3. How do organizations react?
As mentioned in the introduction, Green IT is a subset of a more global environmental approach, which must be based on ISO 14001 or ISO 50001. Although understanding of the subject has grown considerably over the last few years, most organizations focus on implementing partial solutions, and few have a global strategy covering all aspects (manufacturing, use, end-of-life).
Moreover, the alignment between organizations' sustainable development policies and their Green IT actions is often weak, mainly due to a lack of exchanges and relations between CSR policy players (sustainable development department) and Green IT players (information systems department). The strategic alignment of an organization's Green IT policy with its sustainable development policy is a key area for improvement in large organizations.
However, even the reactions of...
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Finally, is Green IT a reality in organizations?
Bibliography
- (1) - - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_computing#cite_note-8 .
- (2) - - FORRESTER. – Mapping IT's Green Opportunities, Get Ready For Green IT 2.0 :
Websites
French reference portal for Green IT (the environmental impact of IT activities):
The site brings together information and work published by the CNRS-supported IT working group. It includes studies on the environmental impact of equipment manufacturing:
Standards and norms
The European Code of Conduct for data centers has already been presented in this article. It can be retrieved at the following address: http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/html/standby_initiative_data_centers.htm
Regulations
Directive 2002/95/EC – RoHs: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
Directive 2002/96/EC – WEEE: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Decree no. 2009-1139 of September 22, 2009: directive...
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Organizations – Associations – Federations (non-exhaustive list)
Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) :
Alliance Green IT (AGIT), an association of Green IT professionals in France, launched in September 2011. To date, it has around twenty members:
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