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Tips for a Sustainable Future; Going Green with Digital Data

The environmental impact of IT within an organization is often overlooked or underestimated. It takes a lot of energy to create, store, use, and display digital data and collections. Just storing data on servers that run continuously, websites, and social media all have their CO2 footprint. And then there's AI, which has a significant environmental impact due to the enormous amount of required data and hardware.

22 oct `24

The Green IT network group of the Digital Heritage Network - of which DEN is a part - has compiled this guide with tips to help you reduce the CO2 impact of digital data and IT within your organization. This way, you can start the conversation about greening your IT and infrastructure and work together towards a sustainable future.

In the publication ‘Going Green with Digital Data,’ you will find the following steps:

  • Reduce the hidden environmental impact of IT;
  • Start the conversation about sustainability in your organization;
  • Set your climate goals;
  • Establish a sustainability team;
  • Measurement is knowledge;
  • Create an action plan;
  • Take the next step in sustainability.


Download the guide with tips for a sustainable future.

Guide: Going Green with Digital Data

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