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Datacentres get Energy Star rating

The US Environmental Protection Agency is wrapping up work on an Energy Star programme for datacentres that it hopes to launch in June.

The goals of the programme are to give organisations more incentive to improve the energy efficiency of their data centres, and also give them a way to track the results of efficiency projects over time, said the EPA's Alexandra Sullivan, who described the programme at the Green Grid datacentre conference.

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Global Action Plan

Global action plan

Global Action Plan is a practical charity that is driving environmental awareness among the corporate IT community. It has created an Environmental IT Leadership Team, involving IT chiefs from the British Medical Association (BMA), Sony UK, John Lewis, E.ON UK, CQS, the University of Cumbria and Lloyds TSB, together with sponsor IT services company Logicalis, that will highlight best practices for sustainable corporate IT.

http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk

Green Computing Toolbox

These tools and websites will help you devise the strategies your organisation needs.

  • Carbon Footprint
    Measure your share of UK carbon dioxide emissions!
    http://www.carboncalculator.com
    http://www.footprinter.com
  • Understanding the Jargon
    The Dictionary of Sustainable Management, created by the San Francisco-based Presidio School of Management defines more than 250 must-know terms of sustainable business.
    http://www.sustainabilitydictionary.com
  • Waste and Recycling
    Get the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory reform’s full advice on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations and what you have to do.
    http://www.dti.gov.uk
  • For an alternative government take on the same regulations from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
    http://www.defra.gov.uk
  • For a highly contested look at the environmental credentials of your suppliers, see the Greenpeace guide to electronics.
    http://www.greenpeace.org

Pressure groups and charities

Environmental awareness among business owes much to long running awareness campaigns by non-governmental organisations and charities.

WHITE PAPERS

  • Legal risks: Employee use of the internet and email
    Exploring the challenges facing IT Mangers today and vital steps to ensure safe internet an email use by employees.
  • Phishing for victims
    This White Paper examines the phenomenon of phishing. It explains the potentially catastrophic threat it presents to all kinds of organisation. Exploding some widespread myths, it lights up the murky waters where phishing first emerged and where it continues to evolve. But it also highlights what your business can do to blunt the threat.
  • Challenges and opportunities of PCI
    The control framework implicit in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) provides an enterprise structure for improving operational, security, and audit performance.
  • Social CRM comes of age
    Who is this “social customer”? What strategies and tools does the new breed of CRM provide to do something about this?
  • Risk Management: Protect and Maximize Stakeholder Value
    What has held organisations back from a broader adoption of risk management programs?