Computerworld UK Green Zone is a resource for everyone charged with delivering cost-effective, sustainable computing systems

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.

• Global Action Plan
  The UK charity that is driving environmental awareness among the corporate IT community.
  http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk
• Green technology initiative
  Announced with a fanfare earlier this summer, this organisation has yet to flourish, but could be an important player going forward
  http://www.greentechnologyinitiative.org
• Computer Air International
  Want to recycle your PCs to help the Third World? This charity will help you do it.
  http://www.computeraid.org
• Friends of the Earth
  The UK’s original environmental pressure group.
  http://www.foe.co.uk
• Greenpeace
  For controversial research and comment
  http://www.greenpeace.org.uk