According to one forecast, IT will account for 21% of global energy consumption by 2030. If we don't change the way we implement software, we will contribute to increasing the carbon footprint. Reducing our carbon footprint is only one of the better-known sustainability goals. There are many other important goals as well. So, it's high time to examine how agility can help to reduce energy consumption and ensure greater - environmental, social & economic - sustainability. The point is not to pursue sustainability for altruistic reasons, but to understand that over time, sustainability is also becoming a key factor that determines a company’s success, both in the search for talent and for customers and markets.

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Let’s get more –
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Based on Data! Here’s how!
Steve Holyer Jutta Eckstein
Claudia Melo
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What?

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Sustainability
Social/People
Aiming for equity, health,
liveability
Environment/Planet
Protecting the Planet
Economic/Prosperity
Improving the lives &
prospects of everyone,
everywhere

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Software to the Rescue!?
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©
Nature.
Jones,
N.:
How
to
stop
data
centres
from
gobbling
up
the
world‘s
electricity

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©
United
Nations
University:
The
Global
E-waste
Monitor
2020
In 2019, 53.6 million metric tonnes
of electronic waste was generated
worldwide (that’s plus 21% in 5 years.)
This is an equivalent of almost 5,400
Eiffel towers.
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In 2007, we became carbon neutral and in 2017, we became
the first company of our size to match 100% of our global,
annual electricity consumption with renewable energy. […]
Now, we’re carving a path forward to decarbonize our
electricity supply completely and operate on 24/7 carbon-free
energy, everywhere, by 2030.
©
Google
White
Paper.
Moving
toward
24x7
Carbon-Free
Energy
at
Google
Data
Centers:
Progress
and
Insights

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Chef & Homeland Security
©
https://www.fedscoop.com/protest-open-source-software-
company-chef-will-let-ice-contract-expire/
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So What?
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Agile made a Promise!

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©https://www.agilealliance.org/membership
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©
agilebossanova.com

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Now What?
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Sustainability by Agile
◼ Use agile practices & mindset to increase sustainability
◼ For example:
– Use your skills for increasing sustainability
• E.g., as part of HackYourFuture, Nicole Belilos was a SM for
refugees creating a food saver app

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Sustainability in Agile
◼ Use sustainability to guide your actions and outcomes in
agile development
◼ For example:
– Have a definition of done that verifies that the energy
consumption of your system does (at least) not increase
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Full
assessment
available
under
CC
at
https://comparativeagility.com

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Example Report
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Change your Conversations
for
Increasing Sustainability!

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Many Thanks!
◼ Steve Holyer | @Zurcherart
◼ Claudia Melo | @claudia_melo
◼ Jutta Eckstein | @JuttaEckstein@agilealliance.social
◼ https://jeckstein.com/sustainability
◼ Assessment by
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