Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most common greenhouse gas emitted by human activities. As a result, all other major GHGs are given a carbon dioxide equivalent or CO2e. This is determined by multiplying the amount of a GHG by its global warming potential (GWP). A gas’s GWP is a measure ...
Carbon accounting is an essential tool for businesses, governments and individuals striving to understand and reduce their impact on climate change. It plays a crucial role in advancing sustainability goals, promoting environmentally responsible practices and, therefore, meetingenvironmental, social and gover...
There is a legal requirement for all obligated producers to report detailed data on the packaging they handle and supply in the UK. Large producers must also cover the cost of collecting and recycling their packaging. This encourages the use of minimised, easier-to-recycle and reusable packaging...
(IAM) to control who in your account or organization has access to specific pages on the Billing and Cost Management console. For example, you can control access to invoices and detailed information about charges and account activity, budgets, payment methods, and credits. IAM is a feature of...
Cloud cost optimization is the practice of achieving the best possible balance between cloud spending andworkloadperformance. To dive a bit deeper into what that means, let's examine the fundamentals of cloud pricing models. Workloads require compute, storage and networking resources to run. In mos...
A new study by the journal Nature calculated the cost of one ton of carbon emissions to be $185. According to theWashington Post, that’s well more than three times the current federal estimate, which is $51 per ton. The figure represents what the study calls the “social cost” of car...
Sustainability is no longer a "nice-to-have"— it's becoming an essential for e-commerce businesses. Customers are increasingly choosing brands that commit to eco-friendly practices, fromsustainable packagingto reducing carbon emissions across the entire supply chain. ...
Cost effective Acquiring new customers is expensive. In fact, it’s five times cheaper to retain an existing customer than acquire a new one6. With a subscription service, you can foster long-term, loyal customers – providing you give them a great service, of course (more on that, later...
China is not just making what the world needs for the energy transition, its industrial strength is also bringing down costs for every nation, said Al Jaber. New energy vehicles run in the zero-carbon demonstration zone in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang ...
Carbon accounting, or greenhouse gas accounting, is the process of quantifying the number of greenhouse gases (GHGs) produced directly and indirectly from a business’s or organization’s activities within a set of boundaries. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most common greenhouse gas emitted by human...