2024: A Year of Climate Tech in Magazine Covers
January - Sustainability Magazine
Cover star Natalya Makarochkina, Schneider Electric’s Senior Vice President, Secure Power Division, explores AI in the data centre space and how data centre operations and design need to adapt for a sustainable future.
“There is no argument whether we’ll have AI or not. When we talk about AI and IoT, then we’ll also talk about a totally different new landscape,” she says.
February - Energy Digital
Energy Digital's first edition of the year looks to the future of renewable energy with expert predictions on how the industry will continue to evolve.
Arturo Difilippi, Large Power Offering Director at Vertiv, says: “We believe in collaborating with customers, peers and other industry leaders on environmental matters.”
February also examined predictive AI and its impact on the energy industry and how workforce diversity can support positive impact.
March - Sustainability Magazine
Cindy Perettie, Executive Vice President and Global Head, and Chris McDonald, Global Head of Technical Operations at Kite, a Gilhead company, starred on March’s Sustainability Magazine cover.
These experts explore how the company develops sustainable manufacturing and delivery alongside world-class lymphoma treatment.
“We’re the only company that has end-to-end standalone research and development, manufacturing and commercialisation of a potentially curative treatment,” Cindy says.
March also brought Sustainability Magazine’s Top 100 Women supplement where Walmart’s Kathleen McLaughlin, Google’s Kate Brandt and Microsoft’s Melanie Nakagawa topped the leaderboard.
April - Energy Digital
Abdul Khaled, Head of Digital and Customer Experience at E.ON Next, is April’s Energy Digital cover feature.
Abdul explains how the company is changing customer experience and sustainability for the better with its customer-focused approach.
“We’ve got engineers sitting alongside customer service agents, really trying to bridge that gap between delivery and those that are really close to the customers,” he says.
Energy Digital took a look back at Sustainability LIVE: Net Zero 2024 and explored Schneider Electric’s Electricity 4.0 with Pankaj Sharma, EVP of the Secure Power Division and Data Centre Business.
May - Sustainability Magazine
Mark Jones, Chief Sustainability Officer at THG, stars on May’s cover with an exploration of sustainability and ESG in the ecommerce industry.
“Getting our roadmaps and targets assured by SBTi, who are dedicated and align to the latest climate science, indicates to others out there how serious we are,” he says.
June - Energy Digital
June 2024 marked 10 years of Energy Digital with an animated cover.
Maya Derrick, Editor of Energy Digital, says: “Our title has grown into a vibrant community and trusted space for knowledge sharing and fostering collaboration. We will continue on from this anniversary as a platform for diverse voices and perspectives.”
This month, Energy Digital celebrates Ignacio Galán’s career as Executive Chairman of Iberdrola and E.ON look` at involving women in the energy industry.
July - Sustainability Magazine
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games was on everyone's screens in July, and Sustainability Magazine explores making big events carbon neutral with Sam Booth, Sustainability Director and Event Specialist at AEG Europe.
He says: “You have to believe it’s possible, because otherwise none of us gets out of bed in the morning, but a brutal answer is that it’s not possible right now.”
August - Energy Digital
Jenna Brown, Head of Uber for Business UK, features on August's cover. She discusse the company’s positive contribution to the energy space despite being a transportation company.
“When you have access to data, you can then make smarter and more informed decisions,” Jenna explains.
Energy Digital also celebrates Katherine Neebe’s career as Chief Sustainability Officer of Duke Energy and explores Ampace’s next-level energy storage systems.
September - Sustainability Magazine
Kevin Dunckley, Chief Sustainability Officer at HH Global, features on September’s cover with an exploration of how firms can improve cut Scope 3 emissions and improve productivity.
He says that sustainability “gives you a spring in your step and makes you want to leap out of bed – there’s so much to do”.
October - Energy Digital
Electron’s Co-Founder and CEO Jo-Jo Hubbard stars on the October cover, discussing the energy transition amid rising energy costs and climate pressures and what new technologies can support it.
Jo-Jo says: “We understand that greater volumes of flexibility will drive more value for system operators.”
October also brings a special report on the decarbonising power of hydrogen and a look at industrial decarbonisation with McKinsey, DCC Energy and atNorth.
November - Sustainability Magazine
New York City is the focus of November’s cover with Andrew Kimball, President and CEO of the NYC Economic Development Corporation featured, exploring the city's Green Economy Action Plan and harbour refresh.
“No matter the season, New York City is experiencing the impacts of a warming planet,” Andrew explains.
December - Energy Digital
Jodie Eaton, CEO at Shell Energy UK, closest 2024 with a discussion on how innovation and smart technologies can support decarbonisation across the energy industry.
“At Shell, we’re committed to leading the way in sustainability, progressing decarbonisation and becoming a net zero emissions energy business by 2050,” she explains.
Also this month, Energy Digital celebrates Amin H. Nasser’s lifetime of achievement as CEO of Aramco and showcases how solar power is on the rise.
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