GROWING A SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL SECTOR

摘要

Hi-tech and digital technologies can help Kiwi businesses prosper in many ways, such as improving productivity, reaching customers better, lifting employee well-being and reducing climate impacts. The new digital strategy for Aotearoa says, as a country, Kiwis can use technology to move towards a low carbon future. 1. Farmers can use smart agriculture tools to target where they place fertiliser and reduce runoff. 2. Businesses can use sensors or develop digital twins to check and reduce their energy use. 3. The weightless exports of digital services reduce the environmental costs that come with physically producing and shipping items. The New Zealand digital strategy also says technology and data systems need energy and infrastructure to run. Moving to a low carbon economy means we must make sure growth in our digital sector is sustainable. We need to find ways of dealing with e-waste, which is New Zealand's fastest growing toxic-waste stream, with 80,000 tonnes produced each year.