A day in the life of a BPCE Sustainable IT Expert

A day in the life
O F B P C E S U S T A I N A B L E
I T
E X P E R T
Lucile Vannier, Sustainable Digital Expert at BPCE SI & Groupe BPCE + Strategy Deputy Director at INR (Institute of Sustainable IT)

Lucile Vannier
A day in the life of BPCE Sustainable IT Expert
Lucile VANNIER
A day in the life
O F B P C E S U S T A I N A B L E I T R E F E R E N T

2023 SERIES OF EVENT
New York
May 16&17
Australia
October 11&12
Singapore
April 12&13
Helsinki & North
June 5&6
Paris
SEPTEMBER
London
November
15&16
June 28-30
SILICON VALLEY
March 14&15
Dubai & Middle East
February 22&23

Lucile Vannier
01
Why ? How to help ?
02
Who can lead a
sustainable digital
sector ?
03

Baotou toxic lake in Inner Mongolia, the world's biggest supplier of rare earth minerals
« Disasters, stronger, more often »
Tristan Nitot

IPCC
“Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet.
Taking action now can secure our future”

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of French people are aware they
are living a real ecological crisis
64% approve the idea we are going
to have to change our ways
Source: TF1 / Sociovision survey that monitor French
bahaviors facing climate emergency and the role of
media duringecological transition - September 2022
87%
of French people didn’t know
what was digital pollution
77%
Source: Investigation « French people and digital ecology »
for NGO Digital for the Planet, 2017
Climate change is a regular concern for half of people
across a global country average
70% worry about effects already seen in other countries
Source: Earth Day 2022: Global attitudes to climate change – April 2022

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Digital, a tool
Both extraordinary…
… & worrying

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Examining digital issues
Some ecological numbers that are questionable
of global electricity is
consumed by Internet
only
If the internet was a country, it
would rank tirth for electricity
usage, after China and USA
For the worst-case scenario, ICT
could use as much as 51% of global
electricity and could contribute up
to 23% of the globally released
greenhouse gas emissions in 2030.
7 to 10%
Sources:
Clicking Clean Greenpeace 2017 (This is without
cryptocurrency electricity consumption)
On Global Electricity Usage of Communication
Technology: Trends to 2030
volume of data consumed
worldwide in 2021
In 2025, global data creation is
projected to grow to more than 180
zettabytes.
2142 ZB in 2030.
52% of all data is Dark Data resulting
in 6.4 million tonnes of CO2 in 2020.
1 zettabyte = 1021 bytes
79 zettabytes
Sources:
Statista, may 2022
Veritas Technologies LLC, 2021
of raw material required
to produce only one 2 kg
computer
The 'ecological rucksack’ or MIPS is
the total quantities of natural
materials
(extraction, energy, water,…) moved
in order to produce one product.
Mining resources are limited and
their extraction is polluting water,
air, soil and is producing toxic
wastes.
57,4 million tons of Waste from
Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) are produced in France every
year.
Only, 17,4% is collected
and recycled.
Source: ADEME, 2018
800 kg
tonnes of space debris in
Earth orbits.
The Earth, oceans and space are full
of garbage !
There are billions of objects in orbit
from thousands of large waste
objects, such as dead satellites and
spent rocket pieces, ..
It poses a risk in orbit:
- to vehicles and crews through the
threat of collision
- to the basic services like our GPS
and advanced technology like
Climate research are threatened
Internet through satellite
• Starlink – Elon Musk goal: 42,000
satellites
• Amazon Jeff Bezos goal : 3,200
satellites
8,000
Sources: NASA / Starlink / Amazon

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The impact is not where we think it is !
Impact is
quite
user’s side!
Source : GreenIT.fr
DEVICES NETWORK DATACENTER
34 billion 1 billion 67 million
Carbon footprint
Primary energy
Waste
Water
Abiotic resources
66%
60%
76%
50%
84%
19%
23%
16%
25%
8%
15%
17%
8%
25%
7%
4,4 bn
500:1
Source: Green-IT - 2019
(without Distribution and
end-of-life equipment)
GES
8 devices per
person
68 bn estimated in 2025

