{"id":8891,"date":"2022-11-02T13:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T11:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/?p=8891"},"modified":"2025-01-13T11:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:12:51","slug":"how-to-make-your-data-and-life-online-more-sustainable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/choose-to-lead\/how-to-make-your-data-and-life-online-more-sustainable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make your data (and life online) more sustainable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>As immaterial as it is, data is everywhere. In 2017, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.domo.com\/assets\/downloads\/18_domo_data-never-sleeps-6+verticals.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>no less than 1.7 MB of data<\/em><\/a><em> was generated every second by every person on Earth. Every minute, about <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.domo.com\/data-never-sleeps#\"><em>231&nbsp;million emails are sent<\/em><\/a><em> and it is estimated that, by 2025, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/powering-the-beast-why-we-shouldnt-worry-about-the-internets-rising-electricity-consumption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>the internet will use a fifth of all the world\u2019s electricity<\/em><\/a><em>. To understand how each one of us can&nbsp; reduce our impact, we talked to Yannick Meiller, professor in management of information and digital transformation at ESCP Business School, entrepreneur and expert for BPI.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emissions related to digital technology are estimated to account for at least <a href=\"https:\/\/theshiftproject.org\/en\/article\/unsustainable-use-online-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4 per cent of global greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions<\/a> (as of 2019) \u2014 this number is growing fast, and is already superior to the <a href=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/tomorrow-choices\/have-you-heard-of-ict-sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2% of global GhG emissions the global aviation industry<\/a> is responsible for. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/tomorrow-choices\/with-big-data-comes-a-big-energy-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">era of big data<\/a>, looking at our data emissions is key to understanding the link between our digital habits and their tangible effects on the environment.<em> <\/em>Does this mean being reluctant to drive a car but lazy about deleting your emails would make you a bigger polluter? It\u2019s still hard to tell:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c<strong>To the end user, the ecological impact of data processing is not obvious<\/strong>. When you see a truck on the road, you can hear the engine, you may smell the exhaust gas and sometimes even see it. Pollution is quite obvious. When you read an article on your smartphone or computer, there is not much physical interaction you can perceive,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/meiller-yannick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yannick Meiller<\/a>, explaining why so many of us are still having a hard time evaluating our digital footprint.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/ym.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of ESCP Professor Yannick Meiller in a stairwell\" class=\"wp-image-8893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/ym.jpg 800w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/ym-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/ym-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/ym-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cData is not tangible. Hence why you may think data is just something floating around us. But data has to be stored somewhere. It requires hard drives, cables to flow through, antennas and a diversity of different machines before it can reach you. <strong>The materiality of digital transformation is mainly hidden to the end user, but it is huge and has a real ecological impact.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data requires hardware, which requires energy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, data centres are known to use a lot of energy. Combined with other data transmission networks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/energy-system\/buildings\/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they account for about 1.5% of global electricity use<\/a>. With the rise of digital services and content (and cryptocurrencies, which also require a lot of energy for mining), these numbers are predicted to surge. However, technology has also helped reduce the pollution linked to hardware and data:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor example, a lot has been done, almost since the beginning, for reducing the energy consumption of processors (at the heart of our computers). A modern processor consumes 5 to 15 times less energy per unit of power than in the 90s &#8211; and some processors are specifically designed to consume much less energy,\u201d explains Yannick Meiller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When considering whether or not your digital practice is sustainable, understanding which kind of hardware you\u2019re using and how you consume data must be part of your assessment. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2011.02839.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roughly, between 60% and 80% of GhG emissions related to our digital habits are imputable to the making of the hardware<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The rest comes from electricity consumption when using this hardware. In a data centre, this includes cooling down the infrastructure. Hardware is at the heart of the environmental problem we have with data; it requires us to extract limited resources. Factories involved in the production of phones, computers and other digital devices pollute. Devices we throw away pollute as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to decrease your digital carbon footprint?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a consequence, companies and organisations aiming to reduce their digital footprint and have a more sustainable use of data should look into their consumption habits. \u201cRenewing a device generates waste and pollution for making the new one. <strong>Reducing the frequency of renewing is a powerful lever,\u201d explains Yannick Meiller.<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>If limiting the renewal of hardware to the minimum can be easily implemented, however, how can organisations and individuals change the way they work with and use data? Yannick Meiller gives us a hint: \u201cA responsible digital transformation requires having a fresh look at our uses of IT and data, questioning them and redesigning them. Just because you can carry out some data processing does not mean that you should do so: <a href=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/choose-to-lead\/identifying-the-right-problem-is-more-important-than-the-data-true-or-false\/\">ask yourself if it holds true value for your organisation<\/a>. And if so, can it be done in a way that lowers its negative impact on sustainability?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We can all switch from being passive users to actively conscious users of IT and data. Machines do not determine the way we use them. The choice is ours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Because data is so intangible, it can be hard to understand how much we generate as individuals and how we can contribute to reducing data pollution. However, good practices are slowly starting to spread among internet users. Deleting our emails, unsubscribing to newsletters we never read, and sending smaller attachments to free space on servers are among the easiest ways to reduce our digital carbon footprint.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>We can all slow our data consumption down<\/strong>. For example, what kind of definition do we need when we stream videos? Many streaming services will automatically adapt definition to the network\u2019s capacity. If we enjoy a powerful internet connection, the system will stream in the highest possible definition\u2026 However, this makes no sense if the display on which we watch cannot render that definition! Moreover, if we are going to watch the same video content several times then downloading it on a local hard drive sounds like a better option,\u201d illustrates our data expert.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re afraid having to monitor your use of data is going to increase your eco-anxiety, remind yourself everyone has a part to play. This includes organisations and people working in tech. Professionals and programmers can also help develop greener tech and data: \u201c<strong>In the longer run, algorithms can be optimised to consume less energy.<\/strong> For instance, last September, Ethereum, a major blockchain user and cryptocurrency, modified its validation process of a new block in such a way that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/09\/15\/ethereums-massive-software-upgrade-just-went-live-heres-what-it-does.html\">it should reduce its energy consumption by 99%<\/a>!,\u201d says Yannick Meiller before concluding:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can all switch from being passive users to actively conscious users of IT and data. Machines do not determine the way we use them. The choice is ours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As immaterial as it is, data is everywhere, and so is its environmental footprint. 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