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Software teams face a familiar choice: keep patching a system that’s slowing everyone down, or scrap it and start over. The decision affects more than this quarter’s roadmap. It decides how much capital is left for everything else. Most teams reach for the second option, because it feels more decisive. It’s usually the expensive one.
Today’s ESG Updates McDonald’s AI Pricing Software Antitrust Worries: McDonald’s is facing potential antitrust scrutiny over a larger industry trend of using AI to set prices. UK Heat Pump Subsidies Cut in Defense Spending Bid: Ministers will be removing heat pump subsidies and cutting back on energy & net zero department spending to make space
Today’s ESG Updates UK Eyes Cash Rewards for Whistleblowers: The Serious Fraud Office has begun work on a US-style scheme that would pay informants a share of the money recovered when their tip leads to enforcement action. IMF Cautions Against Complacency as AI, War and Debt Cloud the Outlook: The Fund forecasts global growth of
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often described through models, applications, and computing capacity. Behind all of them is a physical infrastructure that has to be manufactured, installed, powered, maintained, and eventually replaced. The data center hardware lifecycle therefore extends well beyond the period when a server is processing workloads. Physical components do not necessarily become unusable
Today’s ESG Updates EU Proposes Data Center Transparency Rules: The European Commission unveiled a rating scheme requiring data centers over 500 kW to disclose their water and energy use. Mombak Partners With Salesforce on Carbon Removal: The Brazilian startup signed a multi-year carbon credit agreement with Salesforce and launched a second Amazon Reforestation Fund. African
Today’s ESG Updates Anthropic Warns of AI Use in Military and Surveillance Operations: Actors linked to China, Russia and other countries used Claude to develop military systems, conduct cyberattacks and support weapons research. UGermany and UAE Deepen Energy Cooperation: New agreements cover offshore wind, energy storage and LNG as the countries advance a broader €40bn
Today’s ESG Updates Climate Overshoot Now Unavoidable, UNEP Warns: Global temperatures are set to breach the critical 1.5°C threshold within just a few years as intensifying heatwaves, glacier loss and coastal flooding risks accelerate. SLB Bets $4.1 Billion on AI Cooling With Kelvion Deal: The energy technology giant is acquiring thermal management specialist Kelvion to
The logistics industry has already lived through its fair share of revolutions; Chris Roe, MD at Amazon Freight UK & EU tells Impakter about one of his customers whose previous supply chain once moved goods by horse. We’ve come some distance since then, but with AI accelerating and regulations shifting, the industry is in the
Today’s ESG Updates Deep-Sea Species Face Growing Threat: More than half of hydrothermal vent mollusc species are now at risk of extinction as pressure for deep-sea mining increases. IFC Raises US$2 Billion for Green Projects: A new green bond will help finance climate and environmental projects across developing countries. EU Unveils AI Cybersecurity Plan: The
Today’s ESG Updates Supply Chain Emissions Rise 25% at Google: The increase underscores the carbon intensity of AI expansion, despite record clean energy investment. Amazon Funds Major Spekboom Carbon Removal Project: The initiative will regenerate 50,000 hectares of degraded land in South Africa while injecting over $500 million into the local economy. Offshore Energy Merger
Sustainability is often disconnected from profit. Sustainable alternatives for products ranging from cotton to aviation fuel are significantly more expensive. Such solutions and their producers can usually only exist with support from governments or social/impact funds. There are, however, exceptions to that trend. Byeagain, a Graz-based startup, estimates that around 680 million returned products are
The green transition is advancing, with corporations and the public sector at the forefront of progress. Nevertheless, in the UK and globally, the “implementation gap” is growing. Innovators, investors, and business owners must realign with governments and policymakers in order to achieve meaningful progress. On June 23 and 24, 2026, Reset Connect London, an award-winning