECEMBER 2023
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FEATURES 064
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CSOs
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Leading the way on enterprise
sustainability management
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Sustainable SMEs can leverage
tech partnerships for the 3Ps
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SAP’s Joule taking supply
chain AI to the next level
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THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
Growing best-loved
confectionery brands
sustainably Adam Grant, General Manager
of Mars Wrigley UK, takes us on
a journey of sweet sustainability
for a leading confectioner of
the UK’s favourite brands
W
orking at one of the UK’s
most iconic chocolate
manufacturers is the best
job in the world according to Adam
Grant, General Manager of Mars Wrigley
UK. Over the past few years, he has
had the opportunity to grow some of
the UK’s best loved brands, such as
ADAM GRANT Galaxy, EXTRA, Maltesers and Skittles,
TITLE: GENERAL MANAGER having previously held the position of
COMPANY: MARS WRIGLEY UK Regional Vice President, UK, Belgium,
Netherlands and Ireland, for food and
INDUSTRY: F
OOD AND BEVERAGE
beverage manufacturer Danone, where
MANUFACTURING
he spent nearly 20 years.
LOCATION: UNITED KINGDOM But Mars UK goes much further
than just the iconic Mars Bar, whether
Adam Grant has been the General it’s looking after the health of your
Manager of Mars Wrigley UK since pet, inspiring moments of everyday
2021. Previously, he spent 17 years at happiness through snacks, or supporting
Danone in roles including Regional GM, family nutrition with delicious balanced
Danone Dairy UK, Belgium, Netherlands meals, with Mars Foods. The brand is
and Ireland, where he led the team to part of the furniture in Britain, having
deliver significant growth in sales and been a part of UK households for over
category share. 90 years. With that understanding,
the company knows that it is setting a
standard of sustainability.
14 December 2023
Adam Grant
THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
exceptions or
responsibility to deliver on our promises
and as Mars Wrigley UK GM I am
excuses and
passionate about leading by example
through ambitious commitments and
action in our market.
16 December 2023
to make genuine impact. Our packaging
journey over the past few years is a great
example of this. We’ve made significant
strides to look at how we use virgin plastics
across the UK business including our
recent paper packaging pilot for Mars bar
in the UK, as well as Mars Petcare’s move to
remove 180 tonnes of plastic from cans of
Pedigree, Whiskas, Chappie and Kitekat in
the UK every year.
It’s not been easy, but one thing we’re
big on is transparency – we can all benefit
from sharing lessons learned along
the journey with each other across the
business and industry. Our roadmap clearly
and powerfully demonstrates what Mars
is doing to help tackle climate change, at
scale. In fact, our Mars Net Zero Roadmap
serves as an open-source strategy that
other companies can use to start making
meaningful Net Zero action right now.
sustainabilitymag.com 17
THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
18 December 2023
the Moy Wind Farm where Mars agreed
to buy its electricity from Eneco UK’s Moy
“We know there
Wind Farm, a company that generates
its power from wind turbines in the
is a lot more to
Highlands.
Since then and moving forward to
do, but we’re
this year, Mars has been investing in
packaging innovation – from increasing committing
recycled packaging content to exploring
innovative alternatives to plastic – such to taking big
as our in-store Bean Board trial in Tesco
stores, to pilot a new material made strides towards
from cocoa bean shells for promotional
displays. Mars UK has also invested our goals”
in reductions to its carbon footprint
through new and improved logistics big strides towards our goals and I’m
and fulfilment centres – including the incredibly proud that Mars is taking
opening of the London Thames Gateway bold action to reduce GHGs emissions
facility, in partnership with DHL, which across the business. we’re putting
will reduce Mars UK’s logistics carbon sustainability at our core; improving
footprint by 7.7% and remove a million our environmental footprint, operating
miles a year from roads. and sourcing responsibly and bringing
We know there is a lot more to more innovative, sustainable choices to
do, but we’re committing to taking consumers across the country.
sustainabilitymag.com 19
LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT
Kara
Hurst
We honour Kara Hurst, Vice-President and Head
of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon, for guiding the
company towards a more sustainable future
A
WRITTEN BY: AMBER JACKSON
sustainabilitymag.com 21
LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT
WATCH NOW
22 December 2023
transportation and electric vehicles
and sustainable products and materials.
At the time of writing this, the
company has just announced that it is
decarbonising transportation across
the entire business by increasing fleet
efficiency, expanding the use of low-
carbon fuels, and scaling electric and
alternative-fuel vehicles.
Speaking on these changes in her
report summary, Hurst said: “In 2022,
we had more than 9,000 electric delivery
vehicles in our global fleet, and 145
million packages were delivered by
EVs in the US and Europe.
“Our goal is to get 100,000 electric
delivery vehicles from Rivian on the
road by 2030. Today, we have more than
5,000 vehicles operating in the U.S. and
recently announced the first 300 to hit
the road in Germany.”
Hurst also announced on LinkedIn in
“These projects
October 2023 that Amazon has added 39
new renewable energy projects across
also provide
where they’re located. To quantify
this impact, our research shows that
economic
Amazon’s renewable energy projects in
Europe created €2.4bn (US$2.53bn) in
located”
continuing to add wind and solar projects
around the world.”
sustainabilitymag.com 23
PEOPLE MOVES
24 December 2023
KRISTEN BROWN DAVID GOATMAN
JOB FROM: D
IRECTOR OF FUTURE JOB FROM: P
ARTNER, HEAD OF
ENERGY SYSTEMS UK&I ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY AND
JOB TO: V
P OF STRATEGY UK&I NATURAL RESOURCES EMEA
JOB TO: G
LOBAL HEAD OF ENERGY
VP of Strategy for the UK and Ireland was AND SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES
earned by Kristen Brown, a role in which she
will dedicate her efforts to group operational The real-estate consultancy based in London,
strategy and ensure the execution of short- UK, has appointed Goatman to lead the
term strategic goals. changes happening in the world of property.
Having left Enel in May 2023, Starace still After leaving her post as a Principal
retains positions, such as the Chairman of the Consultant for Environmental Resources
Board at Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Management (ERM), Becker entered DIF
and is a partner at EQT Group. Capital Partners as its Interim Head of ESG
in April 2023 before swiftly taking on the
permanent role.
DENISE WONG
sustainabilitymag.com 25
THE MONTH THAT WAS
OF CORPORATE
have provided
a number of
materials to support
INSIGHTS
outlook and
strategic action
PWC SURVEYS
INVESTORS ON
CORPORATE
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC: SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING REPORTING
DRIVES SUCCESS “We are moving from
a period of awareness-
Recognised as the most sustainable business in raising around the
our Top 100 Companies, Schneider Electric is well importance of climate
positioned to share information and insights on and technological
business strategies for decarbonisation and long- change to a time
term compliance with environmental, social and where investors are
governance (ESG). increasingly asking
More than just an electrical equipment innovator, specific and tough
Schneider has mastered the power of digital to questions about
support its customers in energy management how companies are
and emission reductions, but also automation to addressing those
achieve the same great results time and time again. issues in their strategy.”
