The impacts of man-made climate change are clear to see, and net zero is now a high priority for most enterprises, including the financial services and IT industries. However, what it means for technology, cloud and software engineering to be ‘green’ needs demystifying.

Cloud computing has been fuelling the next age of innovation and agility in the IT industry – but it is also contributing to an estimated 2.5% to 3.7% of global greenhouse emissions, surpassing the commercial aviation sector (about 2.4%)1. It is accordingly imperative that that companies recognize that the environmental impact of the IT estate is increasingly as important as its financial accountability and reporting.

In our previous paper2 we looked at how FinOps helps organisations establish financial accountability and operational efficiency for their cloud spend. Now we will explore how to drive your sustainability agenda in tandem with FinOps – aka GreenOps.