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It is becoming progressively more important for all businesses to act (and to be seen to act) in an environmentally responsible manner, both to fulfill their legal and moral obligations, but also to enhance the brand and to improve corporate image. IT has a large part to play in all this.

Make sure you and your IT department are prepared for these impacts. There are various resources on our website to help you understand why and how to make your IT ‘Green’, including:

• A Carbon Footprint Calculator; &
• The following Free PDF Tasters:
  1. The Governance of Green IT (Taster)
  2. Greening the Data Centre (Taster)

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‘Green IT’ is a catch-all phrase for sustainable, eco-friendly products, services, practices and management systems used in the information and communications technology sector.

Greater environmental awareness coupled with pressures from consumers, legislators, and rising fuel costs, is pushing the IT community towards Green IT.

It is becoming progressively more important for all businesses to act (and to be seen to act) in an environmentally responsible manner, both to fulfill their legal and moral obligations, but also to enhance the brand and to improve corporate image. IT has a large part to play in all this.

The Copenhagen influence:
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With the spotlight firmly fixed on the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the argument for reducing carbon emissions has never been more apparent . Negotiations have captured the attention of citizens from countries large and small, stirring much debate and angst as world leaders try to devise a plan to prevent – or at least ease – climate change.

The IT arena will not be excluded from the impact on business that the outcomes of this summit will bring. The necessity to become more ‘Green’ will result in the business case for ‘Green IT’ developing further. Its role in improving IT cost-effectiveness, whilst reducing the organization’s carbon footprint will only get stronger over the years to come.

Make sure you and your IT department are prepared for these impacts.

The Cambridge Network is delivering a series of events in the East of England for the Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network to facilitate knowledge transfer between stakeholders in the electronics industry regarding trends and opportunities which will impact their business.

• Start date/time: 16th December: 3pm
• End date/time: 16th December: 6.30 pm
• Venue: The Umney Theatre, Robinson College, Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AN
• Organiser name: Louise Rushworth
• Organiser tel: 01223 401585

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Greening your IT is always a good idea, not just for the sake of the environment (although this is as good a reason as any), but also to save money and to demonstrate a culture of corporate social responsibility.

Today’s successful organisations combine business improvements with a reduction in environmental impact. ‘Green Shift’ is about changing organisational cultures and individual behaviour to combine environmental, profit and efficiency objectives.

But in the real world it can be a daunting challenge and there will be some difficult questions which need answering such as:

• How do I go about constructing appropriate policies and metrics?
• How do I engage with employees and suppliers? and;
• How can IT begin to enable carbon footprint reduction in the organisation as a whole?

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