Answer to Question #220431 in Management for Vabby

Question

Identify some of the Green IT practices being followed by any company of your choice to offset the adverse impact of their business on the environment. Please provide the benefits of using Green IT practices in quantitative numbers/statistics (for e.g Reduced energy consumption by 25%) 

Answer 1

Most of the companies have adopted Green IT practices such as:

• Install renewables. Clean, renewable energy systems, such as solar and wind, can reduce your impact on the environment significantly while lowering your energy bill.
• Reduce, reuse, recycle materials especially the non-biodegradable ones.
• Travel less. Employees driving to and from work produce a substantial amount of air pollution. Minimize business travel through web conferencing, email and other low-emission communications.

benefits of using Green IT practices:

Energy savings

Less greenhouse gas emissions

Less air pollution

Mitigation of resource depletion such as cutting down of trees.