A few months ago, WWF published a HP-supported white paper called ‘From Green IT to Greening with IT’. The paper is directed mainly at policy makers and aims to explore the role of IT in business and government strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It particularly looks...
In economic hard times reports about layoffs and wage-cutting dominate the news agenda. A new WWF study, however, provides much more positive news and shows real opportunities. The report actually discusses how ’green industries’ such as renewable energy, green transport and energy-efficient...
HP has just launched a campaign called Power To Change which encourages users to turn off computers when they’re not in use. Not a big deal, you think? I was surprised to read that, in the US alone, only 36 per cent of business computers are turned off at the end of the day.* So, even if you already...
Being green has been top of the agenda for some time now and it is here to stay. Computerworld magazine recently published its annual list of Top Green IT Organisations . The article honours Top Green IT Users as well as Top Green IT vendors. Citing many examples, Ellen Fanning, author, shows how it...
Allow me to point you to a recent HP video profile story produced by ZDNet. The video summarises our green practices and technologies and includes interviews with Bonnie Nixon, our Director of Environmental Sustainability and Brian Brouillette, our Vice President of Solutions Infrastructure. The video...
Zoe McMahon, our Environmental Strategy Manager, has some exciting news to share with you. The floor is yours. Best regards, Jeannette HP and ‘Green IT for Dummies’ limited edition Last week, the European Commission published a communication on mobilising Information and Communication Technologies to...
I just have seen the most recent announcement made by the European Commission to power up a green IT strategy in Europe. At HP, we have already been working on offering climate smart solutions for our customers. In 2008, together with WWF, we published a customer report to demonstrate how 1 billion tonnes...