As the CIO role rose to prominence during the pandemic because of increased technology usage and digital efforts, IT now underpins nearly all lines of business, becoming a large user of energy consumption.
This means CIOs will become crucial to drafting and implementing environmental, social and corporate strategies for their organizations. Here are a few ways to approach that, according to FastCompany:
- CIOs need to become more vocal and hands-on in defining environmental, social and governance — or ESG — goals.
- CIOs should benchmark the performance of current systems, setting targets and sketching road maps to decarbonize supporting systems.
- Increase the mix of renewable energy sources for data centers or adopt a circular life cycle approach when it comes to procuring hardware and services.
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