I got a press release late last week that caught my eye. Greenpeace International has ranked of how tech giants provide innovative energy solutions that can help address climate change:
The ranking, Greenpeace International’s sixth Cool IT Leaderboard, evaluates 21 global IT and telecom firms on their leadership in three main areas: the companies’ offerings of IT solutions to reduce energy demand across the economy; their management of their own energy footprints; and whether they use their influence to advocate for government policies that encourage the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
This year’s assessment finds that companies have continued to make progress in establishing the sector’s key role in enabling a renewably powered economy, as more companies increased their own commitment to renewable energy. However, despite the IT sector’s green ambitions, companies are still punching below their political weight by not demanding a shift to energy policies that will unlock investment in smart grid and other IT clean energy solutions. Without those policy changes, technology companies will not be able to unleash their hallmark creative disruption in the energy sector.
Cisco and Google tied for first. Ericsson came in at third place in the analysis, Fujitsu in fourth, and Sprint, Wipro and HP tied for fifth.
I’ve noted when high tech companies have made moves to help the environment as it can help the planet in the long run. Hopefully, this makes other companies do the same.
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Cisco & Google Tie For First In Greenpeace Ranking Of IT Sector Climate Leadership
I got a press release late last week that caught my eye. Greenpeace International has ranked of how tech giants provide innovative energy solutions that can help address climate change:
The ranking, Greenpeace International’s sixth Cool IT Leaderboard, evaluates 21 global IT and telecom firms on their leadership in three main areas: the companies’ offerings of IT solutions to reduce energy demand across the economy; their management of their own energy footprints; and whether they use their influence to advocate for government policies that encourage the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
This year’s assessment finds that companies have continued to make progress in establishing the sector’s key role in enabling a renewably powered economy, as more companies increased their own commitment to renewable energy. However, despite the IT sector’s green ambitions, companies are still punching below their political weight by not demanding a shift to energy policies that will unlock investment in smart grid and other IT clean energy solutions. Without those policy changes, technology companies will not be able to unleash their hallmark creative disruption in the energy sector.
Cisco and Google tied for first. Ericsson came in at third place in the analysis, Fujitsu in fourth, and Sprint, Wipro and HP tied for fifth.
I’ve noted when high tech companies have made moves to help the environment as it can help the planet in the long run. Hopefully, this makes other companies do the same.
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