Sustainable technologies are a powerful tool for promoting economic prosperity while minimizing adverse effects on the environment. With increasing environmental challenges such as air pollution, resource scarcity and climate change, the role of sustainable technologies becomes even more important. Many influential politicians and leaders have recognized the urgency of solving environmental problems and emphasized the need for innovative solutions to mitigate their impact. And as customers also become "conscious shoppers," many companies and even start-ups are incorporating sustainability into their businesses.

Here are some examples of how businesses are moving towards sustainable technologies:

1. For example AI can be used to estimate energy requirements. Accordingly, the delivery can be adjusted to minimize waste. Similarly, in agriculture, after considering the type of soil, it is possible to estimate the appropriate proportion of fertilizers and pesticides to be applied to different types of crops.

(Nidhi Karanwal, More at community.nasscom.in)