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User Survey Analysis: Sustainability and Green IT, Worldwide, 2009
2 April 2009
 
Simon Mingay   Bettina Tratz-Ryan  

In December 2008, Gartner completed a survey of 626 enterprises across Europe, Asia/Pacific and the U.S., looking at their "green IT" and environmental programs and related buying behavior for 2009 and beyond.




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Table of Contents


    
 Key Findings and Recommendations

    
 Introduction and Survey Objectives

    
 Methodology Statement

    
 Gartner Recommendations Based on Findings

    
 Data Insights

    
 The Enterprise Position on the Environment

    
 Aggressive Versus Passive Positioning on the Environment
    
 Energy Efficiency Versus Environmental Sustainability

    
 Risk to Opportunity
    
 IT's Role — Fix IT or Fix the Business

    
 IT as a Significant Contributor to Improvements in Enterprise Environmental Performance
    
 Impact on Buying Criteria

    
 What Did They Ask About in RFPs in 2008?
    
 What Will They Ask About in RFPs in 2009?
    
 Relative Importance of Environmental Criteria Versus Price for Products

    
 Importance of the Environmental Performance of Service Providers

    
 Methodology

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Industry View on Risk to Opportunity
 

Table 2.  
 Risk to Opportunity, Country View
 

Table 3.  
 Relative Importance of Price Versus Environmental Criteria for Servers by Country
 

Table 4.  
 Relative Importance of Price Versus Environmental Criteria for Desktops by Country
 

Table 5.  
 Demographics by Industry (Number of Respondents)
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Which of the Following Best Describes Your Organization's Environmental Position?
 

Figure 2. 
 Which of the Following Areas Best Describes the Scope of Your Organization's Environmental or Green Initiatives?
 

Figure 3. 
 Which of the Following Best Describes How Your Organization Sees Climate Change as a Business Risk or an Opportunity?
 

Figure 4. 
 What Will Be Your IT Organization's Most-Significant Contribution to Improving Its Environmental Performance in the Next 24 Months?
 

Figure 5. 
 In Any RFPs for IT Equipment and Services Your IT Organization Sent Out in 2008, Which of the Following Did Your Organization Ask About?
 

Figure 6. 
 In Any RFPs for IT Equipment and Services Your IT Organization Sent Out in 2009, Which of the Following Did Your Organization Ask About?
 

Figure 7. 
 How Important Will Environmental Criteria Be, Compared With the Price of Equipment, as Selection Criteria When Buying in 2009?
 

Figure 8. 
 To What Extent Do You Expect the Environmental Performance of the Service Provider to Be an Important Selection Criterion for Your Organization to Purchase IT Services in 2009?
 

Figure 9. 
 Survey Demographics by Size of Company
 



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