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Week 1. The basics of digital sustainability

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Digital sustainability has two sides.

There is a need to make digital tools more sustainable, which can help reduce operative costs for companies operating largely or mainly online.

There is also a need to use digital tools to improve sustainability actions in the physical world, which can be profitable opportunity for companies able to develop and deliver digital tools that work as intended.

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