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ESG and IoT: Ensuring Sustainability and Social Responsibility in the Digital Age

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Artificial Intelligence: Towards Sustainable Intelligence (AI4S 2023)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 1907))

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to significantly impact Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) outcomes. By automating and optimizing processes and systems, IoT can help improve energy efficiency, conserve resources, and reduce pollution. It can also have social impacts, such as changing the nature of work and raising concerns about data privacy. Additionally, the governance of IoT raises important ethical and regulatory considerations. In order to ensure that the adoption of IoT contributes positively to ESG outcomes, it is important to carefully consider the potential unintended consequences and to develop and deploy the technology in a responsible and sustainable manner.

In this paper, we propose a framework based on SAS and Microsoft Azure technologies to acquire real time data from appliances, define a logic block to determine the range of data and devices to be monitored, and trigger real time alarms when needed. As the adoption of IoT continues to grow, it will be important to monitor and evaluate its impacts on ESG, and to identify and implement best practices for ensuring that IoT can contribute positively to environmental, social, and governance outcomes.

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    https://www.sas.com.

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    https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/viya.html.

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    https://kafka.apache.org/.

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    https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/intmoncdc/v_007/intmonug/p0cmzzg8rw8w6zn175i4eb1cgx7y.htm.

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    https://kafka.apache.org/

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    https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/.

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    https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/espcdc/v_031/espvisualize/n0ydjcsczjzz3in1x2zzgtlcjsbt.htm.

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    https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/.

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    https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/event-stream-processing.html.

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    https://www.oracle.com/database/what-is-json/.

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  1. SAS Institute, Via Carlo Darwin 20/22, 20143, Milan, Italy

    Federico Alberto Pozzi

  2. SAS Middle East FZ-LLC, Dubai Media City-Business Central Towers, Dubai, UAE

    Dwijendra Dwivedi

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  1. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico

    Sanju Tiwari

  2. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico

    Fernando Ortiz-Rodríguez

  3. Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Sashikala Mishra

  4. Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK

    Edlira Vakaj

  5. Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Ketan Kotecha

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Pozzi, F.A., Dwivedi, D. (2023). ESG and IoT: Ensuring Sustainability and Social Responsibility in the Digital Age. In: Tiwari, S., Ortiz-Rodríguez, F., Mishra, S., Vakaj, E., Kotecha, K. (eds) Artificial Intelligence: Towards Sustainable Intelligence. AI4S 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1907. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47997-7_2

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