We’re at an era of amazing innovation. There are a proliferation of technologies that are improving all walks of life from business and research to health apps which can improve our everyday lives. However, new technologies can also impact negatively on the environment and increase your carbon footprint with ICT contributing to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

So what can be done? The ICT sector is taking responsibility for this and taking steps to minimise the adverse impact of ICT, by developing more sustainable and energy efficient solutions. The adoption of ICT standards are key to this while at the same time keeping operational costs down.

Join the ICT Footprint webinar on 15:00 CET, 20 December and find out more about how industry and standards organisations are working towards minimising the ICT carbon footprint.

The 1 hour webinar is free and open to all. We’ll be focussing on ICT Standards for Data Centres and ICT Sustainability You’ll be able to hear from our 3 expert speakers on on sustainable ICT standards and sustainable ICT.

• Joe Baguley, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, EMEA at VMware: Insight into how VMware is implementing recommendations from its Global Impact Report 2015 - Force for Good.
• Jean Manuel Canet, Vice-Chairman Working Party “ICT and climate change” at International Telecommunication Union): How ITU-T methodologies can contribute to a sustainable ICT.
• Lance Rϋtimann, Vice President of The Green Grid:  The European EN 50600 Series of Standards can deliver a comprehensive EN standard for Data centres to help address various situations such as one room to multiple building facilities and diverse business models with individual complexities.  Why you should join the webinar?

Why you should join the webinar?

• - Learn how to start improving the energy efficiency in your ICT business.
• - Know success stories about implementing energy efficiency.
• - Start benefiting from competitive advantages, as energy cost reduction, with energy efficiency.
• - Absolutely free to join and in 1 hour you’ll have a clear picture of how to improve your energy efficiency in ICT

Register here

ICT Webinars for information, training, and support: A series of 12 events, free of cost and open to all

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