ABB Collaborates with Microsoft on Energy Efficiency to Reinforce Commitment to Low-carbon Society
ABB与微软展开能效合作，加强对低碳社会的承诺

ABB announced that Microsoft has joined its Energy Efficiency Movement. Launched in March 2021 by ABB, the #energyefficiencymovement is a multi-stakeholder initiative to raise awareness and spur action to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions to combat climate change. Companies are invited to join the movement and make a public pledge as a way of inspiring others to take action. Microsoft represents one of the largest corporate partners to join the initiative to date.

ABB宣布微软已加入其“节能增效行动”（#energyefficiencymovement）。节能增效行动是ABB于2021年3月发起的一项面向各利益相关方的倡议，旨在提高节能减排意识并加大行动力度，应对气候变化。ABB也邀请其他公司参加该计划并做出公开承诺，以激励更多企业采取行动。微软是目前参与该行动的最大的企业合作伙伴之一。

Energy efficiency is taking on greater urgency throughout industry as companies look for opportunities to decarbonize amid soaring energy costs and pressure from customers, employees and governments to make strides on sustainability. A recent survey commissioned by ABB found that energy efficiency is clearly top of mind for executives around the world. It revealed that 89% of industrial leaders surveyed will increase investment in the energy efficiency of their operations in the coming five years, with 54% aiming to achieve net-zero emissions in that timeframe.

随着能源成本的飙升，以及来自客户、员工与政府在可持续发展方面的压力，企业积极寻找脱碳机会，提高能源效率在整个工业领域变得更加紧迫。ABB近期委托开展的一项调查发现，能效已成为全球高管们最为关心的问题。调查显示，89%的受访工业领导者表示将在未来五年增加能源效率方面的投资，54%的受访企业计划在此期间实现净零碳排放。

For its part, ABB reduced greenhouse gas emissions from its operations in 2021 by some 28% on a year-over-year basis. In its comprehensive Sustainability strategy 2030, ABB has affirmed it will reach carbon neutrality by decade’s end. Beyond its own operations, ABB has also committed to help its customers in reducing their annual CO2 emissions by at least 100 megatons by 2030, the equivalent of removing 30 million combustion cars from the roads each year. With partners like Microsoft, Deutsche Post DHL Group and Alfa Laval, the ABB Energy Efficiency Movement brings together an ecosystem of like-minded industry leaders to accelerate efforts in decarbonization.

2021年，ABB自身运营中的温室气体排放量同比减少约28%。根据2030年可持续发展战略，ABB将在2030年前实现自身运营碳中和，并承诺支持客户每年减少超过1亿吨二氧化碳排放，相当于3000万辆燃油汽车的年排放量。通过与微软、德国邮政敦豪集团和阿法拉伐等企业开展合作，ABB“节能增效行动”汇聚了一批志同道合的行业领导者共同构建生态系统，加速脱碳进程。

Having recently celebrated five years of successful collaboration in the context of ABB Ability, ABB’s portfolio of digital solutions, the announcement regarding the Energy Efficiency Movement further cements Microsoft and ABB’s joint efforts to push technology boundaries in empowering customers to address sustainability. Using Microsoft Azure’s platform-as-a-service capability, along with AI and machine learning-based analytics, cloud computing and edge technologies, ABB Ability solutions are powering a range of industrial use cases that help organizations optimize how they make use of energy in powertrains, facilities and other physical assets. A new ABB whitepaper highlights some of the opportunities presented by digitalization and the industrial Internet of Things in bringing about more energy-efficient operations.

ABB和微软在ABB Ability数字化解决方案领域已成功合作五年，双方在“节能增效行动”中的合作进一步强化了拓展技术边界、赋能客户可持续发展的共同努力。利用微软Azure平台即服务功能，以及基于人工智能和机器学习的分析、云计算及边缘计算技术，ABB Ability解决方案正应用于众多工业领域，帮助用户优化其动力传动系统、设施及其他固定资产的能源利用。