Greentech Lead Europe: Leading ICT companies including
Alcatel-Lucent; AT&T; Cisco; Dell; Fujitsu; Hewlett Packard; Huawei;
Infosys; Intel; KPN; Microsoft; Nokia Siemens Networks; Orange, Telecom Italia
and Telefonica have outlined their commitment to a green agenda.
The declaration, agreed by over 150 participants, was
announced at the end of ITU’s Green Standards Week which was organized
together with TechAmerica Europe and hosted by Microsoft in Paris.
The declaration urges ITU to create new best practices
and standards for green technologies and to create a ‘global platform’ to
exchange information on green ICTs. It also aims to raise public awareness of
the potential positive effects of proper management of end-of-life ICT.
ITU was also asked to address the business challenges
faced by the ICT industry in enabling other sectors to improve their business
and sustainability performance and to develop indicators for green ICTs giving rankings to countries that have agreed to
participate.
The Declaration also states that in addition to adopting
smarter ICT through procurement, governments should promote existing energy
efficient international standards and adopt an international regulatory
framework that will encourage the creation of new companies and innovative
technologies. This in turn will generate much-needed jobs and economic growth.
“It is only by obtaining the hard evidence, by
influencing policy outcomes and by developing and adopting environment friendly
policies and standards in the ICT sector and beyond that we can preserve the
environment for future generations to enjoy,” said ITU Secretary-General
Hamadoun I. Toure.
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