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IT’S TIME TO
GET NOTICED
10T H S E P T E M B E R
BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE, LONDON
In Association with:
M AG A Z I N E
CSOs Following the Top 100 CSOs, Sustainability Magazine
looks back at those leading their businesses towards
environmental and social efficacy
30 December 2023
TOP 10
s
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TOP 10
10
Jim Andrew
Chief Sustainability Officer
PepsiCo
32 December 2023
TOP 10
9
Bea Perez
SVP / Chief Communications, Sustainability
and Strategic Partnerships Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
sustainabilitymag.com 33
TOP 10
8
Virginie Helias
Chief Sustainability Officer
Procter & Gamble
Manufacturing
Revenue US$82bn
106,000 Employees
34 December 2023
TOP 10
7
Paulette Frank
Chief Sustainability Officer
Johnson & Johnson
sustainabilitymag.com 35
TOP 10
6
Jon Chorley
Chief Sustainability Officer
Oracle
36 December 2023
TOP 10
5
Kathryn Alsegaf
Global Chief Sustainability Officer
Deloitte
sustainabilitymag.com 37
TOP 10
4
Melanie Nakagawa
Chief Sustainability Officer
Microsoft
Software Development
Revenue US$211.91bn
224,000 Employees
38 December 2023
The Portfolio
TOP 10
40 December 2023
3
Wayne Balta
Chief Sustainabilty Officer
IBM
sustainabilitymag.com 41
TOP 10
42 December 2023
2
Rebecca Marmot
Chief Sustainability Officer
Unilever
Manufacturing
Revenue US$62.07bn
149,000 Employees
A pioneer in promoting and ensuring the adoption of “The world faces enormous
sustainable practices at Unilever, Marmot guides the challenges, from runaway
company towards a more eco-friendly future. Being
climate change to hunger and
a leading figure at the company, Marmot is known
for her energy and drive to make a positive change
dire poverty. Interconnected
in the world by fostering transformational change issues that will not be solved
in Unilever’s priority areas of water, sanitation, and unless we take collective
hygiene; climate change and ending deforestation;
action – across businesses,
opportunities for women; plastics and the circular
economy; impact finance; and health and wellbeing.
governments and civil society”
sustainabilitymag.com 43
IT’S TIME TO
GET NOTICED
10T H S E P T E M B E R
BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE, LONDON
In Association with:
M AG A Z I N E
TOP 10
46 December 2023
1
Kate Brandt
Chief Sustainability Officer
Google
Software Development
Revenue £257.63bn
289,000 Employees
sustainabilitymag.com 47
LE ADING THE
WAY ON ENTERPRISE
SUSTAINABILIT Y
MANAGEMENT
AD FEATURE
WRITTEN BY:
HELEN ADAMS
PRODUCED BY:
JONATHAN MOORE
48 December 2023
SAP
S
AP was founded in 1972 when
computers filled an entire
room and were connected to
monochrome CRT displays.
This group of early technology
pioneers went on to become the global
leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP)
software. SAP built and installed solutions
that help run critical business functions from
finance to supply chain to human resources.
Ninety-nine of the 100 largest companies
run SAP solutions, also 97 of the greenest
companies. The company’s reach into
global business is impressive – SAP
customers account for US$46tn, or
87% of all global commerce.
SAP’s mission now is to embed
sustainability into the core business of
its customers. Using its formidable scale
and reach, SAP connects sustainability data
with other cloud-based corporate data
so that companies have a more complete,
accurate and actionable understanding of
their sustainability performance. By bringing
sustainability into finance, procurement
and business networks, the aim is to make
sustainable business the standard
operating procedure.
While SAP has offered sustainability
management solutions for many years,
only a few years ago did it make the strategic
move to develop a portfolio of specialised,
50 December 2023
Gunther Rothermel is
Chief Product Officer for
SAP Sustainability. He’s been
with the company for 25 years
leading development teams.
52 December 2023
WATCH NOW
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SAP
GUNTHER ROTHERMEL
TITLE: C
HIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
AND CO-GENERAL
MANAGER
INDUSTRY: S
OFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION: GERMANY
sustainabilitymag.com 55
the boardroom to the shop floor, is what
“WE ARE NOT ONLY can help people make more informed,
more sustainable business decisions.”
USING THE STRONG
CAPABILITIES THAT Tackling Scope 3 emissions
across supply chains
WE HAVE IN-HOUSE When it comes to climate action and
IN SAP, BUT WE ARE accounting for carbon emissions, SAP wants
to help companies move past estimates
ALSO INCORPORATING and error-prone spreadsheets to effectively
AND USING THE calculate overall corporate carbon
VERY SPECIALISED footprints, and then move to calculating
footprints at the individual product level.
CAPABILITIES FROM Because SAP helps companies run their
DIFFERENT PARTNERS” global supply chains, SAP is ready to get
down to the data details when it comes
to Scope 3 accounting. Upstream and
GUNTHER ROTHERMEL
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER AND CO-GENERAL downstream carbon emissions transparency,
MANAGER, SAP SUSTAINABILITY however, remains a challenge for companies
SAP
across industries. One of SAP’s key maintained in a financial ledger,” he says. “But
approaches is to enable companies to share companies still have a big challenge to deliver
accurate emissions data along the supply data of a quality worthy of a green ledger.
chain, instead of everyone making often- “There are two key parts to SAP’s
incorrect assumptions and calculations. greenhouse gas protocol coverage across all
Enterprises need an accounting system scopes,” he says. The first is SAP Sustainability
for their emissions data that is as auditable, Footprint Management which is a solution
transparent and reliable as their financial that increases accessibility by pulling data
data. The current accounting system for from many sources, and then uses the data
supply chain emissions is severely flawed as a basis for footprint calculations.
as it relies on data that often lacks access, “Because more than 80% of carbon
accuracy, granularity and comparability, emissions are Scope 3 emissions
Rothermel added. SAP’s transactional carbon locked away in your supply chain, you
accounting capabilities focus on recording, fundamentally need to get access and
reporting and acting on carbon emission data aggregate this data,” he adds. “If we don’t,
and ultimately syncing the emissions data with we will continue to work with averages
financial data leading to a “green ledger”. instead of actuals.”
“We envision carbon to be accounted for Gathering and calculating emissions data
in a green ledger, just like your financials are more accurately is one thing, but companies
sustainabilitymag.com 57
SAP
58 December 2023
SOPHIA MENDELSOHN
TITLE: C
HIEF SUSTAINABILITY AND
COMMERCIAL OFFICER FOR
SAP SUSTAINABILITY
INDUSTRY: S
OFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION: UNITED STATES
60 December 2023
SAP
like money or the importance of accurate bring the software to our clients. They
carbon data, we see it as a social issue for help us implement the software and of
communities, for our customers and for course they also advise our customers on
our own employees.” their strategic transformation journey.
