Climate Action 2009-2010

And your business.
Sustainable ICT Options
A global enterprise can’t function unless it effectively connects
its employees, partners, suppliers and customers. A single, secure,
global IP network can help reduce the complexities of managing
multiple network systems, reduce energy consumption associated
with separate voice and data networks, and serve as a foundation
for better business practices.
Today’s distributed, 24x7 working environments demand tools
that enable your employees to collaborate and remain productive
when out of the traditional office setting. Unified communications
and collaboration (UC&C) applications like voice over IP, audio,
video, web conferencing, unified messaging, immersive video,
and presence capabilities greatly reduce the need for in-person
meetings, and help reduce your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and costs associated with business travel. For example, video
conferencing expends 500 times less energy than a 1,000 km
(620 mile) business flight.*
Teleworking can improve employee productivity by allowing work
to take place at almost at any given location, while reducing wasted
time and commuting-based emissions. In fact, many companies
report a 10 percent to 50 percent increase in employee productivity
through teleworking arrangements.*
space necessary for servers, PCs, and storage equipment—and
allow you to tap into the roughly 85 percent of computing capacity
commonly left unused. Cloud-based computing and applications
save investment in costly equipment and associated—and
unpredictable—operational expenses, and can scale almost
instantly to meet the fluctuating demands of your business.
Using ICT to Do Well by Doing Good
Even if you have to do more with less these days, you don’t have
to sacrifice quality, efficiency, or environmental goals in the name
of cost control. Sustainable ICT solutions can securely connect
your stakeholders far and wide, enable collaboration and flexible
work arrangements, foster efficient data center operations, and
decrease the amount of real estate and equipment required to run
your business. And by reducing energy consumption and waste,
you can enhance the value your business delivers to shareholders
and the local communities in which you operate.
Sustainable ICT is a vital element for business success. And
the right ICT solutions can do more than address corporate,
and environmental responsibilities; they can bring about a
transformation in your company, improving your efficiency
and effectiveness, giving you a sharper competitive edge and
helping you control costs. So you can do well by doing good.
Improving IT infrastructure and application performance provides
a great opportunity to reduce energy usage and your carbon
footprint. Server consolidation and virtualization can reduce the
To learn more about environmentally friendly and sustainable
ICT and to join the green IT conversation, go to:
verizonbusiness.com/thinkforward/green
Long a leader in helping its employees,
partners, and customers improve the
environment and protect natural
resources, Verizon has participated in
the Carbon Disclosure Project’s registry
of corporate greenhouse-gas emissions
(cdproject.net) since 2004.
Verizon is a founding sponsor of Global
Releaf, a group that encourages
shareowners to sign-up for electronic
communications and for customers
to sign-up for paperless billing; and a
member of the Global eSustainability
Initiative’s (GeSI) Climate Change
Working Group.
In 2007, Verizon was inducted into the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency’s WasteWise Hall of Fame.
Verizon was recently named to the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index and listed by
Newsweek among the top sustainable
companies. Its environmental policies
and customer-facing initiatives earned
Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 Green Excellence
of the Year Award in the Corporate
Leadership category for the telecom
services industry.
Verizon’s initiatives to save energy,
reduce costs, and lower greenhouse gas
emissions were among the initiatives
highlighted in the Environmental Defense
Fund’s Innovations Review 2009: Green
Advances for a New Economy.
*Broadband Services: Economic and Environmental Benefits, American Consumer Institute, October 31, 2007
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