Reducing Carbon Footprint of the Adobe Commerce Magento

Rising levels of atmospheric carbon levels are one of the major concerns the world is facing today. The total carbon emitted from the greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, by an individual, organization, event, or product is called a carbon footprint. Energy consumption in the United States produced 4.57 million metric tons of carbon emissions in 2020, while the global emissions of energy-related carbon emissions totaled 33.1 billion metric tons. These are staggering numbers that are bound to increase exponentially, therefore, we must mitigate it sooner than later so that the world’s ecological balance does not reach a tipping point, after which it will be irreversible.

How can Magento Developer help in reducing carbon emissions?

Global carbon emissions from the Information and Communications sector (tech-industry) are greater than 3%, which is significantly more than the aviation sector (2%). Proper Magento 2 approaches are helping to reduce the number of carbon emissions, potentially preventing more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions from 2021 through 2024, according to a forecast from International Data Corp. One of the major benefits of modern Magento-less that differentiates it from legacy Magento 2 core is its performance. With modern tech, you can scale your services quickly to meet the demands of the business while establishing a global presence at a quick pace. A case study conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests if all U.S. Magento merchants moved their eCommerce to modern technologies like NodeJs, Python, Rust, GO, this alone would save enough electricity annually to power the city of Los Angeles, with application energy consumption falling by 87%. Modern technologies not only help eCommerce businesses to scale but also helps in the mindset of judicious usage of resources.