Green Shoots: Sustainability now part of corporate agenda for Indian tech companies

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sustainability metrics of the building — carbon dioxide reduction, water conservation, alternative energy usage, etc.
On the day ET visited the campus where 8,000 employees work, the display board said that the smart lighting had saved 2,750 MWh till date (since the building became operational in 2019) – ‘enough to run 573K computers for 10 days’. Further, 131 mega litres of water had been recycled, which is ‘enough water for 188K homes per day’, it said. Intel is not alone. Several tech companies with a presence in India are getting increasingly conscious, of not just their top line and bottom lines, but also the green line — their environmental impact.

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Companies like Intel, SAP Labs and Coforge have been leaning into the idea of a green campus, which has become part of their sustainability goals. And technology plays a key role here. Take for instance Intel India, which uses more than 10,000 sensors to track and optimise temperature, lighting, energy consumption and occupancy in its buildings, the company told ET.
The 24x7 data is analysed to improve building performance and conserve resources. For SAP Labs India, technology not only provides for smart building management systems, energy efficient equipment and digital solutions for waste management, but is also crucial to enable data-driven decision-making for sustainable outcomes, Sindhu Gangadharan, senior vice-president and managing director, SAP Labs India, told ET.