“We support other important metrics, “We are not only using the strong
such as women in management positions, capabilities that we have in-house in SAP,
D&I related components and human but we are also incorporating and using
rights,” adds Rothermel. the very specialised capabilities from
different partners. They co-innovate with
Collaborating for Impact us because we believe nobody can solve
SAP is also supported by a global network these tough issues of sustainability alone.”
of partner companies helping to customise SAP will continue on its mission
and install SAP solutions. It’s a big ecosystem. to embed sustainability across the
Partners are an intrinsic part of SAPs businesses it works with and Rothermel
strategy and how they go to market and Mendelsohn will lead the
and build solutions. sustainability team together. Over
“Our partners play several important the next year, there’s a lot in store
roles,” says Rothermel. “They help us to for the company.
sustainabilitymag.com 61
SAP
“WHAT THE
SUSTAINABILITY
STACK AT SAP DOES
IS GO FROM DATA
AGGREGATION TO
DATA ANALYTICS. THE
ABILITY TO CONNECT
THE DATA, SEE IT AND
USE IT, FROM THE
BOARDROOM TO THE
SHOP FLOOR”
SOPHIA MENDELSOHN
CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY AND
COMMERCIAL OFFICER,
SAP SUSTAINABILITY
62 December 2023
SUSTAINABLE SM
CAN LEVERAGE T
PARTNERSHIPS F
THE 3Ps
Awareness of sustainability means that SMEs should
understand the 3Ps. Microsoft’s Sherif Tawfik explains
how digital partnerships enable true action
WRITTEN BY: TOM SWALLOW
ESG
MEs S
ustainability is often mistaken
for environmental, social
and governance, which have
TECH
connotations and relevance,
but fail to define what the term
really means. People, planet and profit,
known as the 3Ps in many circles, are the key
FOR
components of sustainable action, but as
they are referred to as environmental, social
and economical factors the confusion arises.
Nevertheless, these are the key areas of
focus, and it’s important that businesses
endeavour to meet all three for that
coveted ‘sustainable’ status. But how much
do businesses know about their impact
on communities, the planet we live on,
and the economic growth as a result of
decarbonisation and social prosperity?
While the focus is often on large
corporations and their impacts—because
they do have the platforms and reach to
facilitate them as such—SMEs must also
understand how this affects them, especially
when collaborating with said companies.
“In the bustling arena of sustainability
conversations, the ‘People’ aspect often
finds itself in the shadows, not quite
catching the limelight like its counterparts
‘Planet’ and ‘Profit,” says Sherif Tawfik,
Chief Sustainability Commercial Officer
of Central, Southeast Europe, Middles
East, and Africa at Microsoft. “The talks
about environmental conservation and
economic gains are everywhere, while
the important discussions about social
sustainability – think equity, diversity, and
social responsibility – don’t always get to the
same stage.”
“This oversight might be because gauging
social sustainability isn’t as straightforward
as counting carbon emissions or dollars. It’s
a bit elusive, dealing with a wide canvas of
human experiences and societal nuances.
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ESG
Unlike a company’s carbon footprint or that organisations that fail to digitise will
bottom line, you can’t easily put a number be left behind along with their outdated
on concepts like social equity or community legacy systems.
well-being.” “In the modern business landscape,
relying on outdated technology is
Digital transformation aligned similar to still using fax machines for
with sustainable development all communication – it just doesn’t cut
Two of the key components that enable it anymore,” says Tawfik. “Technology
companies to fully understand their business is foundational, and when it comes to
are knowledge and technology. With digital sustainability efforts, digital tools are
evolution well under way, and likely to absolutely crucial. After all, you can’t
be a staple in the future, Tawfik suggests progress what you can’t measure.”
sustainabilitymag.com 67
Businesses that already exist in the digital
ecosystem need not get complacent that
“WHEN ORGANISATIONS
adoption is the solution to ensuring that JOIN FORCES, THEY
CAN LEVERAGE EACH
their teams can instantly gain access to
the insights and knowledge that will allow
them to track the progress of company’s OTHER’S STRENGTHS,
activities.
“Microsoft, with its roots in the mission KNOWLEDGE, AND
of placing a PC on every desk and in
every home, has evolved to a powerful
RESOURCES”
commitment of empowering every person
and organisation on the planet to achieve SHERIF TAWFIK
CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY
more. This pledge inherently speaks to COMMERCIAL OFFICER,
inclusion—for all people and organisations, MICROSOFT
68 December 2023
ESG
sustainabilitymag.com 69
ESG
The first one is to embrace it. From of them exploratory; showing promise for
the perspective of Microsoft, it’s about sustainable improvement nonetheless.
companies working with providers that align Tawfik believes that innovation is at heart
their goals and have the solutions to support. of any progressive sustainability strategy.
“Leveraging Microsoft’s Cloud Services, “Simulating real-world scenarios through
businesses can tap into sustainable practices Digital Twins and exploring the Industrial
that lead to a whopping 98% reduction in Metaverse, businesses can experiment,
emissions compared to traditional IT setups. innovate, and drive sustainability
It’s about ensuring that the tech backbone of seamlessly. Microsoft, for instance,
a company is geared towards sustainability provides businesses with the opportunity
right from the start,” says Tawfik. to mirror and migrate their processes within
“Next, it’s essential to prioritise advanced Digital Twins and Metaverse
measurement using advanced digital tools. environments, fostering innovation and
Having accurate, intelligent, and analytic sustainability simultaneously.”
data is the cornerstone of making real
progress. Businesses should transition from Partners are the enablers of the 3Ps
rudimentary Excel-based reporting to more “Partnership and collaboration are like
sophisticated tools that allow for automation the secret sauce in bringing the 3Ps –
and trend identification. This shift ensures People, Planet, and Profit – to life. No single
that sustainability efforts are not just organisation can claim to have access to
tracked but are also strategically aligned everyone or hold the keys to all methods
for impactful decision-making.” of sustainability. The beauty of partnership
The final point addresses some of the lies in its foundation: it’s about coming
most advanced solutions for visualising together and pooling diverse resources,
a company’s sustainability footprint—some ideas, and energies.”
70 December 2023
Use more image
captions as often
as possible
ESG
“EMPOWERING
SMES IS ALIGNED
WITH MICROSOFT’S
MISSION, EMBODYING
A DEDICATION TO THE
3PS BY DEMOCRATISING
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS
AND KNOWLEDGE”
SHERIF TAWFIK
CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY
COMMERCIAL OFFICER, MICROSOFT
sustainabilitymag.com 73
SAP’S JOULE
TAKING SUPPLY
CHAIN AI TO
THE NEXT LEVEL
WRITTEN BY:
SEAN ASHCROFT
PRODUCED BY:
GLEN WHITE
74 December 2023
sustainabilitymag.com 75
SAP
I
n launching Joule – SAP’s natural- “This capability is now available across the
language, generative AI ‘co-pilot’ SAP portfolio, and it’s going to be incredibly
– SAP CEO Christian Klein spells important to supply chains,” she says. “You
out how it has the power to redefine can interrogate Joule. You can ask questions
both the way businesses and people such as, ‘Were there any issues in my last
work. “Joule will know what you mean, not supply planning run?’ Joule will then let
just what you say,” Klein tells the world. you know what’s going on in your planning
Joule will be embedded throughout cycles, and what you need to do about
SAP’s cloud enterprise portfolio, and it. It will make suggestions by comparing
is aimed at the estimated 300 million different planning runs.”
enterprise users around the world who
work with SAP cloud solutions. It is built to SAP ‘will become the
deliver proactive and contextualised insight largest AI enterprise bar none’
from across the breadth and depth of SAP Because AI is embedded across its
solutions and third-party sources – and solutions, MacClaren explains that Joule “is
one area in particular is set to reap huge set to make SAP ‘the largest AI enterprise
benefits from it: supply chain. out there, bar none’.”
