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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.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 29 April 11 12:54
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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.

    Written by CIO Staff • 27 April 11 12:26

  • 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.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 07 April 11 10:24

  • 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.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 06 April 11 15:32

  • 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.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 01 March 11 10:37

  • 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.

    Written by Jim Duffy • 09 Dec. 10 04:19

  • 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.

    Written by Elana Varon • 25 Nov. 10 02:53

  • 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.

    Written by CIO Staff • 02 Sept. 10 11:23

  • 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.

    Written by Kelly Mills • 02 Aug. 10 17:17

  • 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.

    Written by Annie Dang • 08 Oct. 09 08:13

  • Downloads of pirated Windows 7 beta candidate soar

    Downloads of a new build of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system have soared in the past two days, with thousands of systems now pulling pirated copies from BitTorrent sites.

    Written by Gregg Keizer • 31 Dec. 08 07:31

  • IT to feel the heat from emissions trading

    With national greenhouse emissions reporting underway for several months now, and as state and territory governments consider a national emissions trading scheme, Australia’s ICT industry should not be lulled into believing these measures will only affect the tall end of town.

    Written by Andrew Hendry • 17 Sept. 08 08:49

  • Telstra paints black to go green

    Telstra has painted itself black in an effort to go green by replacing its 36,000 colourful screensavers with black screens.

    Written by Darren Pauli • 04 June 08 11:42

  • Earth Day frenzy raises hardware recycling questions

    On a day when companies are promoting their green efforts as part of Earth Day, a nonprofit has accused some organizations of causing more environmental damage in the name of recycling electronic equipment.

    Written by Agam Shah • 24 April 08 07:43
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