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Assessment of Global Low-Carbon and Environmental Leadership in the ICT Sector, by Gartner and WWF
3 November 2008
 
Simon Mingay   Dennis Pamlin  

These are the key findings and results from an assessment of which information and communication technology providers are perpetuating the status quo and which are innovating in environmental and climate leadership. It provides a snapshot of where the industry is in 2008.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction

1.1
    
 The Low-Carbon Economy
1.2
    
 ICT and Climate Change
1.3
    
 ICT Providers and Climate Change
2.0
    
 Objectives

2.1
    
 What This Assessment Is
2.2
    
 What This Assessment Is Not
2.3
    
 How to Use the Framework
3.0
    
 Framework Overview

3.1
    
 Environmental Basics
3.2
    
 Supply Chain Basics
3.3
    
 Carbon Basics
3.4
    
 Carbon Delivery
3.5
    
 Carbon Champions
4.0
    
 Method

4.1
    
 Providers
4.2
    
 Survey Instrument
4.3
    
 Scoring
5.0
    
 Interpreting the Results

5.1
    
 How to Use the Results
5.2
    
 How Not to Use the Results
5.3
    
 Interpreting Nonresponses
6.0
    
 Results

6.1
    
 Key Findings

6.1.1
    
 Rapidly Moving Area
6.1.2
    
 A Myopic View on a "Problem"
6.1.3
    
 2% or 98%, Different Companies and Different Approaches
6.1.4
    
 Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk
6.1.5
    
 Changing the Rules of the Game
6.1.6
    
 Environmental Burden Assessment
6.1.7
    
 World-Class Examples of Employee Engagement in Environmental Issues and Climate Change
6.1.8
    
 A Well-Structured, Balanced Long-Term Environmental Strategy
6.1.9
    
 Dedicated Service Providers at an Immature State of Development
6.1.10
    
 Lack of Life Cycle Assessments
6.1.11
    
 A Lack of Interindustry Partnerships for Innovation
6.1.12
    
 Environmental Policies
6.1.13
    
 Including Climate Change Programs in Contract Adjudication
6.1.14
    
 We Are Just Looking at the Tip of the Supply Chain
6.1.15
    
 The Industry Is Not Yet Bothered by Whether It Is Actually Having a Positive Impact or Not
6.1.16
    
 "Goodness" Through Association
6.1.17
    
 Goodness Through Isolated Examples
6.1.18
    
 Renewable Energy
6.1.19
    
 Market Awareness
6.1.20
    
 Self-Professed "Leaders" Lack GHG Targets
6.1.21
    
 Transparency
6.2
    
 Individual Provider Results
6.3
    
 Top Performers

6.3.1
    
 Top 5 by Category
6.3.2
    
 By Internals and Carbon Leadership
6.4
    
 Individual Providers

6.4.1
    
 BT
6.4.2
    
 China Mobile
6.4.3
    
 Cisco
6.4.4
    
 Dell
6.4.5
    
 Ericsson
6.4.6
    
 Fujitsu
6.4.7
    
 Google
6.4.8
    
 HP
6.4.9
    
 IBM
6.4.10
    
 Lenovo
6.4.11
    
 Nokia
6.4.12
    
 Nortel
6.4.13
    
 SAP
6.4.14
    
 Verizon
6.4.15
    
 Wipro
7.0
    
 Appendix

7.1
    
 GHG and Electricity Data

7.1.1
    
 What Does This Data Tell You
7.1.2
    
 Comparing Providers
7.1.3
    
 What's the Implication of "No Info"?
7.1.4
    
 Assumptions Under Renewables
7.1.5
    
 GHG-Intensive Activities

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Provider Groups
 

Table 2.  
 Categorization
 

Table 3.  
 Verification
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Environment Basics and Supply Chain Basics Graph Type
 

Figure 2. 
 Carbon Basics Diamond Graph
 

Figure 3. 
 Carbon Delivery Diamond Graph
 

Figure 4. 
 Carbon Champions Diamond Graph
 

Figure 5. 
 Talking About or Doing Housekeeping
 

Figure 6. 
 Individual Provider Results Summary
 

Figure 7. 
 BT Results
 

Figure 8. 
 China Mobile Results
 

Figure 9. 
 Cisco Results
 

Figure 10. 
 Dell Results
 

Figure 11. 
 Ericsson Results
 

Figure 12. 
 Fujitsu Results
 

Figure 13. 
 Google Results
 

Figure 14. 
 HP Results
 

Figure 15. 
 IBM Results
 

Figure 16. 
 Lenovo Results
 

Figure 17. 
 Nokia Results
 

Figure 18. 
 Nortel Results
 

Figure 19. 
 SAP Results
 

Figure 20. 
 Verizon Results
 

Figure 21. 
 Wipro Results
 

Figure 22. 
 Provider GHG Emissions and Electricity Data
 



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