"As the calendar turns the final pages on 2025, the information technology sector stands at a critical juncture regarding its environmental commitments. This year was not marked by technological breakthroughs solving decarbonisation, but by the decisive maturation of sustainability from a strategic differentiator into an operational and regulatory imperative. This transition involved a painful reckoning with data complexity, supply chain reality, and the sheer energy appetite of modern computing, driven primarily by the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)."
"We entered 2025 with goals framed by aspiration; we exit under the binding mandate of actuality. The central shift is profound: IT sustainability is no longer a parallel environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiative. It has become deeply intertwined with core business continuity, geopolitical supply chain risk, and mandatory financial disclosure. While this shift signals progress, momentum is driven more by necessity and the threat of liability than by shared ethical commitment."
Sustainability matured from a strategic differentiator into an operational and regulatory imperative as 2025 closed. The shift forced a reckoning with data complexity, supply-chain realities, and the growing energy appetite of modern computing driven by AI. Goals framed by aspiration have been replaced by binding mandates tied to auditable financial disclosure. IT sustainability is now integral to business continuity, geopolitical supply-chain risk, and executive liability. Regulatory frameworks (CSDDD, CSRD, SBTi Net-Zero Standard V2) compel executives to confront granular, auditable data across assets, vendors, and cloud usage. For CIOs, energy efficiency is reframed as a core cost and compliance responsibility.
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