Footprint

Google users with custom carbon footprint reports to their cloud usage generate Google’s cloud-computing division unveiled tools to help clients monitor and reduce their environmental impact, part of the company’s broader push to fight climate change. It will provide its users with custom carbon footprint reports that detail the carbon emissions their cloud usage generates. A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions. The average carbon footprint for a person in the…

In overturning Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs case does not merely deprive women of reproductive control and physical agency as a matter of constitutional law, but it also changes their relationship with the online world. Anyone in a state where abortion is now illegal who relies on the internet for information, products , and services related to reproductive health is subject to online policing. All women of child-bearing age, regardless of how secure and how…

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: A look at efforts to reduce online advertising's carbon footprint, which, according to a 2018 study, accounts for roughly 10% of the internet's energy usage — Digital ads require a lot of computing power, but the exact amount of electricity they consume is hard to pin down Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: A look at efforts to reduce online advertising's carbon footprint, which, according to a 2018 study, accounts for roughly 10% of the internet's energy…

Singapore-based neobanking platform Stashfin, which only serves the India market, on Tuesday raised $270 million in its Series C equity and debt led by global investors including Uncorrelated Ventures, Fasanara Capital and Abstract Ventures.The new round values Stashfin between $700-$800 million. The platform said it will use the funds to expand its footprint in Southeast and South Asia and upgrade its technology for new products."The fundraise is a key milestone in this challenging macro environment. We are now at the…

As big brands talk about greening their supply chains, they also fail to protect workers from the effects of climate change, such as extreme heat and loss of work due to flooding. When flooding destroyed her family’s rice crops, Nimol* left her home in Battabang province in northwestern Cambodia for a job in a garment…

"You can't manage what you can't measure", according to a famous business mantra often attributed to management guru Peter Drucker. This can help explain why carbon emissions are under more scrutiny than ever as we ramp up our efforts to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change.  For example, the "carbon footprint" – a way of measuring the amount of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon) emitted during a product's creation, use and disposal – has become a household term. With a plethora of carbon footprint calculators…

A German-funded consortium of carmakers and battery producers, including BMW, Umicore and BASF, is to develop a “battery passport" that traces the content and carbon footprint of batteries in Europe, Germany’s economy ministry said on Monday.The consortium of 11 partners has received 8.2 million euros ($8.78 million) of government funding to develop a common classification and standards for gathering and disclosing data on the batteries, which could soon become mandatory under European Union regulations.A European…