Dear reader,
Welcome to the Google Cloud Hub for Colruyt, your personal website with valuable and inspiring information.
On this hub, we have included relevant articles to share insights into how Google Cloud can be a partner in the retail industry. You can also find out why several of our customers, such as Carrefour, Système U and Coop, decided to partner with Google Cloud.
We are looking forward to the exchange with you and are always available for questions and suggestions.
Best regards,
Cathy Samaillie and the Google Cloud Team
Sustainability
Announcing new tools to measure—and reduce—your environmental impact
For the past four years, we’ve matched 100% of our electricity use with renewable energy purchases, and we were the first company of our size to commit going even further by running on carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030. As we work to achieve 24/7 carbon-free energy, we help you take immediate action to decarbonize your digital applications and infrastructure.
Our third decade of climate action: Realizing a carbon-free future
The science is clear: The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change. We are committed to doing our part. We were the first major company to become carbon neutral in 2007. We were the first major company to match our energy use with 100 percent renewable energy in 2017. We operate the cleanest global cloud in the industry, and we’re the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy.
24/7 by 2030: Realizing a Carbon-free Future
Electricity is the fuel that enables Google to serve our billions of users’ needs, around the world and around the clock. Yet in many places the energy we use is still produced in ways that result in carbon emissions. That’s why we’ve long strived to lead the way to a carbon-free future.
Operational excellence
11 best practices for operational efficiency and cost reduction with Google Cloud
For many companies, the impact of COVID-19 has brought the benefits and limitations of their IT environment into focus. As these businesses plan their way forward, many will need to consider how to meet the needs of their new business realities with limited resources.
Solving business problems with data
Data science can be applied to business problems to improve practices and help to strengthen customer satisfaction. In this blog, we address how the addition of Looker extends the value of your Google Cloud investments to help you understand your customer journey, unlock value from first-party data, and optimize existing cloud infrastructure.
Solving for operational efficiency with Google Cloud
As businesses consider how to weather the road ahead, many are finding they need to make tough decisions about how to allocate resources. For most, it’s not simply about spending less, it’s about knowing which projects to prioritize, even if with limited funding, in order to maintain business continuity and ensure longevity.
Data-driven innovation
How to become a data-driven retailer
For data-driven retailers, knowing customers better, forecasting
demand, and understanding operations—and being able to act on
these insights in real time—is a capability that can drive market
share and revenue growth in a rapidly evolving environment.
