Less stress, lower costs, fewer carbon emissions and a shorter route to digitisation
In the race to reduce emissions, one crucial area is being overlooked: digital data practices. Creating, storing and managing digital data is placing an increasing burden on the planet. Data centres now have a larger carbon footprint than the aviation industry. A structured approach to information management can reduce organisations’ emissions and costs.
The Impact of Digital Decarbonisation in Records and Information Management by Professors Tom Jackson and Ian Hodgkinson of Loughborough University, is an in-depth exploration of the environmental impact of digital data. It sets out information management strategies organisations can adopt to reduce both energy and expenditure.
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Learn from Professors Tom Jackson and Ian Hodgkinson from Loughborough University on the intersection of sustainability and information management.
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‘Digital transformation’ doesn’t mean everything needs to be digitised – valuable data can be extracted and stored while redundant information is destroyed. For years, digital data was considered carbon-neutral. But recent advancements have shown how inefficiency and a ‘store it all’ mentality significantly contribute to carbon emissions. As global efforts to combat climate change intensify, decarbonisation has become a critical agenda for organisations. This whitepaper outlines a structured approach to minimising environmental impact by focusing on the classification, verification and ongoing maintenance of data.
Hidden or ‘lost’ data is being stored unnecessarily: wasting energy and hampering productivity. Better classification, storage and lifecycle management can eliminate redundant data.
Digital decarbonisation is emerging as a new priority – global data centres consume more energy than the whole of the UK. There may be simple ways to start minimising your footprint that we can help with.
Addressing both aspects in tandem will have a greater impact on emissions reduction and productivity improvements. Digital tools can feed into improving workflows and reducing physical assets. Digital systems can be used to ensure compliance with regulations and trigger disposal of obsolete physical assets or equipment.
Information workers in western Europe are losing 50% of their time every week searching for, governing, and preparing data (30%) and duplicating work (20%), building knowledge and information assets that already exist in the organisation.
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