Green IT

4 ACCOUNTING FOR CARBON IN YOUR GREEN IT STRATEGY

Responsibility in reducing carbon emissions has to be shared across any organisation, however information and communications technology is coming under particular scrutiny for its often significant contribution to overall energy consumption. So how can a green IT strategy enable reductions in carbon emissions? Alan Waller, Carbon Consultant at Greenstone Carbon Management, explains how.

There is growing pressure on business to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Regulation and taxation will increasingly apply direct costs on organisations based on their carbon emissions, while customers will factor considerations surrounding sustainability performance and carbon emissions into ...