Global Action Plan present the results of their national green IT survey at the ‘Inefficient Truth’ event on 3 December 2007.

The survey, by the newly formed Environmental IT Leadership (EILT) Board, aims to to find out the level of awareness of IT impact on the environment that exists between IT managers.

Chaired by Global Action Plan and backed by internet solutions provider Logicalis, the EILT is the UK’s first end user green IT team. The group is comprised of members from Lloyds TSB, British Medical Association, John Lewis Partnership, E.ON UK and others, making up a diverse and influential group, committed to creating a positive change in the IT sector.

Green Computing is an opportunity for us all to clearly demonstrate IT's value in helping our companies tackle an urgent, and global, issue.  It is vital that we do a good job collectively and that means being open about the specific problems we're facing and the solutions we're pursuing.  The Global Action Plan survey will provide a 'current state' understanding of companies' green IT initiatives and the obstacles we must overcome to help them succeed. The more organizations who respond to the survey, the better that understanding will be.
Gary Hird Technical Strategy Manager John Lewis Partnership  

Global Action Plan is taking a lead role in going beyond the ‘Green IT’ hype and taking practical action to help IT organisations reduce their impact on the environment, recognising that the IT industry and IT organisations have plenty of opportunities to be part of the solution on environmental sustainability. I believe that vendors and enterprises should develop an IT environmental policy, strategy, and action plan, and this survey will help to pinpoint areas where behaviours need to change and awareness needs to increase.
Nathan Bishop Head of Infrastructure Design & Coordination, E.ON IS UK Ltd  

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