Darcy MacClaren, Chief Revenue Officer “Supply chain is the key area where
for SAP Digital Supply Chain, says: folks are using AI for,” she adds. “Joule can
“AI has the potential to revolutionise contextualise data from multiple systems.
supply chain management because it’s This results in insights that help people get
going to enable better decision-making, work done faster and drive better business
improved efficiency, reduced costs and outcomes in a secure, compliant way.”
meaningful sustainability initiatives. As “Think of well-known consumer apps that
AI becomes more accessible, we will see have AI embedded, such as Siri, Uber and
increased adoption and integration of Microsoft Office,” says MacClaren. “We have
it across supply chain operations. It’s that now in SAP. Our mission is to enable
a game changer.” and accelerate the adoption of AI to create
Based on an understanding of business value. It’s infused in the business
a customer’s processes, Joule is able process, and that’s what SAP’s business AI is.
to provide the customer not only with It’s an integrated feature.
intelligent insight, but can also make “We are also exposing business AI to
recommendations designed to extend services through our business
deliver outcomes faster. technology platform.”
76 December 2023
sustainabilitymag.com 77
SAP
WATCH NOW
MacClaren is in no doubt that Joule – Making supply chains resilient ‘is our goal’
and SAP’s wider business AI offerings – She and her team are responsible for
are milestone events for supply chain, working with SAP customers to help
a discipline in which she has been transform their supply chains to be
involved for more than 25 years. resilient, risk proof, and agile.
She joined SAP 12 years ago. Unlike “We’re the point of contact between
many in the supply chain, MacClaren has SAP and our audience,” she says, adding:
an economics rather than engineering “As Chief Revenue Officer, I am on the
background, and also gained an MBA customer side of things. But there is also
early in her career when she was with a solution and marketing aspect to what we
Hewlett-Packard, where she worked in the do, and we’re also involved with engineering
manufacturing technology space. product development. We work together to
At SAP, MacClaren is responsible for the determine the go-to market for the supply
go-to market for SAP’s digital supply chain chain at SAP globally.”
solution set. “It’s what we call ‘design to Throughout her career, MacClaren
operate’,” she says. “It’s basically everything has developed deep experience in building
from how a company designs its products and scaling niche supply chain companies.
to how it plans, schedules, manufactures, She started out with a planning and
delivers and operates.” scheduling company, whose solutions
78 December 2023
“SAP’S ALWAYS
BEEN POSITIONED
BETWEEN TECH AND
BUSINESS, AND WE’RE
NOW APPLYING THAT
TO REALLY SEIZE THE
OPPORTUNITY OF AI”
DARCY MACCLAREN
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER,
SAP DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN
DARCY MACCLAREN
TITLE: CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
INDUSTRY: S
OFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION: UNITED STATES
82 December 2023
“A BUSINESS MUST
CONSTANTLY BE
WORKING ON ITS
DATA. IT’S A JOURNEY,
NOT A DESTINATION”
DARCY MACCLAREN
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER,
SAP DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN
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organisation and what runs it,” she says. “If you look at our warehouse management
“A study we did recently with Oxford solutions, we use AI for intelligence slotting,”
Economics shows how important it is in she says. “This optimises warehouses through
today’s world for businesses to make supply stock replenishment, based on product
chain the heart of any business strategy, characteristics, product demand and sales
because of the seemingly never-ending forecasts.”
run of disruptions. It must never be an She adds: “Then if you look at generative
afterthought.” AI in transportation, it examines goods
With Joule now turbo-charging SAP’s received and delivery notes, and optimises
solutions, senior supply chain executives which loads you should unload first. So it’s
are set to bring a greater degree of insight quite powerful.
and control to the boardroom. “Demand planning customers, meanwhile,
are using market data promotion, weather
SAP solutions have AI and ML at their core calendars, and tens of thousands of data
MacClaren reminds us that SAP’s solutions points with machine learning to create
have for some time been built on AI and forecasts by country, which makes it far
have offered machine learning capabilities. more efficient.”
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SAP
Of course, SAP does not work in a vacuum, innovation across their supply chain.
but within a collaborative ecosystem far SAP RISE is a complete offering of
greater than the sum of its parts. One key cloud solutions, infrastructure and
SAP collaborative partner is Deloitte, who services that helps businesses migrate
recently expanded its deployment of SAP SAP ERP. Deloitte now has RISE
Business Technology Platform, an open cloud Premium Supplier designation, which
solution with data management, analytics, AI, increases the breadth of the SAP cloud
IoT, blockchain and application development services that the company is able to
services to help connect companies. bring to its clients.
Deloitte has also expanded its SAP RISE “We have a deep commitment to
deployment so companies can access working closely with SAP to empower
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supply chain transformation in pursuit of means AI “is no longer just a sandbox
business agility and resilience,” a Deloitte pilot but the beating heart of your business.”
spokesperson says. “We look forward to SAP partner – IT implementation
continuing to support our joint clients specialist, LeverX – also lauds the power
through the waves of industry change, of Joule, with company Chairman and
with SAP as a prized collaborator.” Co-founder Victor Lozinski saying that Joule
Pointing out that Joule takes the “provides new-found capabilities that enable
power of SAP’s solutions to another SAP customers to improve the decision-
level. MacClaren Echoing Klein that making process, accelerate problem
Joule knows what you mean, not just resolution, and determine the sustainability
what you say, she explains that Joule quotient of their delivery operations.”
SAP
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communicating with manufacturing, which
needs to communicate with logistics – and
they all need to be communicating with one “AI HAS THE
another as part of a digital thread.”
POTENTIAL TO
Disparate technologies REVOLUTIONISE
can affect data quality
As for the many businesses that have already
SUPPLY CHAIN
embarked on transformation, they too face MANAGEMENT”
barriers to progress.
“A business must constantly be working
on its data,” she says. “It’s a journey, not a DARCY MACCLAREN
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER,
destination, and the more a company uses SAP DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN
disparate technologies the more important
it is that it keeps that data clean.”
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SAP
One of the most important things do that, and we take it very seriously.
SAP helps its clients with, says MacClaren, That’s what I really enjoy about it. The
is clean data. impact supply chain has across society,
“Look, data is never going to be 100% globally.
clean but you have to start the journey “When you add our existing capability
of cleaning it as soon as possible, and of to natural-language AI it is going to be
course we have a lot of machine learning truly transformational.
tools to help here.” “SAP has always been positioned
Whatever stage a business is at on its between technology and business,
transformation journey, MacClaren says and we’re now applying that to our
her team’s aim is the same: “We want to long standing customers to really
delight the end consumer, and do it in seize the opportunity of AI.
a sustainable and cost-effective way.
“We have a strong sense of ownership
and responsibility in helping companies
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SUSTAINABILITY CAREERS
BREED DIVERSITY IN
BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Following on from Sustainability LIVE london,
we’re tapping into key insights from the Women in
Sustainability panel about leaderships and gender roles
W
hat defines the perfect be perceived as a means of bringing female
sustainability leader? Perhaps it’s leaders to the fore, but also recognising the
someone with a significant level potential of a diverse leadership in altering
of empathy towards the climate scenario the course of an unsustainable business.
and the social implications of business as However, such a conclusion also throws
opposed to a die-hard activist. out questions around work-life balance,
Over the years there have been many particularly among parents in executive
types of scrutiny among very passionate roles where preconceived ideas about
people in the world as to whether the family dynamic are under question.
sustainability is truly achievable, but
more pressingly whether authorities A non-traditional approach
and businesses are doing enough to to diversity in the workplace
eliminate the possibility of a 1.5-degree When was it deemed necessary for men
temperature rise. to work a living and their wives to remain
Such a challenge hinges on great at home with their children? This is the
leadership, but not in the historical sense. conundrum that has plagued society for a
While a militant approach to major while and led to an overwhelming majority
challenges might have worked for countries of male representation in leadership. With
in the past, now is the time for more that said, the women of industry are certain
empathetic leaders to take charge, making that women have a role to play in developing
necessary changes environmentally and sustainability in the time frame presented
socially. by the Paris Climate Agreement – along with
The movement for empowering women many ethical practices required to shape a
is becoming more than what may previously future of global equity.
