Global green ICT strategies and social electricity

摘要

Industry leaders outlined their commitment to a green agenda with a Declaration issued at the end of ITU’s Green Standards Week which was organized together with TechAmerica Europe and hosted by Microsoft in Paris. Agreed by over 150 participants from the private and public sectors, the document includes carbon commitments from leading ICT companies including: Alcatel-Lucent; AT&T; Cisco; Dell; Fujitsu; Hewlett Packard; Huawei; Infosys; Intel; KPN; Microsoft; Nokia Siemens Networks; Orange, Telecom Italia and Telefónica. nThe Declaration urges ITU to create new best practices and standards for green technologies and to create a ‘global platform’ to exchange information on green ICTs. This initiative will aim to raise public awareness of the potential positive effects of proper management of end-of-life ICT, for example refurbishment to help reduce the digital divide, and recycling business opportunities, but also of the negative environmental and health effects associated with inefficient or non-existent e-waste management.