reducing the environmental impact of business: what role can IT play?

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Published: October 14, 2009Posted in: Information Technology, The BoardTags:
reducing the environmental impact of business: what role can IT play?

■ Businesses are being compelled to play their part in tackling climate change.

■ While there are lots of activities that can reduce an organisation’s environmental impact, there is no silver bullet.

■ A co-ordinated programme is needed – that addresses not just IT generated emissions but also uses IT to enable a low carbon transformation across the organisation.

With businesses under pressure to act, IT has a vital role to play in the move to a truly low carbon operation.

http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/EU/uk/about/sustainability/green_it_brochure.pdf

At Fujitsu, we believe IT has a crucial role in helping reduce the environmental impact of business. For too long the focus has been on simply reducing the CO2 emissions generated by IT. However, organisations must also consider how IT can be applied as part of a fully co-ordinated transformation programme – to reduce their overall carbon footprint, playing their part in addressing the issue of climate change.

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