Tech-enabled sustainability: Moving from aspiration to action – Anne (Wang) Ascharsobi
summary
Argues that technology turns sustainability from aspiration into measurable action, showing concrete tools and tradeoffs rather than platitudes. Recommends baselining emissions, prioritizing material ESG topics, and choosing build versus buy with experiments and pilots. Cites AWS offerings including the customer carbon footprint tool and AWS Data Exchange plus the Well‑Architected Framework, notes Accenture finding 2–2.5x higher odds of top performance when digital and sustainability align, and flags common barriers: skills shortages and high upfront build costs to reduce scope 1,2,3 emissions by 50%.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:08Identifying which ESG matters truly matter
- 4:55Sustainability governance
- 6:41Tech for measurement
- 8:27Nature-inspired business
- 11:38Digital sustainability goals
- 15:50AWS sustainable tech
- 16:51Next steps
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