# Conclusion
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 An increasing number of organizations are setting sustainability targets in response to changes in government regulation, competitive advantage, and customer, employee, and investor demand. CTOs, architects, developers, and operations team members are seeking ways that they can directly contribute to their organization's sustainability goals. By using these design principles and best practices supported by AWS services, you can make informed decisions balancing security, cost, performance, reliability, and operational excellence with sustainability outcomes for your AWS Cloud workloads. Every action you take to reduce resource usage and increase efficiency across your workloads contributes to a reduction in environmental impact and contributes to your organizations’ broader sustainability goals.