Energy costs related to IT are expected to continue to climb, affecting IT equipment such as servers, switches, and storage as well as critical infrastructure components such as power and cooling systems. These costs are prompting many organizations to recognize the business value to be derived from a focus on "green."
KPMG's Green IT approach can help organizations:
- Reduce energy consumption, water consumption, and waste generation through adoption of industry leading practices and technology, including identifying consolidation and virtualization opportunities
- Reduce energy, water, and waste costs through third-party contract management, identifying cost-effective tariff and rate structures, provisioning systems into advantageous markets, and adopting leading energy-management practices
- Identify and capture available tax and utility incentives to help offset the cost of planned investments
- Define measurement and reporting frameworks, establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and baseline measurements, and create a monitoring program to drive continuous improvement
- Identify and comply with existing and emerging standards and regulations.
Linking Green IT initiatives to those shaped by corporate social responsibility frameworks can make IT a valued business partner on the journey to a "greener" business and provide organizations with an unprecedented opportunity to align environmental management initiatives with broader sustainability initiatives.
Greening your IT operations can enhance for your image and your bottom line.