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  • High-speed broadband key to cutting carbon emissions, smart cities

    Broadband partnerships and a long-term approach to Green IT is vital if countries are to cut carbon emissions, according to three industry leaders.

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    Westpac, IAG recognised in social responsibility index

    Financial institutions Westpac and Insurance Australia Group (IAG) have scored some of the highest ratings for corporate social responsibility practices in a new global index of public companies.

  • Company size no indicator of Green IT readiness: Survey

    Company size is not necessarily an indication of an enterprise’s ability to deploy Green IT initiatives, according to findings from Fujitsu’s Green IT benchmark research for the financial services industry. In the fourth report undertaken with research partner, Connection Research, Fujitsu surveyed 638 organisations in four countries — the US, UK, Australia and India — looking at areas such as Green IT lifecycle, end-user efficiencies, enteprise and data centre efficiencies, the use of IT in carbon reduction and measurement and monitoring.

  • Australian financial services sector lags UK, US for Green IT

    Research compares the Green IT maturity of financial services institutions in four countries: the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia and India.

  • Fibre optic network slated for thousands of Melbourne CBD apartments

    Some 2700 new apartments in the Melbourne CBD will be fitted out with fibre optic cable infrastructure in a project by engineering and sustainability firm, Umow Lai. The development, known as the Upper West Side, is being built on the site of the former Lonsdale Street power station that borders Spencer Street.

  • HP’s green switch modules support Energy Efficient Ethernet standard

    HP this week refreshed its high-end chassis Ethernet switches with modules that conform to the IEEE’s Energy Efficient Ethernet standard for reducing power consumption.

  • Green IT: Train staff to think about sustainability

    Frederic Chanfrau, senior vice president of IT for governance, quality and vendor management with Schneider Electric, wants everyone in the company's IT organization to understand three points about going green. First, that energy demands are increasing at the same time as the company must decrease its greenhouse gas emissions; next, that each employee is responsible for helping address this challenge; and finally, that running a sustainable technology shop doesn't necessarily cost more. "They can put their own stone in the building of a greener IT organization," Chanfrau says. But they have to know how.

  • In pictures: Australia's first carbon neutral building

    Pictures of Australia's first carbon neutal building, Pixel, on the corner of Queensberry and Bouverie Streets, Carlton, in Victoria.

  • Investa visualises sustainability

    For anybody in the commercial property game, being seen to be focused and active on environmental sustainability issues is a must. Privately owned real estate company, Investa Property Group, was one of the first companies to set clear performance targets in 2003 for the buildings it owned and managed around energy, water and waste. This year, with the goal of providing greater transparency on how it performs, the company released its annual sustainability report in an interactive ‘data visualisation’ format.

  • Computers Off spreads the green message

    Tech companies are switching off computers and putting on their ‘green hat’ as part of the successful Computers Off Australia (COA) campaign.

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