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Digital Clean Up 2025 : a collective effort for sustainable digital technology

Published on 29 April 2025

IMS Luxembourg has mobilized its network to take part in the global initiative Digital Cleanup 2025, to reduce the environmental footprint of digital technology. The principle is easy: delete unnecessary data (emails, documents, applications, etc.) to limit the invisible pollution generated by their storage and processing

11 member organisations participated to this action in the official week, and 6 more plan to do the cleanup in the coming months. This initiative has brought together organisations from a wide range of sectors: telecommunications, financial services, insurance, public administrations, education and several others. 

The results

Deleted data:

  • More than 1.3 million emails deleted, which represents about 260 GB. 
  • More than 640.000 documents and miscellaneous items deleted, which represents about 2.3 TB. 
  • 363 mobiles collected and recycled thanks to partnership with Orange Luxembourg

Please note: the data monitoring was not carried out by all the companies, and some of them were not able to share exact data. As a result, the figures presented here are probably much lower than in reality, and the actual number is much higher. 

Concrete actions, but also sustainable habits

Next to a regular cleanup, the week was also an opportunity to share best practices to make it part of one’s day-to-day, for example:

  • Put in place automatic sorting of emails and regular deletion of unnecessary messages.
  • Avoid large attachments by favouring sharing links.
  • Regularly clean shared servers and cloud spaces.
  • Raise employee awareness of the environmental impact of digital technology.

The results demonstrate the growing commitment of organisations to a more sober and responsible digital future. Thank you to all the participating organisations for their involvement! Given its success, the initiative will be repeated by IMS in 2026!

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