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EAD OF ZEIGO POWER WE HAVEN’T
COMPANY: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
REACHED
OUR TARGETS
INDUSTRY: ENERGY
LOCATION: UNITED KINGDOM
CHANGE”
the Green power purchase agreement
(PPA) market. Prior to this, she co-founded
CarbonFix, a business manufacturing
semiconductors for the renewable
KATIE MILLS
energy sector. HEAD OF ZEIGO POWER,
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
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MICHELLE DAVIES
TITLE: G
LOBAL HEAD OF
SUSTAINABILITY
COMPANY: EY (LAW)
INDUSTRY: CONSULTING
LOCATION: UNITED KINGDOM
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“I THINK IT IS
INCUMBENT
UPON US AS
LEADERS WITHIN
OUR OWN
ORGANISATIONS
TO HELP
WOMEN SEE
THAT IT IS
A BALANCE”
MICHELLE DAVIES
GLOBAL HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY,
EY (LAW)
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DANFOSS DRIVES
DANFOSS
DRIVES:
THE JOURNEY TO NET ZERO
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
WRITTEN BY:
HELEN ADAMS
PRODUCED BY:
BILLY EVANS
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DANFOSS DRIVES
D
Danfoss Drives’ Chief anfoss Drives is a member
of Danfoss Group, a Danish
Technology Officer family-owned company, with
Janne Kuivalainen 42,000 employees, sales in
explores the company’s more than 100 countries and
factories in more than 20. Danfoss Group
net zero goals, is a powerhouse in energy efficiency and
energy efficiency and electrification, with sustainability at the
decarbonising industries very centre of the company.
“We are present all around the globe, but
we are well-known to few,” explains Chief
Technology Officer, Janne Kuivalainen.
“Our ambition is to become our customer’s
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DANFOSS DRIVES
JANNE KUIVALAINEN
TITLE: CTO, HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY: DANFOSS
LOCATION: FINLAND
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By Scott Parent, VP & Field
CTO, Energy, Aerospace,
and Industrial, Ansys
Sustainability by Design
Incorporating sustainability into the design process from its earliest
phases is important because more than 80% of a product’s
cost, material requirements, and ecological impact are
determined during the development and design cycle.
Digital Twins
By implementing Ansys Twin Builder, you can improve top-line revenue,
manage bottom-line costs, and both gain and retain a competitive
advantage. This enables organizations to track the efficiency of the
process and monitor any wear and tear. Using software like Ansys Twin
Builder, engineers can run simulations on the digital twin to determine
any interventions necessary to increase the efficiency or extend the
lifetime of the physical mechanism. In many instances, a longer lifetime
can mean better resource utilization.
WATCH NOW
the Danfoss circularity framework of one very public reference, which is its
(Rethink Reduce Recirculate) as an integral Project Zero – a public-private partnership
part of its new product development. in the south of Denmark.
By 2030, Danfoss’ ambition is to apply “Since 2007, Project Zero has been
it to all product development. able to cut 50% of emissions in the city
According to Kim Fausing, Danfoss of Sonderborg. That’s a reduction from
President and CEO of Danfoss Group, 700 tonnes to 339 tonnes of CO2, from
“A third of the reduction needed in 2007 to 2020.”
energy-related CO2 emissions this decade
according to the IEA Net Zero by 2050 Software engineering in the age of
scenario must come from improvements digitalisation, cybersecurity and IoT
in energy efficiency. The good news is that Software engineering is not what it used
the solutions are there to improve energy to be. Digitalisation comes with industrial
efficiency in all sectors. We don’t need to internet connectivity, cybersecurity and
wait. We need action because the greenest data privacy, which is also an important topic
energy is the energy we don’t use.” in the business environment. Kuivalainen is
It is not about how much new green tasked with working out how to improve and
energy can be produced, but how the manage this in a sustainable way.
company can use the energy it has in a much “We have applied DevOps to the
more efficient way. Danfoss Drives is a part embedded systems. The IT industry has
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Hardware-in-the-Loop
Based Digital Twins
for Motor Drives
https://www.typhoon-hil.com/
https://www.typhoon-hil.com/
Typhoon HIL
https://www.typhoon-hil.com/
https://www.typhoon-hil.com/
https://www.typhoon-hil.com/
DANFOSS DRIVES
efficient measures,
Danfoss Drives can carry out testing
seamlessly.
reuse excess
Danfoss Drives has been using solutions
offered by its partner, Typhoon HIL, in
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DANFOSS DRIVES
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DANFOSS DRIVES
46.2%
of absolute scope of Scope One,
Two GHG emissions by 2030,
2019 being the base year
15%
C
arbon offsetting continues to stir
debate in the world of sustainability.
The process involves investing in
environmental schemes that set out to reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions elsewhere in
the world, therefore allowing
a company to compensate for its own release
of carbon into the atmosphere. Recently,
carbon offsetting has come under scrutiny
due to the controversial nature of this
‘counterbalancing’ premise; we
are increasingly being urged to consider
whether it’s actually just another form
of greenwashing.
The practice of carbon offsetting involves
companies purchasing ‘carbon credits’ from
project developers like Green Mountain
Energy, which are then used to fund different
carbon offsetting projects. one credit = the
equivalent of one tonne of carbon dioxide.
There are three main categories
of offsetting projects:
ETTING
• Carbon removal projects, aiming to remove
emissions already in the atmosphere (e.g.
afforestation or direct air carbon capture).
NABLE
• Avoidance projects which aim to avoid the
release of emissions (e.g. nature-based
conservation schemes to prevent forest
TION?
destruction).
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ECO-ACTION
MADE EASY.
CLARITY, BETTER
to meet their goal of carbon neutrality.
However, the contribution of carbon
EXPLANATIONS, credits is minor compared to the global-
scale of change needed to reduce carbon
CLEARER CLAIMS emissions. As a result, the practice has been
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BUILDING TRUST IN
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS
proposed that Alphabet should revisit its climate commitments very closely, and
carbon offsets disclosure policy in order we want to see that claims of emissions
to give investors clearer insight into the reductions using offsets are actually true.”
company’s environmental strategies. Another prominent carbon offsetting
“Green Century, and I expect many, leader is JetBlue. In 2020 the company
many investors, value insight into how became the US’ first major airline company
Alphabet is managing its climate risk. I to achieve its goal of becoming carbon
believe embracing transparency will only neutral on all domestic flights. Today, the
help it select offsets wisely and avoid the company website offers customers the
greenwashing label,” said Green Century opportunity to purchase their own carbon
Funds President, Leslie Samuelrich. credits and thereby ‘cancel the emissions
Green Century Funds Shareholder from your flight’. Most importantly, the page
Advocate, Andrea Ranger, added: “Becoming has access to further information about
a leader in carbon offsets seems like a ‘where offsets go’ and ‘is offsetting enough?’.
natural step forward [for Alphabet]. I think However, in December 2022 JetBlue stated
our proposal was a wake up call for Alphabet. that it would no longer use carbon offsetting
Investors like us are analysing corporate for domestic flights, and would instead focus
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“WHEN IMPLEMENTED on funding industry-wide environmental
projects such as the development of
EFFECTIVELY, HIGH- sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Although
Google Sustainability
Our most ambitious decade yet
WATCH NOW
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NET ZERO
“INVESTORS LIKE
US ARE ANALYSING
CORPORATE
CLIMATE
COMMITMENTS
VERY CLOSELY,
AND WE WANT TO
SEE THAT CLAIMS
OF EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS
USING OFFSETS ARE
ACTUALLY TRUE”
ANDREA RANGER
SHAREHOLDER ADVOCATE,
GREEN CENTURY FUNDS
TRES IN
NOW ASIA
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ETIX EVERYWHERE
A
rtificial intelligence,
autonomous vehicles, and
augmented reality are just
three of the technological
advancements that are gaining
headlines globally.
