As technology use increases for organizations delivering goods and services digitally, its impact on the environment has become central to the sustainability conversation. Climate change has led to government regulations aimed at remediation.
FinOps and Sustainability have natural alignment, as optimizing resource cost often involves a corresponding reduction in usage that reduces carbon emissions. Just like in FinOps, Engineering teams are a critical part of usage optimization efforts, as they make infrastructure decisions that drive both costs and carbon emissions.
Core FinOps Capabilities such as Architecting for Cloud and Workload Optimization also highlight the alignment between FinOps and sustainability. Organizations should leverage the collaboration that FinOps practitioners have built across Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Product teams to achieve their sustainability goals.
