Sustainable IT, operations, and responsible AI
Aligning IT and operations with net-zero and sustainability goals
Services
Sustainability Services
Ecosystem-led Approach to Power Your Sustainability Strategy
Overview
With new tech requirements such as AI, cloud, blockchain, and quantum computing on the rise, we are seeing an unabated increase in IT emissions.
To stay true to their sustainability goals, organizations must embed the concept into their daily operations and IT landscape. This is critical to realizing the scale required to meet and exceed the sustainability objectives.
Additionally, while digital transformation today is incomplete without AI-powered solutions, the fallout in terms of environmental impact is hard to ignore. The adverse impact of AI adoption on people and environmental resources is causing widespread concern across industries. Responsible AI services are therefore crucial to managing the risks and allaying societal concerns.
TCS’ approach to sustainable IT and business operations touches upon a range of aspects such as cloud adoption, end user device management, asset circularity, responsible AI modelling and deployment, green data centers, green software development, and value chain emissions.
Solution
TCS goes beyond the standard IT and hardware greening approach – we offer full IT-ESG integration.
Our solutions and services enable enterprises to not only achieve, but exceed, their sustainability goals.
Key offerings include:
Sustainable IT: These broadly include sustainable infrastructure, sustainable hardware, sustainable software, sustainable actions, and sustainable value chain.
- IT maturity assessment and roadmap advisory
- Asset circularity and decarbonization strategies
- Data-driven tracking and regulatory compliance
- Green software development and code optimization
- Energy-efficient data centers
- Cloud infrastructure optimization
- Lean workplace design
- Supplier due diligence and responsible procurement
Sustainable business operations: TCS advocates reengineering of functions and processes to embed sustainability principles in daily operations.
- Operations for sustainability: Baselining and roadmap advisory, data collection and reporting, metrics tracking and improvements
- Sustainability for operations: Supply chain sustainability maturity assessment, supplier sustainability services, sustainable sourcing, certifications and audit, ESG data collection and dashboards, regulatory compliance
- Sustainability in a box: Consulting and advisory, managed services, ESG platform support services
Responsible AI services: TCS’ services allow organization to unlock the transformative power of AI to drive progress and innovation in a sustainable manner.
- AI maturity assessment across the four layers – AI infrastructure layer, data layer, model layer, and AI application layer
- Evaluation of environmental impact of the complete AI landscape
- Greening strategies
- Geography and sector specific regulatory compliance
Benefits
TCS’ solutions and services help organizations gain a competitive edge with sustainability-driven IT innovation and business process reengineering.
With us, you will achieve 15–30% energy and operational cost savings, stronger ESG ratings and investor appeal, timely compliance with global sustainability standards, and more.
Key benefits include:
- Reduced OPEX by improving process and people efficiency
- Strengthened brand image (perceived as a conscious and responsible business)
- Zero cost of non-compliance; realized benefits in terms of carbon credits and climate taxes
- Enhanced business resilience and reduced value chain complexities
- Newer revenue streams explored through sustainability-centric innovation
- Lowered energy consumption and carbon footprint
- Improved investment returns by better allocation of capital for the long term
The TCS Advantage
We work with enterprises across IT and business operations, enabling them to become future-ready, economically viable, and ESG-conscious businesses.
With TCS as partner, organizations stand to gain from our:
- Deep understanding of organizational context and operating realities
- Ecosystem oriented approach for broader industry impact and rapid solutioning
- End-to-end services comprising consulting, product evaluation and advisory, innovation, solution design and development, implementation, and user training and support
- Accelerated and agile execution models, coupled with round-the-clock support
- Industry-grade and regulations-aligned solutions and services