TAILIEUCHUNG - IT and the environment A new item on the CIO’s agenda?

Hereby, the survey focuses on those measures, which have been notified by WTO Members under the so called Green Box (Annex 2 of the AoA) as this is the AoA instrument which allows for unlimited spending on domestic support measures that are not more than minimally trade- distorting. Hereby, the notification practice of WTO Members is serving as a starting point. Nevertheless, due to rather weak transparency and notification requirements, it is difficult to determine whether all notified Green Box measures are really green or not. The major stumbling block here is that there is no definition so far on what is “at most minimally trade. | Economist Intelligence Unit I Economist IT and the environment A new item on the CIO s agenda A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit Sponsored by IBM IT and the environment A new item on the CIO s agenda Preface IT and the environment a new item on the CIO s agenda investigates the efforts being made by organisations to measure and reduce the environmental impact of the IT function. The report assesses how these changes are affecting the purchasing operation and disposal of technology assets within businesses today. The report was commissioned by IBM. The Economist Intelligence Unit bears sole responsibility for the content of this report. The Economist Intelligence Unit s editorial team executed the online survey conducted the interviews and wrote the report. The findings and views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor. The research drew on two main initiatives The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a major online survey of chief information officers and other senior IT executives from around the world during June and July 2007. In total 213 executives took part in the survey. To supplement the survey results the Economist Intelligence Unit also conducted in-depth interviews with ten senior IT executives and other experts from a range of industries and regions. Clint Witchalls was the author of the report and James Watson was the editor. Mark Samuels Dan Ilett Richard Handford and Phil Davis also contributed to the research. We would like to thank all the executives who participated in the survey and interviews for their time and insights. August 2007 The Economist Intelligence Unit 2007 1 IT and the environment A new item on the CIO s agenda Executive summary A green agenda has never been more important for organisations yet it would appear that there is much more talk than action. A recent study by the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA 1 found that US servers and data centres alone accounted for of the .

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