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Examining digital issues
Some societal numbers that are questionable
of the French population is
excluded from digital
accessibility
8 million French people don’t have
the means to access digital tools
500,000 people are excluded because
they are living in area without
network
Exclusion due to lack of skills affects
20% of French people (13 million
people)
Only 2% of French websites are
accessible to people with disabilities.
However, since 2005, digital
accessibility is a legal obligation for
equal rights and opportunities in
France.
19%
Sources:
INSEE, 2019
Simplon, 2022
& 9 months is
the average lenhgt of
possession of a mobile
phone
Risks of Digital Screen Time
Psycho-social risks
Attention deficit
Addiction
Burn-Out
Desocialisation
Cyber-bullying
Obesity
Blindness
Many tech celebrities children, like
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Evan Williams
and Mark Zuckerberg, are not
allowed to use screens, so as to
avoid psycho-social risks.
9 years
Sources:
French Senate, 2022
The High Public Health Committee (HCSP, France), 2019
Médiamétrie, 2020
BBC, 2019 – The New York Times, 2014
of the people who joined
extremist groups on
Facebook did so because
the algorithms steered
them there
Algorithms promote content that
sparks outrage, hate, and amplifies
biases within the data that we feed
them.
Sources:
Internal Facebook Report, 2018
The Social Dilemma (Bonus Clip: The
Discrimination Dilemma)
64%
of women leave the Tech
after 8 years of work
The digital industry has only 25%
women (48% in all sectors).
And 15% women have technical and
engineering profile.
Already relatively absent,
many won't stay.
There are various reasons:
- “Glass ceiling” ; “Broken rung”
- Negative balance between
professional and private life
- Toxicity, abuse and “Bro” culture
- Unequal pay: 19,6%. It is more
than the wage gap in all sectors
(15,8%)
50%
Source: 50inTech & Figures, 2022
of undersea cables are
MAMAA’s properties
Sovereignty
Source of power
Vector of influence
Geopolitical risks
Cyber attack
War & conflicts
TechnoFascism
Attention economy
Digital is far too important:
- to be left only to the interests
of big business
- or governments are acting
without Citizen control
There are already more than 450
sea-cables on the ocean floors.
Source: France Stratégie
Three
quarters

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How can I help at my level ?
Primary actions I recommend
Learn fundamentals
THE BEST
PRACTICE
END OF LIFE
WEEE
MANUFACTURING SOURCING
REDUCTION
IMPROVE LIFE
USES
STANDBY
MODE
RECYCLING
The device that pollutes the least is the one
that is not manufactured.
Improve life duration
of your devices
Aim to ERC
Eliminate – Reduce – Contribute
Aim to 3U
Useful - Usable - Used

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How can I help at my level ?
Some other suggestions
Contribute in working group
Don’t stay alone
https://myimpact.isit-europe.org
Calculate your digital impact
Educate yourself
Learning good
practices
Listening to
some podcast
Reading
material
Digital uses we can
do in our daily lives
by ADN Ouest

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customers
How can I help in my organisation ?
DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS & WELL-RESPECTED BRANDS
employees
of the French economy
of financing
STRATEGIC PLAN GROUPE BPCE 2024

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Manufacturing Usage
40 % 26 %
3 % 16 %
1 % 14 %
44 % 56 %
1
Sources of carbon footprint
Equipment
manufacturing
Use of devices 2
Use of datacenters
Use of network 3
4
Groupe BPCE programs
Sustainability software by
Design
Equipement lifecycle
Education,
training
and
communication
Datacenter Management
Design
Carbon footprint
Design
Source: Green-IT - 2019 (without Distribution and end-of-life equipment)
Design
GES
Data
Center
67 million
Network
1 billion
Devices
34 billion
4,4 billion

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2012
First group carbon footprint
2014
Creation of the Club Green IT
(IT-CE co-founder member)
2020
Creation of the
BPCE Group
sustainable digital sector
2021
Incorporation of sustainable IT
issues in strategic plan BPCE
2024
2019
Signature by Laurent Mignon
of the United Nations Principles for
Responsible Investment
Dec21
Laureate for the Sustainable digital Trophy
(organisation’s strategy category)
Oct20
Signing of the Sustainable IT
Charter by BPCE Group
2018
Creation of the INR
(IT-CE co-founder member)
Carbon footprint reduction-goal in
strategic plan 2018-2021
2022
Sustainable IT
training offer
in Tech & Digital
Academy
June22
Winners of the EcoCode
Challenge
Aug22
Framework of
Design
Oct22
Co-laureates
for “Goldy Standards”
(trusted digitalisation category)
Dec22
A few key events

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Sustainable digital management team

Lucile Vannier
My job
Sustainable IT Expert
Manage, lead, present or
participate in working groups
Raise awareness
& convince
Represent BPCE Group
Constant learning

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My advice to someone willing to do the same as I do
Particularly when you believe in something
&
you consider that is the most important thing to do.

Thank you for
your attention
Lucile Vannier

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