Business Cases
The magazine about digital pioneers #11
GreenBusiness
The green future

How digitalisation and sustainability will shape the world of tomorrow

#11

GreenBusiness

The green future

Business Cases
GreenBusiness

Sustainability – all hype? Not a bit of it. This time, everything is at stake: our shared future on this planet. The cases in this issue show that this can be a unique opportunity for companies and not just a challenge. "Green IT" and "sustainable digitalisation" are not empty words, but the key to a better future.

Portraitbild von Alexander Saul
Welcome
On course for green

Digitalisation and climate protection go hand in hand at Vodafone. Vodafone Enterprise Business Unit Director Alexander Saul uses innovative examples to illustrate how companies are not only becoming more successful, but also more sustainable thanks to green IT.

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Landschaft
Landschaft
Welcome
Sustainably connected with Vodafone's GigaGreen strategy

We all have to do our bit if sustainable digitalisation is to succeed. That's why Vodafone has presented an ambitious plan with its GigaGreen strategy to reduce its own impact and become emission-free by 2040.

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Solaranlagen
Solaranlagen
Green Tech
“Sustainable digitalisation” is not a foregone conclusion

Tilmann Santarius is one of Germany’s leading experts on the subjects of sustainability and digitalisation. In this guest article he explains the prerequisites for ensuring that green IT is a success story.

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Server farms
Green Tech
How sustainable digitalisation can work

The green transition can only succeed if the two mega-trends of digitalisation and sustainability are viewed as a common aim – the EU refers to the concept as a “twin transition”. We show you how this could look with five examples.

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Mitarbeiter in Recycling
Green Business
Green, digital, innovative: business for future

Is sustainability a hindrance? Not in the least: Climate protection can stimulate the economy, promote innovation and help new technologies to achieve market maturity. Here we present a few examples.

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Green Business
Creating the “green” office in 5 steps

What exactly is the digital carbon footprint and how does it differ to the “analogue” carbon footprint? And how can these two figures be reduced in everyday office life? Five specific measures that help – and really do justice to the term “green IT”.

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Landschaftsbild mit digitaler Erdkugel
Green New Industry
Smarter, more efficient, more sustainable

New Industry is not only smarter and more efficient than its predecessors – it is also more sustainable. Read here to find out why digitalisation, sustainability and economic success need to be thought of in conjunction with one another going forward.

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Illustration
Green New Industry
How Green New Industry works: 4 examples

The Vodafone Group is pioneering digitalisation with a wide range of products and applications that help provide a sustainable strategy for New Industry. Here we present some of the most important of these – from Smart Parking to the modern workplace.

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Illustration of map of Germany
Illustration of map of Germany
Green Society
The new normal?

In the context of the Covid crisis, there was much talk of a "new normal", of a new post-pandemic reality. In this video, we use five recent examples to illustrate how green the new normal is.

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Anna Alex
Anna Alex
Green Society
5 questions for … Anna Alex

What is Vodafone's Sustainability Council, and why is it so important for the company's green strategy? Anna Alex, green tech pioneer and herself a member of the Council, gives us her answers.

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Sascha Pallenberg
Green Future
The “green” economic miracle

Positive images of the future have been a rarity during the past few decades, but that can change, says author and tech blogger Sascha Pallenberg. In an interview he explains why green IT is the key to a better future.

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Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Green Future
The art of green digitalisation

The Ars Electronica Festival has always been considered a place where the future of our society can be glimpsed. The works of the participating artists reflect the increasingly complex relationship between technology, man and nature.

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Génica Schäfgen
Génica Schäfgen
podcast
Rethinking Business Success

How can “green” money be earned through reforestation? And what do we need to consider so that Green IT becomes part of the solution, and not part of the problem? Our guests answer these and many other questions in the podcast "Digital Trailblazers”.

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Vodafone Produktbaum
podcast
Green digitalisation: Glossary

Sustainable digitalisation can only succeed with the necessary knowledge. A clear understanding of the most important technical terms is essential for this. Our glossary provides you with an overview of the most relevant terms, from "CO2" to "virtual reality".

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To the point

Responsibility means acting – and that is why Vodafone has set itself ambitious sustainability goals. Mobile phone masts are being fitted with integrated wind and solar systems; supply chains are being optimised, and the vehicle fleet is being converted to electric drives. But that's not all. Digital solutions for companies are expected to save around 350 million tonnes of CO2 worldwide by 2030.

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