GREEN SYSTEMS

Green Code features newly-released sustainability best practices that help technologists – from UX designers and software developers to system architects and IT operations managers – accelerate the world ’ s journey to net zero .

The information and communication technology sector is responsible for up to 3.9 % of global emissions – almost as much as the airline and shipping industries . These emissions are expected to rise as organisations increasingly rely on software to drive their operations and accelerate their Digital Transformation .

Pending approval , Salesforce ’ s MuleSoft reduced its yearly AWS spending by US $ 10 million optimising strategies such as identifying and decommissioning underutilised systems and migrating storage to more energy-efficient alternatives .

“ Sustainable engineering is good engineering and technologists can play a critical role in the reduction of global carbon emission ,” said Srinivas Tallapragada , President and Chief Engineering Officer , Salesforce .

“ With Green Code , we ’ re hoping to inspire software teams and the entire IT sector to prioritise sustainability , just as they do performance , security and accessibility .”

Salesforce research shows 75 % of technologists want to develop software applications that do less harm to the environment – but nearly half don ’ t know how .

Sustainability efforts to date have been largely focused on hardware efficiency and electric grid decarbonisation . Optimising the code that comprises these applications is a powerful leverage point that remains largely untapped .

The Sustainability Guide for Salesforce Technology offers practical recommendations for designing apps and writing code that have less of an impact on the environment .

It focuses on four key areas .

• Design and UX : Designers reducing energy use while providing a better user experience by making sustainability a design requirement .

• Architecture : Choosing the right architectural pattern and deployment model for software development – leading to cost savings and reduced environmental impact .

• Development : Developing sustainable software code that uses less energy and leading to significant emissions reductions – particularly when deployed at scale .

• Operations : Locating capacity in the right regions and scheduling workloads during high renewable energy periods to cut carbon emissions .

Salesforce is focusing on decarbonisation efforts through innovations like Hyperforce , its public cloud infrastructure architecture built on 100 % renewable energy , which will offer sustainability and functionality benefits to its customers .

“ We ’ re in a climate emergency , and we need everyone to get to net zero as fast as possible ,” said Suzanne DiBianca , EVP and Chief Impact Officer , Salesforce .

“ By leveraging these ‘ green code ’ best practices , technologists and organisations can approach the challenge of sustainability in IT to drive meaningful efficiencies and cost savings across their IT enterprises while accelerating their sustainability journeys .” �

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