McKinsey has an article assessing both the negative impacts of IT related to carbon emissions as well as the positive potential of IT to reduce emissions in four sectors. The result? IT does more good than harm (according to this analysis at least).
Yet there is good news too: information and communications technologies can help abate [...]
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Just found this interesting book chapter Green IS: Building Sustainable Business Practices that overviews the technological and systems perspectives of green IT. It’s a useful review of how to think about the issues for students and managers:
Learning objectives
• Understand the need for sustainability
• Know the difference between green Information Systems (IS) and green Information Technology [...]
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