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GFT Technologies SE: GFT's GreenCoding initiative: making software part of the climate solution - Seite 2

Aiming for zero-emission code

Marika Lulay, CEO of GFT stated: "Sustainability not only in a company's own operations, but also in downstream effects, will soon become an important competitive advantage and the impact of software on sustainability is increasing rapidly. Adopting the GreenCoding approach therefore is not only the right thing to do, it even makes business sense." Lulay continued, "we believe it is important that we set a good example with ambitious sustainability goals for GFT. This is why I am happy to announce that GFT is committing to becoming a climate neutral company by 2025."

For the development of GreenCoding, a GFT working group gathered its knowledge and ideas on this topic for months. As a result, the company has now developed a series of best practices for technology professionals: from system architects to developers, testers, UX designers or managers.

Gonzalo Ruiz de Villa Suarez, chief technology officer (CTO) at GFT, noted: "Standard software often is not optimized for minimal energy consumption, bandwidth or memory usage. For example, the choice of image formatting and the way images and visual designs are loaded has an impact on loading times and user experience. If scaled up to millions of users, one bad decision can translate into years of extra loading time, and therefore, into significant energy consumption and associated greenhouse emissions that could be avoided."

The guidelines included in GreenCoding are just the starting point of this project with which GFT helps its clients prioritise the fight against climate change by lowering their carbon footprint. In addition to the working group at the company leading this initiative, a GreenCoding Community has also been created with the aim of jointly developing the idea to facilitate learning and knowledge sharing.

Find more information about GreenCoding and download GFT's whitepaper here

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About GFT:

GFT is driving the digital transformation of the world's leading companies in the financial and insurance sectors, as well as in the manufacturing industry. As an IT services and software engineering provider, GFT offers strong consulting and development skills across all aspects of pioneering technologies, such as cloud engineering, artificial intelligence, mainframe modernisation and the Internet of Things for Industry 4.0.