Sustainability Customer Stories
Discover how AWS customers build, expedite, and scale sustainability solutions in the cloud.
Zanzibar: The Essential Mangrove | Climate Next by AWS
Absorption of carbon dioxide, preservation of biodiversity, the reversal of coastal erosion, and the filtering of pollutants play a critical role in creating a sustainable future. This first episode in the four-part Climate Next documentary series from Amazon Web Services (AWS) explores how mangroves play an essential role in protecting African communities from the impacts of climate change. Discover how student-led YouthMappers and Digital Earth Africa, an organization that provides data and tools that run on AWS, help African communities with near-real-time satellite imagery of Earth and make data more easily accessible in the cloud. Follow their quest to help communities prioritize restoration efforts of mangroves along African coast lines.
Becoming a Sustainable Technologist with Starbucks
Starbucks supports millions of mobile orders every day – and it's always innovating new ways to support its global customer base. By using AWS and the AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool, Starbucks can scale to meet demand, create new services, and make sustainable business decisions. Starbucks helped create and announce the sustainability pillar for the AWS Well-Architected Framework and continues to be a leader in sustainable technology. To learn how Starbucks uses AWS and prioritizes sustainability, the Fix This team chatted with Drew Engelson, director of engineering, Unified Commerce Platform at Starbucks. Drew shares how Starbucks uses AWS to make data-informed decisions and how it empowers technologists around the world to adopt a sustainable mindset.
CropX Uses AWS to Increase Sustainability and Feed More People
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“Our customers can use the app to view the updated status of soil readings, moisture levels, and root zones. We also provide alerts and notifications if fields are too dry or too wet.”
Sagi Briteman
Vice President of Research and Development, CropX
CropX, the Israel-based agricultural firm, uses AWS solutions to power more effective, cost-efficient farming. CropX’s easy-to-use, do-it-yourself (DIY) agronomic farm management platform and app helps farmers boost crop yields by focusing on saving water, agrochemicals, labor, and energy. In turn, these savings help farmers reduce their environmental and planetary impact.
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Illumina Reduced Carbon Emissions by 89% and Lowered Data Storage Costs
With its mission to improve human health and a commitment to operate responsibly and sustainably, Illumina, a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and systems for large-scale genetics analysis, used the AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool to track the carbon emissions of its AWS usage. Using the tool, Illumina realized an 89 percent reduction of carbon emissions for its usage in AWS during the 12-month period ending November 2022. Additionally, for every 1 TB of data, the company saves 60 percent on storage costs.
Carbon Lighthouse Tackles CO2 Emissions with Machine Learning on AWS
Commercial buildings are responsible for 40 percent of emissions in the US. Carbon Lighthouse is on a mission to stop climate change by making it easy and profitable for building owners to cut carbon emissions caused by wasted energy. In the video link below, learn how the company uses machine learning on AWS to develop insights that deliver energy savings and decrease CO2 emissions in commercial real estate, reducing more than 260,000 metric tons of emissions to date.
TIER Brings Edge Computing to Its Micromobility Fleet Using AWS IoT
Since 2018, the explosion of on-demand electric scooters represents a significant transformation in personal mobility. However, steep maintenance and support costs hinder micromobility companies from ongoing innovation. This is why Berlin-based micromobility company TIER Mobility (TIER) has broken out of the standard maintenance model. It uses Internet of Things (IoT) technology powered by AWS to reduce its battery-related operating costs by a factor of 10.
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Life Sciences
Cambrium Advances Protein Design and Develops Sustainable Materials 5 Times Faster Using AWS
GermanyCambrium combines biotech and AI on AWS to create sustainable materials. They process millions of proteins quickly using AWS services, developing alternatives. This approach is 5x faster and 20x more cost-effective than traditional methods. -
Environmental
Unravel Carbon Empowers Organizations with a Climate Platform for Decision-Making
Asia PacificLearn how the Asia-headquartered climate technology company is using AWS technology to drive measurable outcomes for enterprises, while creating new business value. -
Power & Utilities
Scaling Critical Infrastructure While Reducing Resource Consumption Using AWS with Stockholm Exergi
SwedenStockholm Exergi increased energy efficiency by up to 10 percent while improving the resilience of critical infrastructure on AWS. The cogeneration heat and power company wanted to unlock site-level insight into people’s heating needs and use it to reduce consumption. By installing edge devices in customer substations and developing software using Amazon S3 and AWS IoT Core, Stockholm Exergi managed heat delivery to create “smart” buildings. It reduced emissions by reallocating slack in the heating system and shaving use during peak consumption. Now, Stockholm Exergi is developing a SaaS solution on AWS to offer to district heating providers, which will further expand environmental benefits. -
Financial Services
Nasdaq Delivers Sustainability Insights with AI-Powered Serverless Platform
United StatesNasdaq built on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help its customers reduce the manual effort required for sustainability and environmental, social, governance (ESG) disclosures. -
Retail
How Project P.I. helps Amazon remove imperfect products
United StatesA combination of generative AI and computer vision imaging tunnels is helping Amazon proactively improve the customer experience. -
Media & Entertainment
Ringier Axel Springer Polska Reduces Carbon Emissions with Infrastructure Built on AWS
PolandRingier Axel Springer Polska (RASP) drastically reduced its carbon emissions after migrating to AWS. RASP, a Polish digital media company, committed to reducing carbon emissions by 90 percent. As part of a strategy geared toward compute efficiency and price performance, it migrated to Amazon EC2 Graviton processors, which cut its carbon emissions for IT systems to near zero. It also launched green initiatives to educate entrepreneurs and the public about sustainability. Now, RASP has achieved greater efficiency and continues to make strides toward its sustainability goals.
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