Green IO

Gaël DUEZ
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Green IO

Green IO with Gaël Duez explores how to reduce the environmental impact of our digital world. Twice a month, on a Tuesdays guests from across the globe share insights, tools, and alternative approaches, enabling all responsible technologists, within the Tech sector and beyond, to build a greener digital world, one byte at a time.

  1. #48 - Greening the video game industry with Ben Abraham and Maria Wagner

    3 DAYS AGO

    #48 - Greening the video game industry with Ben Abraham and Maria Wagner

    3 billion gamers worldwide, billions of devices, terabytes of data streamed, the gaming industry comes with pretty big numbers starting with its $455 billion sales in 2023. Is its environmental footprint as big? (Not) fun fact, not a single executive in this sector could answer the question. A new non-profit initiative, the Sustainable Gaming Alliance, is trying to get these numbers right and to equip the industry with the right framework. Its Managing Director, Maria Wagner, and its Research and Standard lead, Dr Benjamin Abraham joined this Green IO episode where great insights were shared on: 👿 The periodic table of torture for gaming device, 🖼️ The Gaming industry dependency on graphics to boost its sales 🕹️ Why “this game is beautiful” should be replaced as a praise by “this game is so enjoyable” 📋 Why GHG protocol is not adapted to the gaming industry 🌋 How to shake up a multi-billions industry in 10 weeks ? 🔄 Why the project mode in the game industry - and elsewhere? - doesn’t help a GreenOps culture to flourish 😴 Energy consumption at idle state

    53 min
  2. #47b - The Microsoft Azure dilemma with Holly and William Alpine - When enabled emissions “offset” sustainability claims

    OCT 29

    #47b - The Microsoft Azure dilemma with Holly and William Alpine - When enabled emissions “offset” sustainability claims

    They both went to this job interview to hone their skills, and got a dream job at Microsoft! In its fast-growing and AI-pioneered Azure division. With a romance on top of it… Yet several years later, they decided to both resign. Why? On sustainability ground, and more specifically for the lack of support on “enabled emissions” issues. Holly and Will Alpine are now the Bonnie & Clyde of Azure and give us insider perspectives, in a nuanced and well-documented way, on this “elephant in the room” about sustainability claims in all big tech companies. In the final part of this 2-part episode, great insights were shared on : 🤯 What is enabled carbon and why it offsets by far all Microsoft achievements 😈 Devil is in the details from tailored solutions to “carbon-neutral” oil company not following standard definitions of “net-zero” ✨ Can responsible AI principles really not mention anything about the environment? ⚖️ Why regulation will ultimately be needed ♀️✊ And … the Pussy Riot!

    38 min
  3. #47a - The Microsoft Azure dilemma with Holly and William Alpine - Learnings from a 10K employee grassroots sustainability initiative

    OCT 22

    #47a - The Microsoft Azure dilemma with Holly and William Alpine - Learnings from a 10K employee grassroots sustainability initiative

    They both went to this job interview to hone their skills, and got a dream job at Microsoft! In its fast-growing and AI-pioneered Azure division and with a romance on top of it… 💕 Yet several years later, Holly and Will Alpine decided to both resign. Why? On sustainability ground, and more specifically for the lack of support on the “enabled emissions” issues. 🕵️ Holly and Will are now the Bonnie & Clyde of Azure and they provide us with an insider perspective, in a nuanced and well-documented way, on this “elephant in the room” in all big tech companies: are their sustainability claims offset by the so-called enabled emissions? 🐘 In this first part of this 2-part episode, Holly and Will shared great insights with Gaël Duez on: 🌱 Microsoft’s employee grassroots sustainability initiative which gathers now more than ten thousands people ⚖️ The opportunity cost for most middle management to support sustainability initiatives 🛠️ The difference between attributional and consequential methodologies and why it impacts the adoption of SCI enabled tools 💰 Can investing millions in local community support justify the increasing data center expansion?

