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From Blackberry to Greenberry: RIM Goes Green at CeBIT

Even with attendance and exhibitor numbers down CeBIT this week was still full steam ahead on green. Luis Neves, Head of Sustainability at Deutsche Telekom and Chairman of the Global eSustainability Initiative GESI, during his keynote announced GESI's newest member will be Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry. GESI is...

Tags: Sustainability, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, GESI, Sustainability Performance, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-03-07

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IBM adds to green consulting services

The business consulting division for IBM has come out with a new sustainability consulting service that focuses on helping companies measure and address the energy efficiency and environmental impact of their supply chain partners. The IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management service is focused on helping businesses define...

Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Consulting Service, Supplier, Consulting, IBM Corp., IBM Sustainable Supplier Information Management Service, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Dell introduces Vostro 430 mini desktop for SMBs; Core i7, $699

Future Proof? Come on...Instead of packaging existing technology inside a neat "catch phrase", perhaps Dell should think about how to enhance its sustainability initiatives by figuring out a business model where they help customers actually upgrade the performance of their systems (read: processors)?www.dellobserver.com

Tags: SMB/SME, Dell Computer Corp., small and medium business, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Using green IT to meet corporate sustainability goals. Deloitte offers tips in Webinar.

Wondering how to get your chief executive to buy more into technology's role in helping reduce energy consumption or in managing environmental initiatives? Deloitte Consulting recently hosted a seminar called "Competing in the Low-Carbon Economy: The Essential Dialogue Between the CIO and the C-Suite. Its goal was...

Tags: Sustainability, Deloitte LLP, Webinar, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Carbonetworks releases new app for managing emissions info, sustainability planning

If your company would like to take control of its greenhouse gas emissions information and other data related to energy usage and sustainability initiatives, Carbonetworks has flipped the switch on what it is calling a Performance Management Platform for this information. The application is offered as a service, so you...

Tags: Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-24

The Compelling Case for Conferencing

Organizations are looking for ways to improve their businesses while reducing costs and encouraging environmental sustainability. To meet these goals, many are turning to new software-based conferencing and collaboration solutions like Unified Communications for audio, Web, and video conferencing. Companies using these capabilities report measurable improvements in their corporate performance...

Tags: Unified Communications, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2009-08-01

Sustainable Operation and Management of Data Center Chillers Using Temporal Data Mining

Data centers are a critical component of modern IT infrastructure but are also among the worst environmental offenders through their increasing energy usage and the resulting large carbon footprints. Efficient management of data centers, including power management, networking, and cooling infrastructure, is hence crucial to sustainability. In the absence of...

Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-07-01

Journal of Management Excellence - Building Trust

Financial statements and sustainability reporting are about more than just publishing numbers. Exchanging information with stakeholders is the best way to manage the perception and image of a company. Internal alignment ensures that expectations are met and that changing expectations and beliefs are immediately identified. Though reputation is ultimately...

Tags: Reputation, Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

White papers 2009-07-01

Death of the Principle of Voluntarism?

Much of the corporate sustainability and responsibility agenda has been propelled since the '90s by the idea that voluntary action on the part of corporations is more effective than regulation. It has been a celebration of market dynamism over moribund regulation, the latter of which would provide only for the lowest common denominator. At...

Tags: Initiative, Diamond, Kimberly Process, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?

Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?SickThese corporate types are all sick. There is so such more to life than corporate growth, power, and big paycheck,Listening to corporate types scheme can make you sick to the stomach too.RE: Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?Isn't Jack Welch the guy who started...

Tags: Jack Welch, sustainability, capitalist

Discussion threads 2009-06-07

Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?

What's wrong with this picture? At a time where more leading companies than ever are integrating sustainability, not just into their mid term strategy but into the core of their business models, Jack Welch sits awkwardly on the landscape. Jack and Suzy Welch published a missive on sustainability in Business...

Tags: Strategy, Sustainability, Jack Welch, CSR, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Sustainable change or SOX 2.0?

I had not intended riffing on my colleague Vinnie Mirchandani's piece: How ERP vendors can change the world. Seriously. We'd discussed the topic over the phone earlier in the week and at the time it was clear he had a solid position which Larry Dignan duly picks up. But there...

Tags: Strategy, Sustainability, Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Consulting, Vinnie Mirchandani, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Outsourcing, Operational Accounting, Regulations, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-02

IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time

Its hard not to be impressed with the strength of focus coming from IBM these days on sustainability. I'm ususally pretty sceptical about sustainability marketing efforts and IBM have a high hurdle to jump to reach a point of public credibility. But on the other hand technology companies, more than most sectors, are obliged to lead...

Tags: Sustainability, IBM Corp., James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Greenpeace Cool IT: But does GP miss the point?

Greenpeace upped the ante on the IT sector by switching focus from reporting on the environmental performance of consumer electronics to looking at how the industry as a whole is performing on climate change. Yesterday they launched their inaugural Cool IT ranking of the top 12 IT firms performing on climate change. The ranking is...

Tags: Greenpeace, Information Technology, James Farrar, Management, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Oracle & Google: Of Goats, Grids and GRI

Interesting developments this week for energy efficiency prospects with both Oracle and Google entering the fray of the green grid business. Oracle now boasts an end to end offering for Utilities so they can optimize resources and better manage sustainability performance. This includes everything from network load analysis to mobile repairs to...

Tags: Sustainability, Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Grid, Utilities, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Dell tops new corporate sustainability index

Hewlett-Packard has got to be steamed. Dell has one-upped it on a new Corporate Sustainability Index that is being researched and rated by the Global Business Sustainability Service division of Technology Business Research. Ouch. Dell earned an overall score of 317.9 on the index, compared with the...

Tags: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Dell Computer Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-21

IBM & FXA Helping Assure Safety of Vietnam Seafood Exports

IBM's vision of a smart planet is proving to be an interesting intellectual platform from which to invite all actors to think how best to improve sustainability performance with smart use of IT. Yesterday's announcement hat tip James of a partnerhsip between IBM, FXA Group, the Vietnam Association...

Tags: Crisis Management, Farm, Food, Food & Beverage, IBM Corp., Ireland, James Farrar, Management, Manufacturing, Meat, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-20

SAPPHIRE and The Story of Stuff

Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff sustainability presentation has been doing the rounds in American classrooms and has stoked up many on both sides of the political divide. On one side, parents tell of angst ridden kids now wondering about the ecological footprint of Lego and on...

Tags: Sustainability, General Motors Corp., Annie Leonard, Sustainability Question, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-19

News to know: Sun-IBM; Cloudforce; Windows 7 downgrade; AP's crackdown

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en route The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Associated Press, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Smart Phones, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems

Blog posts 2009-04-07

HP Report: Good Performance on Sustainability (but dinged by Greenpeace)

HP released their 2008 sustainability report today and again, unsurprisingly, it's a deeply impressive effort. HP has pushed the boat out with substantive improvement in the quality of the disclosure as well the accessibility of the report which has been much enhanced with the use of interactive dashboards. I'm finding...

Tags: Sustainability, Greenpeace, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Commitment, Goal, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-04-06