From Infosys to Accenture, how tech companies are trying to go green

They are using technology to monitor their carbon footprint and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The carbon emissions of India’s technology outsourcing industry plummeted by 85 per cent in FY21 owing to reduced travel brought about by the pandemic, market intelligence firm UnearthInsight said in a report published earlier this month.
 
Research by Accenture has found that moving the workload to the public cloud can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 59 million tonnes per year, the equivalent of taking 22 million cars off the road.
 
Yet, the information technology (IT) industry generates 4 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, and this seems set to increase.
 
Experts say sustainability is about more