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Strategies for Greening Enterprise IT: Creating Business Value and Contributing to Environmental Sustainability

Strategies for Greening Enterprise IT: Creating Business Value and Contributing to Environmental Sustainability
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Author(s): San Murugesan (University of Western Sydney & BRITE Professional Services, Australia)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 14
Source title: Handbook of Research on Green ICT: Technology, Business and Social Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): B. Unhelkar (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-834-6.ch004

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Abstract

IT is both a solution and a problem to environmental sustainability. Though IT significantly benefits us in many different ways and helps to address environmental problems we face, it, on its own, can harm the environment if not managed properly. IT contributes to environmental problems in a few different ways, which most people don’t realize. IT systems and their use can be made more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable, and businesses and individuals are obliged to minimize or eliminate where possible the harmful environmental impacts of IT to help create a more sustainable environment. This chapter outlines strategic approaches for greening enterprise IT and offers recommendations that will help an enterprise define its green IT strategy and create practical guidelines for its implementation. To provide motivation for greening enterprise IT, beginning with a brief overview of environmental impacts of enterprise IT, this chapter discusses why greening enterprise IT is a necessity, not an option.

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