    42 min
  4. #C1 Special Green IO London 2024

    OCT 14

    #C1 Special Green IO London 2024

    Today, we don’t have 1 or 2 guests but 12! In partnership with the YouTube channel Architect Tomorrow, we are glad to share with you snippets and interviews of the speakers who made the latest Green IO Conference in London a huge success last month. I have no idea if you have some appetite for this kind of content so feel free to come back to me at contact@greenio.tech or just comment on our posts on social media. One last thing, the audio quality is ok but not great because of the noise at the venue. If this episode gets some success, we will try to find a quieter place and better gear for the next editions of Green IO starting with Green IO Paris on December 4th and 5th. Still, I hope you’ll enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed crafting Green IO London 2024 for its attendees.

    33 min

  5. OCT 1

    #46 - Green SEO with Natalie Arney and Stuart Davies

    🔎 Green SEO? Not the most widespread concept in the sustainability field. Still, seasoned web designers and developers know it well: folks in charge of SEO often have the final say when it comes to content, design and even sometimes technical choices. And on top of this influence, SEO practices also carry their own environmental footprint being very data hungry. 🎙️ In this episode, Gaël DUEZ invites two seasoned SEO practitioners and pillars of BrightonSEO - one of the world’s top conferences on the topic - Stuart Davies, founder of the Ethical Agency Creative Bloom, and Natalie Arney, an SEO Consultant with a knack for sustainability to explore Green SEO. Some Takeaways: ↔️ the transversality of SEO functions, 💻 the alignment of the core web vitals with sustainability goals, 🌐 The importance of choosing sustainable hosting providers, ♻️ Practical sustainable SEO practices, and much more.

    58 min

  6. SEP 17

    #45 - Assessing digital sustainability’s maturity with Aiste Rugeviciute and Rob Price

    In the early 2020s, companies started facing a big question: how could they be more responsible in the digital world? Could something similar to CSR exist for this virtual and yet highly materialized world? Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) was coined to offer some much-needed guidance. 🎙️ To explore its ramification, Gaël DUEZ chats with two renowned experts in CDR: Aiste Rugeviciute, co-author of “B.A.-BA du Numérique Responsable” and now pursuing a PhD in the socio-ecological impacts of CDR strategies, and Rob Price, a key player in developing an international CDR framework. Rob also hosts the “A New Responsibility” podcast, diving deep into CDR's role in business. Some Takeaways: 🔑 the CDR framework in a nutshell, 🌿 the importance of embracing a balanced approach to CDR in most companies, and 🛠️ a sneak peek to the newly-released CDR maturity model.

    1h 2m

  7. SEP 3

    #44 - Can the data center industry become circular? with Deborah Andrews

    💭Fueled by the ongoing artificial intelligence boom, data centers are popping up around the world like mushrooms after a good rain raising serious sustainability concerns. Hence a pressing question: can the data center industry become circular? 🎙️To get some answers, Gaël Duez welcomes a veteran in Circular Economy and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment, Prof. Deborah Andrews, from London South Bank University, the founder and academic lead for CEDaCI. Some Takeaways: 💡 how the CEDaCI Compass tool can help data center being equipped more sustainably, ♻️ current inadequacies in recycling infrastructure for electronic waste, and ⚡ concerns about the rapid development of AI and its energy demands

    56 min

  8. JUL 16

    #43 - Digital sustainability in a Tech behemoth: Japan with Trista Bridges and Paul Beddie

    💭 How can a country defining itself as an high-tech spearheader can embrace IT sustainability? Japan is a fascinating example of both the contradictions and the synergies that such a journey creates. 🎙️ In this episode, Gael Duez welcomes two long-time Japan-based experts: Paul Beddie, VP and Sustainability Lead at Capgemini, and Trista Bridges, the co-author of Leading Sustainably, and a member of EcoVadis' Purpose Committee. Their exchange on IT sustainability initiatives in Japan led to many takeaways including: 🤝 the stakeholder-oriented nature of Japanese society, 🌱 the emergence of Japanese startups focusing on sustainability, ⚖️ the role of regulations in driving sustainability efforts in Japan, And much more.

    50 min
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Green IO with Gaël Duez explores how to reduce the environmental impact of our digital world. Twice a month, on a Tuesdays guests from across the globe share insights, tools, and alternative approaches, enabling all responsible technologists, within the Tech sector and beyond, to build a greener digital world, one byte at a time.

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  • Creator
    Gaël DUEZ
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Gaël DUEZ
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    Green IO

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