Companies more rigorous on third-party IT

News Article - Friday, September 19, 2008

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Companies are accounting for carbon emissions of third-party IT suppliers more and more, according to a report.

A study from Forrester Research found that procurement requests are becoming focused on the vendor supply chain and benchmarks on power usage are being paid more attention.

The survey of 132 delegates at the Green IT 2008 conference found that four fifths looked carefully at vendors' power efficiency metrics, three quarters examined their asset disposal strategies and 43 per cent would consider asking suppliers to report on how they have cleaned up their business processes.

"Requests are becoming far more demanding," said Euan Davis, the analyst at the company who wrote the report.

"For example, a bank might ask a supplier exactly how they benchmark their IT."

Greenpeace has also released the latest edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics, which found that mobile phone company Nokia is the greenest electronics company in the world.

The organisation's electronics campaigner, Zeina Alhajj, told BusinessGreen.com that one of the reasons for Nokia's success is its commitment to making its carbon emissions measurement neutral.

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