Category: Sustainability

Talking the language of sustainability

With networks spanning hundreds or even thousands of miles, it is no surprise that energy consumption has always been a key concern for telcos when it comes to sustainability. Operating these massive networks not only generates a significant carbon emissions footprint, but also incurs a huge energy bill – both of which will only grow further as data demand increases and network density increases.

Sustainability in focus at top political event

In 1968, Sweden’s soon-to-be Prime Minister, Olof Palme gave an impromptu speech in Almedalen, an area in medieval town Visby, located on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Since then, ‘Almedalen Week’ – a democratic meeting place for everyone, held at the end of June each year – has grown into the most […]

Employee Spotlight: Sandra Klackenborn, Head of Sustainability

In light of Earth Day 2024, we’re highlighting Sandra Klackenborn, our new Head of Sustainability, whom we hired last month. Telecommunications faces a critical juncture as network operators work to reduce emissions and meet recently established sustainability goals. However, sustainable networking encompasses myriad focus areas, necessitating organizational cooperation to reduce telecom’s environmental impact.

Can solar power sustain the Internet backbone?

Experts predict that by 2025 the Internet backbone will use 20% of all the world’s electricity, with energy consumption growing rapidly as more devices and data centers are brought online. When it comes to powering the Internet backbone, we need to ensure that we use the right kind of electricity and save where we can.

Reducing telecom’s carbon footprint

This article was originally published by The Fast Mode.     Let’s be transparent. While telecom’s new sustainability focus is commendable, our industry is just beginning its collective journey. But, instead of focusing on what we haven’t done, we must focus on what we can do moving forward. Global internet carriers have a responsibility to facilitate […]

Turning the energy crisis into opportunity

With energy prices escalating across the globe, most businesses are having to pay more for the energy they use. The impact of that on businesses is clear: weakening margins, reducing their ability to invest, and in some cases a need to streamline in order to survive. But how are those escalating prices impacting the executives at organizations?

Enabling sustainable networking in Europe and the US

Arelion is building sustainable networks for service providers, content providers and enterprises at every tier in the global Internet backbone, benefiting our customers and the environment in the process.

Lifting the lid on sustainability at Arelion

If just the mention of the word “sustainability” sends your eyes rolling into the back of your head, it won’t be because you don’t care, but because you hear the word A L-O-T. Our industry talks at length about what it needs to do to meet its sustainability goals, and even more is said by […]

Employee Spotlight: Q&A with Malin Clarstedt, Group Sustainability and Quality Manager at Arelion

Sustainable networking is vital to the future of our global society. Malin Clarstedt, Group Sustainability and Quality Manager, joined Arelion in August 2022 to further drive our sustainability strategy. We spoke with Malin to learn more about her vision of sustainable connectivity at Arelion through Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) initiatives, circularity, lifecycle management and more. […]

Cleaning Out the Server Closet

With so many different cloud platforms, applications, and services, an open ecosystem model plays an important role in sustainable networking.

Open optics mean sustainable networks

As we discussed in the first blog of this series on sustainability, Dirty data: reducing the Internet carbon footprint, we are working to reduce our eco-footprint and draw on renewable energy resources. One way we are working to make this happen, and increase our sustainability as an organization, is to take the lead in introducing […]
Anette Mullis, Arelion

Employee Spotlight: Anette Mullis, Head of HR

We often talk about meeting ever-increasing traffic demand and customer quality expectations within our industry. But another critical audience is our workforce and the expectations of current and future employees. How companies work and recruit new employees has been a hot topic over the past few years, fueled by remote and hybrid work due to […]