Green ICT - Sustainability, Effectiveness and company maturity, Rosario from IFGICT (ICT2018 Vienna)

1. GREEN ICT
Sustainability, Effectiveness
and Company Maturity
A Cost-Effective Approach
December 18

2. IFGICT: International Federation of Global &
Green Information Communication Technology
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Ø Independent organization created to take lead and set
industry standards for the talent development in ICT
Ø International supplier of the highest quality
certification and examination services in a variety of
global standards and best practice frameworks
MISSION
To advance the capacity development
profession by developing ICT standard for
profession and validating individuals come
across those standards through
evaluation and recognition
VISION
To award internationally recognized, most
excellent credentials for ICT and business
technology development professionals
wide-reaching
WHAT WE DO
IFGICT oversees professional certification
examinations and confers credentials
based on IFGICT evaluation proficiency
model.

3. IFGICT offers 2 major professional certifications
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STRATEGIC IT PROFESSIONAL
(SITP)
Ø The “Strategic IT Professional”
certification is built to address only top
ICT experts and professionals who
demonstrated extraordinary
achievements inside their career
history, demonstrate underpinning
knowledge and understanding over the
manufacture of ICT
GREEN IT PROFESSIONAL
(GITP)
Ø The “Green IT Professional” certification
is the official training program offered
by the IFGICT “Green ICT Standard” to
all ICT professionals globally. The
program is designed to develop the
skills and knowledge for certified
“Green IT Professionals” in the Green
IT domain

4. Why join IFGICT
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AS A PROFESSIONAL
Ø Emphasize your professional truthfulness
Ø Confirm your pledge to high standards of
proficiency, accomplish and decent practice
Ø Offer a consistent, independent support of
your professional reliability and knowledge
Ø Approve that you acknowledge your
professional responsibility and constantly
work with respect for community awareness
Ø Attend IFGICT partners’ conferences with
registration deduction and benefits the
access to recent publications and research
papers
AS A COMPANY
Ø Building trust and credibility with your
customers
Ø Use our logo in your website and official
printing as authorized company partner
Ø Demonstrate your service / product is eco-
friendly
Ø Credibility in your brand & reputation
Ø Receive online verified partnership ID
Ø Your Company will be short listed by our
federation’s website, thousands will trust
your brand

5. Green IT
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Ø Green IT is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing
or IT
Ø Green IT is not new, concept first used in 1992 by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. However IT evolves at lightning speed, with new
technologies, their diffusion and related scale of the underlying
infrastructure, the challenges of Green IT are as new and relevant as ever
Ø Green IT aims to minimize the negative impact of IT operations on the
environment by designing, manufacturing, operating and disposing of
computers and computer-related products in an environmentally-friendly
manner
Ø Green IT best practices benefits include reducing the use of hazardous
materials, maximizing energy efficiency during the product's lifecycle and
promoting the biodegradability of unused and outdated products

6. Who is
winning the
race to a
Green
Internet?

7. 7
SUSTAINABLE
BUSINESS
MODELS
Environmental Impact
Energy
Natural Resources
Social Impact
Inclusiveness
BoP access to services
Corporate Social
Responsibility
Motivated Workforce
Long-Term Profits
Positive Externalities
Better Reputation
Sustainability, beyond Green IT

8. Grounding Sustainability: Embracing the
concept of Shared Value
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Ø The concept of Shared Value can be defined as policies and operating practices that
enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously advancing the
economic and social conditions in the communities in which it operates.
Ø Shared value creation focuses on identifying and expanding the connections
between societal and economic progress.
Ø The concept rests on the premise that both economic and social progress must be
addressed using value principles. Value is defined as benefits relative to costs, not
just benefits alone.
Ø In practice, Shared Value is about understanding the needs and challenges of the
communities the company works within and address them in order to create a larger
amount of value which can then be shared between business and society, still
resulting in higher business value than if those challenges and needs weren’t
addressed.

9. Why Impact
Investment?
• The most important
reasons seem to be
intrinsic motivation to
pursue sustainability
goals and project an
image of “responsible
social actor”.
• More effort needed to
explicitly link impact
investments to financial
performance

10. Market
Growth
Indicators
• Indicators are generally
positive, with
awareness fueling more
talent, opportunities,
data and measurement
techniques
• Government support is
surprisingly the growth
indicator showing least
progress

11. Main
Challenges
faced by
Impact
Investing
• While the Government’s
support hasn’t shown
much progress, it
remains an enabler rather
than a challenge. Talent
in the space is also
flourishing.
• Awareness, standards
and common
methodologies are the
most challenging aspects
for the sector to mature

12. IT as sustainability enabler
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Ø Sustainability is very much about efficiency
Ø The more output (e.g.: products & services) companies are able to produce
with less input (e.g.: energy, natural resources & human resources), the
more the business is likely to be sustainable
Ø IT is not a source of competitive advantage, because given enough time, IT
solutions can be commoditized, but it is indeed a great enabler of efficiency
and therefore of sustainable business models
Ø With IT’s ability to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, businesses
are now able to measure and track (not so) subtle aspects of their business,
such as the negative externalities they generate and identify ways to
internalize them and/or create positive externalities

13. Conclusion
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Ø Green IT is a fundamental challenge
Ø Sustainability goes beyond energy efficiency
Ø Investments in the field are soaring for good reasons
Ø IT is key to achieve sustainability goals

14. December 18
THANK
YOU
Rosario Piazzese
Email: vp@ifgict.org
Site: www.ifgict.org
Phone: +1 209 245 0303; +41 788 11 60 90