The Danish Council for Societal Responsibility and World Goals recommends that all companies provide climate accounts – including small companies. SMEs recon that their initiatives are significant for the green transition, but many see CO2 accounting as a hindrance.

Once upon a time, traceability and digital technologies were for the few and far-sighted companies. Now it will be the new business standard to be able to document one’s entire value chain and its discharge.

When companies start delivering on the ESG targets, greenwashing is minimised. It becomes easier along with the rise of requirements for ESG reporting that are as formal as those that exist for financial reporting.

Large climate footprint from food, new health crises due to resistant bacteria and vulnerable populations are among those challenges the world is facing. However, the ESGs can help foster solutions.

Incited by the case of the controversial startup Freshland, Annabeth Aagaard comments on the importance of a good working environment, also in entrepreneurial companies, if one is to attract and retain resources to help the company grow.

The three finalists Aguardio, Clevertrack and Wastehero for The IoT Award 2021 are all tapping into a trend of the IoT domain to outsource the network technology of their solutions.

Associate Professor Annabeth Aagaard wants to see the business community involved in the green transition, and offers advice on how sustainability can be implemented successfully with profitability in mind.

The acoustic panel manufacturer Troldtekt went from gut feeling to factual data when launching an extensive digitalisation of its production. Now DBD at Aarhus University strives to equip the rest of Denmark’s SMEs for the digital development of the future. [Danish]

Annabeth Aagaard experiences that some companies unintentionally invest in digitalisation they do not need. According to Annabeth Aagaard, great gains based on a more digital approach is possible, but only if you can sell it – Digitalisation is a process. It is not a package solution, she adds.

Huawei and the Chinese authorities want to prepare the network for the future by making the IP protocol more intelligent. It may solve issues of data congestion, but critics stress that it exacerbates privacy issues and threatens net neutrality by facilitating online control and surveillance.