Digital technology represents a huge part of our lives, both on a personal and professional level. However, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the digital sector (datacenters, telecom equipment, user terminals) are very significant at the global level. They amount to ~4% of the world total, and (even more importantly) they are growing significantly each year (at about 6% to 8%), according to converging studies from several organizations (including Ademe, Shift Project, GreenIT).
These observations justify (among other things) the need for digital sobriety. Increasing the maturity of digital sobriety and deploying an action plan obviously requires initiatives on the part of each organization. But beyond actions on a collective scale within organizations, there are also individual good practices for digital sobriety that each employee can adopt. The challenge? In shaping our habits, we can contribute to making the digital world less harmful for the environment and to make it more sustainable in the medium term.
To this end, here is our vision of the priority of eco-actions for digital sobriety (in terms of potential reduction of the associated environmental impact) applicable in your daily life as a company employee, for your digital uses.
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