While consumers get excited about
how these may change their lives, and
business leaders wonder how to leverage
the opportunities they offer, there is one
essential element necessary for success –
edge data centres.
While edge data centres may not enjoy
the hype of generative AI, they are a vital
piece of the infrastructure required to make
these technologies tick, due to low latency,
increased security, greater bandwidth, and
more sustainable operation.
Etix Everywhere is a leader and pioneer
in edge data centres in Europe – and is now
expanding that successful formula into Asia.
Formed in 2012, Etix Everywhere now
operates 15 data centres, and has grown
quickly in the last three years. The number
of data centres has tripled in that time,
while turnover has grown eight-fold.
Etix Everywhere is committed to
providing colocation solutions that are
both sovereign and environmentally
friendly, all within 200km of its partners’
headquarters. This USP has really helped
to drive the business.
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“What we like in
the Southeast Asia
market is that we can
use the same recipe
that we used in
Europe – developed
and duplicated
quickly”
LOUIS BLANCHOT
GROUP CEO,
ETIX EVERYWHERE
more services that require low latency those tier one locations, it creates virtual
– for example, autonomous vehicle, IoT, traffic congestion. When the data can be
streaming, gaming, all these new trends,” computed straight away, locally, it will save a
says Blanchot. lot of bandwidth.”
“There is a growing demand for Over the past two years, Etix Everywhere
low latency and also the question of has refocused its efforts on its core expertise
traffic congestion that you can have – offering a multi-site, sovereign, and
on connectivity. So, when all the telco decarbonised colocation solution.
companies want to bring a service to their The acquisition of CIV has doubled the
customer, if they had to send data from Lille company’s capacity in the Hauts-de-France
to Paris to come back to Lille, or basically and in 2024, Etix will inaugurate Lille #4 – a
to send the data to be computed, like in all new data centre just 500 metres from Etix
Louis Blanchot
on edge DCs
WATCH NOW
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ETIX EVERYWHERE
“Power Usage
Effectiveness is data centres, the Nantes-headquartered
essential for data company also strives to use no water for
cooling (WUE <0.01 L/kWh), employ
centres as they low-carbon electricity, recycle residual
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How to achieve cost-efficient data centers
intelligence to autonomous driving, those “When we started Etix in 2012 and began
are going to require eye-watering amounts investing in edge, I think it was a little early,
of data, which has to be good news for data but now the market is ready. There are more
centre operators? and more investors trying to develop huge
Blanchot agrees, but reckons it is a little platforms to invest in edge, because this is
bit of a ‘chicken-and-egg’ situation – the the future.”
technology cannot really take off until the If this is indeed the future, you can
capacity is there to enable it. bet that Etix Everywhere will be there,
“We discuss this a lot with our customers, leading from the front when it comes
and urge them to think about the world to edge data centres.
tomorrow,” he says. “I can tell you that all the
main telcos understood it well and see these
trends coming.
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SUPPLY RISK
MITIGATION MUST
COVER IMPACTS
Leveraging data and analysis, companies can spread or share the risk, but
what happens to the climate when risks are managed between businesses?
D
igital technology is key to realising can deliver the promises that data suggests.
the potential of the supply chain, The key here, as expressed by many supply
particularly in the sustainability chain professionals, is to first put data into
sense. Industry 4.0 is driving major shifts perspective, then undergo analysis to fully
across industries and the emergence of appreciate the insights gained, therefore
more and more data allows companies to determining two things: whether the data
truly measure the impacts that they have; is applicable to the organisation’s goals and
whether they are actually doing enough to how it can be used to meet them.
push the needle back. These procedures come in as standard for
The abundance of data available today any digital supply chain, but what exactly are
will not stand the test of time without the impacts to be had in line with specific
proper treatment – some that can be supply chain management targets?
facilitated using the correct digital tools
to connect companies to a number of Dual sourcing strategies for resilience
suppliers. This can ensure that production Strategies for mitigating risk take various
flows as it should, and that transportation forms, but to focus specifically on dual
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ey.com/supplychain
What if resiliency
isn’t about
withstanding today
but envisioning
tomorrow?
“INVEST IN YOUR
PROCESSES
TO ENSURE
YOU CAN DO
MORE WITH
THE SAME,
OR FEWER,
RESOURCES”
BRIAN ALSTER
GM NORTH AMERICA,
BRIAN ALSTER
FINANCE & RISK, TITLE: G
M NORTH AMERICA,
DUN & BRADSTREET FINANCE & RISK
COMPANY: DUN & BRADSTREET
sourcing for a moment, we understand
the importance of identifying alternative INDUSTRY: ANALYTICS
suppliers or solutions in building resilience. LOCATION: UNITED STATES
Dual sourcing, if not a strategy that
involves multiple suppliers, as a suitable At Dun & Bradstreet, Alster is responsible
means of adjusting to global disruptions for the strategy, product development,
or shortages in a particular strand of the and sales efforts for the company’s
supply chain. There’s a significant demand third-party risk and compliance product
for this across a number of industries, from portfolio.
semiconductor procurement in the EV
sector to healthcare supplies where multiple
vendors are offering similar products from brings alternatives to this. Companies must
different locations globally. Of course, one pay attention to other factors as well, such
way to ensure geographical resilience, as the cost of shifting to another vendor in
particularly in an organisation with sites the event of disruption and the reliability
across the globe, is the selection of a of their distribution. Optimisation comes
similarly configured supplier business. with a solution that is capable of leveraging
However, to truly build resilience to real-time data in order to visualise vendor
international events as well as isolated inventories and assess the cost of shifting,
incidents, dealing with two or more vendors albeit temporarily or on a permanent basis.
