Sustainability for the
ICT Sector
John Smiciklas
MJRD Assessment Inc.
International
Telecommunication
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Projects
 Toolkit for Environmental Sustainability for
the ICT Sector
 Review of Mobile Handset Eco Ratings
 Guiding Principles for Green ICT
Procurement
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Toolkit for Environmental
Sustainability for the ICT Sector
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Toolkit for Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector
Partners:
 3p Institute for
Sustainable
Management
 Alcatel Lucent
 BBC
 BIO Intelligence
Service
 BT
 CEDARE
 Climate Associates
 ClimateCHECK
 DATEC Technologies
 Dell
 Ernst & Young
 ETRI
 ETNO
 ETSI
 European Broadcasting
Union
 France Telecom
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Fronesys
GHG Management
Institute (GHGMI)
Hewlett-Packard
Huawei
Imperial College
Infosys
International
Telecommunication
Union (ITU)
Mandat International
MicroPro Computers
Microsoft
MJRD Assessment Inc.
National InterUniversity Consortium
for Telecommunications
Nokia Siemens
Networks
PE INTERNATIONAL AG
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Research In Motion
Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna of Pisa
Step Initiative
Telecom Italia
Telefónica
Thomson Reuters
United Nations
Environmental
Programme
United Nations
Environmental
Programme Basel
convention
United Nations
University
University of Genova
University of Zagreb
Verizon
Vodafone Ghana
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Areas of Focus:
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Sustainable Buildings
 How ICT companies operate their physical plant
Sustainable ICT in Corporate Organizations
 How ICT companies operate their ICT operations
Sustainable Products
 How ICT companies design, manufacture and manage end of life
for products
Sustainable Services
 How ICT companies design and deliver services
End of Life Management
 How to secure an environmentally sustainable solution for ICT
equipment’s EOL
General Specifications and KPIs
 How ICT companies select KPIs for environmental management
Assessment Framework for Environmental Impacts of ICT
 An assessment framework for energy/greenhouse gas intensity and
environmental impacts of the ICT sector
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Sustainable Buildings
This chapter provides
technical guidance on
environmentally
conscious design,
maintenance, repair and
Areas of Focus:
Design and Build Specifications
Building Maintenance, Repair and Operations
Building Improvement and Renovation
Technical Buildings and Outside Plant
operating principles and
best practices as to how
ICT companies build,
operate and maintain
their physical facilities.
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Sustainable ICT in Corporate Organizations
This chapter provides technical guidance on how ICT
companies operate their ICT infrastructure and assets.
Areas of Focus:
Data Centres
Desktop Infrastructure
Telecoms Infrastructure and Networks
Broadcasting
Future Innovation
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Sustainable Products
This chapter provides
technical guidance on
environmentally conscious
Area of Focus:
Network infrastructure equipment
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design principles and best
practices as to how ICT
companies can provide
products that are more
“environmentally conscious”
throughout their full life
cycle.
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Environmentally Conscious Product
Development
Eco-efficient Manufacturing
Smart Usage
End of Life Treatment
Customer premises equipment
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Environment-conscious Design
Eco-efficient Manufacturing
Smart Operations
Responsible End of Life
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
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Sustainable Services
This chapter offers both
Area of Focus:
best practices and a
Services
checklist in the area of
Telecommunications Services
sustainable services. The
users of this checklist will
be designers of services,
organizations involved in
Teleconferencing Services
Music Delivery Services
Broadcast Services
the marketing, transmission
Software Services
and use services.
ICT Services Sustainability Checklists
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End of Life Management
This chapter aims to give
directions on how to secure an
environmentally sustainable
solution for ICT equipment’s
End of Life (EOL) by generating
a checklist to allow us to
record an increasing
awareness on human health
and environmental impacts
generated by those
Area of Focus:
End-of-Life Management
General Material Recovery and
Recycling Facility Guidelines
Clean Supply Chain and Conflict
Minerals
Societal Issues
Economic Aspects and
Disassembly for Recycling
Offsetting Opportunities and
Mitigation
products/services at this stage
of the end of its life cycle.
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General Specifications and KPIs
The chapter defines the importance of selecting Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) for decision making and defines the best process to
collect them.
Area of Focus:
Environmental KPIs for ICT
Organizations
Suggested Process for KPI Definition
Targets Definition
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Review of Mobile Handset
Eco-ratings
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Report Overview
 Eco-Ratings have been developed as a
method to communicate the sustainability
performance of handsets to consumers
 Ratings are based on a number of
sustainability categories encompassing
 OEM
 Supply Chain
 Handset
 Report provides an analysis of the current
state and potential for further work
 Report reviewed by major global carriers
and OEMs
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Report Overview
 Baseline Analysis of Current
Carrier Programs
(Orange, Sprint, UL, Vodafone,
Telefonica, AT&T , Bell
Canada)
 Baseline Analysis of OEM
disclosures
(Apple, Samsung, Nokia, LG,
Sony Mobile )
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Report Overview
 Report provides baseline performance and best
practices for the potential development of a single
common eco-rating scheme
 e.g. Energy Efficiency component
Baseline : Compatibility with a universal charger
scheme
Best practice: Measure the energy consumption of
the use phase of the handset
 To be published: 2nd Green Standards Week – 17-21
September 2012, Paris, France
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Guiding Principles for Green
ICT Procurement
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Report Overview
 Provides direction to ICT companies to promote
effective procurement practices with suppliers and
customers, to jointly raise the awareness of
environmental issues among their business
transactions
 Systematic guidance to address a sustainable stepby-step procurement process is included, detailing
green considerations to be used among purchasing
practices of procured products and services.
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Report Overview
 Provides examples from industry on measures
taken to enhance sustainability in the procurement
process
Alcatel-Lucent has developed, and is leading industry
consortia effort, on a simplified LCA framework that
more efficiently evaluates eco-impact information for
ICT products than previous approaches. The framework
combines simplified processes to more easily derive
environmental information for Information and
Communication Technology ICT equipment and assets
with a level or precision suited to industry needs”
Alcatel-Lucent - Corporate Responsibility Report 2010
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Report Overview
 Procurement based on consistent Life Cycle
Assessment considerations
 Use standardized methodological frameworks
 Critical aspects related to the product/service
environmental specifications can be identified, so
the final product/service is delivered at the end of
the cycle in an environmentally preferred way.
 An ICT organization can have a direct effect to
better address environmental challenges.
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More information
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Contact: Cristina Bueti (greenstandard@itu.int)
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http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange/ess/index.html
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Thank YOU
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