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Putting a Sustainable IT Strategy in Place

We may have a Plan B in life – but we indeed do not have a Planet B.

– Former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson

This chapter will focus on putting a sustainable IT strategy in place. Sustainable IT is a collective name for the measures designed to reduce the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact with the aid of IT for three focus areas: sustainability in IT, sustainability by IT, and IT for society. This chapter will enable you to create a simple, sustainable IT strategy that can be used as a communication vehicle to take action toward a net zero future.

First, we will introduce the sustainable IT strategic planning process. Second, we will explore a real-world example ...

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