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“TO DO DUE DILIGENCE PROPERLY,
ONE NEEDS A TECHNOLOGY AND
ANALYTICS PLATFORM THAT
ENABLES REAL-TIME MONITORING,
BENCHMARKING AND THE
MITIGATION OF ESG RISKS”
BRIAN ALSTER
ADVISORY MD, LRQA
Manage the risk of manufacturing This is where supply chain solutions, again
and delivery localisation looking at real-time data visibility, are crucial
When outsourcing manufacturing, the for ensuring that customers’ needs are met
ability to work with multiple providers in such circumstances while minimising the
globally can present a number of benefits. spike of climate impact that will inevitably
Getting closer to the end customer is vital come from switching to a provider in Europe,
in ensuring that products are supplied for example, if it becomes the nearest
locally with minimal carbon footprints, vendor following disruption at a site in
but can also leverage key resources the Middle East.
available to different businesses. From “There is still no better data than
a risk mitigation perspective, this that sourced directly from your own
also provides a fall back if a supplier operations or suppliers on-the-ground and
experiences issues internally, but both independently verified, which is especially
the financial cost and carbon cost can the case in higher risk markets,” says Dr Kevin
also be impacted in this process. Franklin, Advisory MD for LRQA. “Transparent
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DR KEVIN FRANKLIN
TITLE: A
DVISORY MD
COMPANY: LRQA
INDUSTRY: RISK ASSURANCE
LOCATION: HONG KONG
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THE TWIN INFR
IMPACTS OF G
AND HOW TO DE
PRODUCED BY: IRON MO
RASTRUCTURE
GENERATIVE AI
EAL WITH THEM
OUNTAIN DATA CENTERS
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IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS
Sustainability leader
Iron Mountain Data Centers
is investing heavily in next
generation carbon reduction
measures which will be vital
to sustain the exponential
growth of generative AI
2023
will be looked back on as the year
generative AI burst into the public
consciousness and businesses frantically
adapted their models to accommodate
it. The ability of Large Language Models
(LLMs) to bridge the linguistic gap
between humans and machines has
caught the popular imagination and
raised awareness of the potential to
automate and improve many aspects
of our lives.
In this initial flurry of speculation it
can be difficult to find reliable
forecasting models on which to base
sound business decisions. However, in
data centre infrastructure the impacts
are more predictable than most, and Iron
Mountain Data Centers (IMDC) believes
they will drive an industry-wide design
revolution fuelled by sustainability.
Smart data centre users undertaking
AI investment should be aware of this
and start planning for it now.
15%, global capacity will double in five years back end; a stream of used equipment. AI is
and quadruple in 10. With generative AI in driving faster server innovation, particularly
the mix, CAGR could rise as high as 25%, in chip design, and the latest AI chips such as
tripling capacity in five years and increasing it the Nvidia H100 have had so many billions
up to tenfold in a decade. That is more than advanced against their manufacture and are
double the current growth rate. Enterprises, in such short supply that they are even being
AI startups and Cloud Service Providers are used as debt collateral and made available
already racing to secure data centre capacity for rent. While this refresh rate will be key to
for their workloads, with the hyperscale improving efficiency it will also – in tandem
clouds leading the pack. This is happening with the rise in capacity – increase the scale
fast. Analyst TD Cowen reported “a tsunami of e-waste.
of AI demand” with 2.1GW of data centre E-waste is one of the fastest-growing
leases signed in the US, a fifth of current total waste streams in the world. By 2030, annual
supply, in Q2 of 2023. e-waste production is on track to reach a
staggering 75 million metric tonnes. Global
A mountain of e-waste e-waste is thought to hold roughly US$60
The second AI-generated challenge is at the billion-worth of raw materials such as gold,
What if Data
Security,
Serviceability,
Safety and
Satisfaction
Could all be
Achieved by
Design?
Explore how Mission
Critical facility types
are becoming defining
elements of
architectural design.
growth and
issues society now faces. These challenges
will need to be addressed as the climate
e-waste the
crisis deepens and zero emission targets
loom. There will be unprecedented
industry will
pressure on power grids to provide new
electrical power for industries that are
have to be at the
weaning themselves off fossil fuels. Iron
Mountain Data Centers is a firm believer
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IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS
STATS:
the infrastructure industry that supports in the list of the world’s largest companies,
it. It promises to deliver immense economic innovation has accelerated and serious
value over the coming decade, but will also fact-based commitments have been made
consume immense amounts of power. Many by industry leaders to tackle the climate
generative AI applications can be hosted crisis. In fact AI may be a key to solving the
in a specialised shared facility. Different problem, not just for our own industry but
models have different infrastructure for other sectors.
requirements, but all share the need for Data centre customers interested in
high-density power, advanced cooling and developing generative AI applications should
modular design. plan and invest early to keep ahead of the
The scale of the power challenge does steep upward curve in power and space
not mean it cannot be overcome. In an era in uptake. They should also pay close attention
which Big Tech has displaced many oil giants to new infrastructure design impacts,
of the top 20
target progress and day-to-day access to –
preferably 24/7 carbon-free – renewables.
renewable
You can find more detail on the market
forecasts and detailed infrastructure impacts
buyers in
of generative AI in IMDC’s Generative AI
Solution Guide.
the world”
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MASTERCARD FOUNDATION
Mastercard
Foundation
invests in
the future of
African youth
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MASTERCARD FOUNDATION
E
veryone deserves the opportunity to
learn and prosper.
Working with visionary organisations,
the Mastercard Foundation is one
of the world’s largest enablers of
providing access to dignified and fulfilling work
for young people in Africa and Indigenous
communities in Canada.
“We want a world where young people are
included and are thriving and their leadership
and contributions matter,” says Mastercard
Foundation. “A future where young people are
driving transformative change and achieving
their full potential.”
Bringing together the private sector, donors,
young people and civil society, Mastercard
Foundation is a developer of effective
ecosystems and infrastructure, as well as a
supporter of policies and an environment
where young people can find work and
entrepreneurs can succeed and grow.
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“We expect to work in a diverse group
of countries with high levels of young
people living in poverty who are vulnerably
employed. These countries will have an
enabling environment for growth, job
creation, education and skills development,
and an ability to influence within regions.
We will also prioritise working with African
organisations,” explains the Mastercard
Foundation.
To date, the foundation has improved the
lives of more than 50 million people, unifying
its work around the single most complex
challenge young people face in Africa –
unemployment.
Enabling young women to ‘own their futures’ “This magnificent investment [US$10mn]
Providing secondary education, financial by the Mastercard Foundation will enable
literacy and entrepreneurship opportunities, Camfed to expand opportunities for girls
the foundation helps more than one and young women,” says Ann Cotton,
million young women from disadvantaged Camfed’s Executive Director. “Together, we
backgrounds and rural communities gain will help a new generation of young women
access to vital skills. to access vital skills in financial literacy and
Philanthropy in action:
The Mastercard Foundation
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Grantmaking simplified.
Impact amplified.
FLUXX.IO
MASTERCARD FOUNDATION
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MASTERCARD FOUNDATION
and renewable energy. Women and girls, in comprehensive digital and business skills
particular, can play a crucial role as powerful training, leadership development, coaching,
agents of change in their communities, peer-to-peer learning, and networking.
contributing to economic growth and social Reeta Roy, President and CEO of
progress,” says the Mastercard Foundation. Mastercard Foundation says: “Going Beyond
Dubbed The ‘Going Beyond – Partnering is designed to envision young people as
for a Youth-Led Future’ project, the two leaders in their communities, and we believe
organisations will scale DOT’s evidence- that a combination of YLO capacity building,
based, peer-to-peer model in four African locally appropriate 21st-century skills,
countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi, Zambia and entrepreneurship and MSME support will be
Tanzania). Scaling DOT’s model will ensure an effective means of bringing this vision to
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life while addressing youth employment and socially responsible Scholars with a
in the four countries this project will be pathway to bolster their social enterprises
executed in. and deepen community impact.
“In addition, Going Beyond’s work, which “Africa’s young leaders are brimming
is also in line with the Young Africa Works with ideas, energy and a desire to have
strategy, will help young women and men a positive impact on their communities.
find dignified and meaningful work.” But few have the tools, resources and
access to the mentorship they need
Social venture challenge to successfully launch social venture
and climate action projects in their communities,” notes
Providing a pathway to action for socially the foundation.
responsible young leaders, the Mastercard Competing in a multi-step competition
Foundation in partnership with The designed to recognise and celebrate
Resolution Project offers entrepreneurial young leaders committed to social
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or more than 150 years, Digitalisation and decarbonisation
engineers at Siemens Energy – Describing it as our greatest challenge,
one of the world’s leading energy energy transition poses a number of
technology companies – have questions: first and foremost how to reduce
been spearheading the electrification greenhouse emissions while also increasing
of the world. energy supply. “It is an uphill battle, and
The company works with its customers there is no silver bullet,” Rossetti says.
and partners on energy systems for the “But finding solutions has always been
future, supporting the transition to a more in our DNA.”
sustainable world. With its portfolio of Digitalisation can contribute to
products, solutions and services, Siemens decarbonisation in several ways, firstly by
Energy covers almost the entire energy making energy production more efficient,
value chain – from power generation meaning the same amount of electricity
and transmission to storage. can be produced with less fuel and fewer
“Our mission is to support companies emissions.
and countries with what they need to reduce “Secondly, digitalisation helps to
greenhouse gas emissions and make energy integrate renewable energy sources into the
reliable, affordable, and more sustainable,” grid by managing power flows, balancing
describes Simona Rossetti, Senior Vice supply and demand, and optimising energy
President within Siemens Energy’s Gas storage,” Rossetti says. “For example, digital
Services Business, who first joined the control systems such as Omnivise T3000
company’s energy business in 2003. can help manage the intermittency of
In 2020 Siemens Energy was founded solar and wind power by predicting energy
as an independent company, opening a output and adjusting supply accordingly.”
new chapter in Siemens’ extensive history Integrated data management is another
of energy technology. Its aim today is to solution that supports decarbonisation.
energise society. “Integrating operations and engineering
“An estimated one-sixth of the electricity data can enable engineers to do their jobs
generated worldwide is based on more efficiently,” Rossetti says. “Overall,
technologies from Siemens Energy,” Rossetti digitalisation can enable the optimisation
says. “Today we are a team of 94,000 sharing of energy and resource use, reduce fuel
the same passion, vision, and values. Our consumption, and promote sustainable
diversity makes us strong and helps us to practices, contributing to decarbonisation
find answers together with our partners.” efforts.
SIMONA ROSSETTI
TITLE: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
COMPANY: S
IEMENS ENERGY
INDUSTRY: ENERGY
LOCATION: GERMANY
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A massive shortage of skilled control room and other sensors mounted on the plant or
and maintenance personnel is also looming installed on robots, and that request support
on the horizon.” when needed. Off-site maintenance and
Ultimately, the vision of power plants control room personnel can support several
that operate autonomously is about to power plants simultaneously.”
become a reality, with increasing advanced
technologies increasing the efficiency of the Digital control systems helping manage
plant itself but also of the plant operators. new challenges in the energy industry
“Developers are now taking the next step The energy landscape is changing and the
towards autonomy by fine-tuning digital number of renewable energy sources is
twins, data analyses, and AI to provide growing steadily. With that comes pressure
smart forecasts and instructions. on fossil-fueled power plants to operate
“Autonomy doesn’t start with the more flexibly and efficiently. Digital control
autopilot. Long before that, power plants systems such as Omnivise T3000 from
are supported by smart analyses, smart Siemens Energy can help to manage
forecasts, smart recommendations, and these new challenges.
smart instructions,” Rossetti comments. This system with its SCADA functionality
“AI-supported analysis algorithms is capable of managing a variety of different
regularly filter out signs of irregularities from decentralised energy resources including
the data supplied by cameras, microphones, wind offshore, automated, autonomously
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“AN ESTIMATED
ONE-SIXTH OF
THE ELECTRICITY
GENERATED
WORLDWIDE
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As Rossetti describes, thanks to
built-in security and Siemens Energy’s
“OUR MISSION IS TO
comprehensive cybersecurity portfolio, SUPPORT COMPANIES
Omnivise T3000 is ideally suited to help
operators protect their infrastructure.
AND COUNTRIES
“We provide long-term support so WITH WHAT THEY
you can rely on a system that is always
up to date,” she comments. “We support
NEED TO REDUCE
current hardware on a long-term basis and GREENHOUSE GAS
provide tried-and-tested security patches
for software at any time during operation. EMISSIONS AND MAKE
For our customers, this means long-term ENERGY RELIABLE,
security with no downtime.”
One of Rossetti’s most significant career AFFORDABLE, AND
achievements, she describes, has been MORE SUSTAINABLE”
the spearheading of Siemens Energy’s
Cyber Security Operation Center (cSOC)
SIMONA ROSSETTI
in Germany to help organisations defend SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
against and resolve cyberattacks 24/7. SIEMENS ENERGY
“The energy sector has become a The energy transition relies on seamlessly
primary target for cyber-attacks,” she says. connecting physical assets with digital
“Collaborating with my dedicated team, technologies to foster innovation, reduce
I saw the need to develop cybersecurity emissions, and improve efficiency, but this
services that could be seamlessly integrated future depends on strong cybersecurity
into our customers’ contracts and help across the whole supply chain. Siemens
them when confronting the growing cyber Energy’s Managed Detection and Response
threats they are exposed to. To meet this (MDR) solution provides scalable protection
need, I took the initiative to establish a against disruptive cyberattacks in the energy
Cyber Security Operation Center (cSOC) sector using innovative AI. “It defends critical
for our European customers from the infrastructure against cyberattacks, helping
ground up. protect communities around the world
“This undertaking allowed us to promptly from supply chain disruptions,” comments
respond to an emerging trend and fulfill Rossetti.
a critical customer requirement with our Siemens Energy partners with Amazon
cyber protection, detection, and monitoring Web Services (AWS) to quickly collect and
solutions. I am proud of our ability to analyse large volumes of data to monitor
identify a new industry trend and swiftly for cyber threats, giving energy sector
create effective solutions to address it.” chief information security officers (CISOs)
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the power to detect and uncover attacks the AWS Partner Network as a Technology
before they execute. “These secure cloud Partner to provide customers with industrial
capabilities that can integrate digital cybersecurity, analytics and data storage
applications and leverage sensitive data – solutions and partnering with Air Liquide
such as real-time monitoring and detection on building a sustainable hydrogen economy
– add an important and cost-effective in Europe.
tool to the defensive arsenal for CISOs “At Siemens Energy, our innovation
and industrial security analysts.” strategy is not just about technology and
products. It is about empowering people
A wide range of collaborative partnerships and partners, both within the company
Siemens Energy is collaborating with and outside of it, to accelerate progress
numerous companies around the world, on the journey to net-zero,” Rossetti says.
from the marine sector to hydrogen “We strive to create a culture and
production, from eFuels to heavy industries. framework where individuals and teams can
“We are working on open innovation with take ownership of innovation and bring new
customers, industrial partners, universities, concepts to market with the goal of better
and research centres like the Karlsruher serving our customers and becoming the
Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany, world’s premiere energy.
the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US “Partnerships represent a key step in
and the University of Cambridge in the UK.” helping the power industry drive toward
As Siemens Energy invests in growth and a more sustainable, profitable future and
optionality, it has engaged in partnerships in offering our customers a more efficient
with a number of ventures: including joining solution for their business.”
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