InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

Sustainability for the ICT Sector

John SmiciklasMJRD Assessment Inc.

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ProjectsToolkit for Environmental Sustainability for the

ICT Sector

Review of Mobile Handset Eco Ratings

Guiding Principles for Green ICT Procurement

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Toolkit for Environmental

Sustainability for the ICT Sector

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Toolkit for Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector

Partners:3p Institute for Sustainable ManagementAlcatel LucentBBCBIO Intelligence ServiceBTCEDAREClimate AssociatesClimateCHECKDATEC TechnologiesDellErnst & YoungETRIETNOETSIEuropean Broadcasting UnionFrance Telecom

Fronesys GHG Management

Institute (GHGMI) Hewlett-Packard Huawei Imperial College Infosys International

Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Mandat International MicroPro Computers Microsoft MJRD Assessment Inc. National Inter-University

Consortium for Telecommunications

Nokia Siemens Networks PE INTERNATIONAL AG

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Research In Motion Scuola Superiore

Sant’Anna of Pisa Step Initiative Telecom Italia Telefónica Thomson Reuters United Nations

Environmental Programme

United Nations Environmental Programme Basel convention

United Nations University

University of Genova University of Zagreb Verizon Vodafone Ghana

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Areas of Focus:

Sustainable Buildings How ICT companies operate their physical plant

Sustainable ICT in Corporate Organizations How ICT companies operate their ICT operations

Sustainable Products How ICT companies design, manufacture and manage end of life

for products Sustainable Services

How ICT companies design and deliver services End of Life Management

How to secure an environmentally sustainable solution for ICT equipment’s EOL

General Specifications and KPIs How ICT companies select KPIs for environmental management

Assessment Framework for Environmental Impacts of ICT An assessment framework for energy/greenhouse gas intensity and

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Sustainable Buildings

This chapter provides

technical guidance on

environmentally

conscious design,

maintenance, repair and

operating principles and

best practices as to how

ICT companies build,

operate and maintain

their physical facilities.

Areas of Focus:

Design and Build SpecificationsBuilding Maintenance, Repair and Operations Building Improvement and RenovationTechnical Buildings and Outside Plant

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Sustainable ICT in Corporate Organizations

This chapter provides technical guidance on how ICT

companies operate their ICT infrastructure and assets.

Areas of Focus:

Data CentresDesktop InfrastructureTelecoms Infrastructure and NetworksBroadcastingFuture Innovation 

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Sustainable Products

This chapter provides technical

guidance on environmentally

conscious design principles and

best practices as to how ICT

companies can provide products

that are more “environmentally

conscious” throughout their full

life cycle.

Area of Focus:

Network infrastructure equipment Environmentally Conscious Product

Development Eco-efficient Manufacturing Smart Usage End of Life Treatment

Customer premises equipment Environment-conscious Design Eco-efficient Manufacturing Smart Operations Responsible End of Life

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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Sustainable Services

This chapter offers both best

practices and a checklist in

the area of sustainable

services. The users of this

checklist will be designers of

services, organizations

involved in the marketing,

transmission and use

services.

Area of Focus:

Services

Telecommunications Services

Teleconferencing Services

Music Delivery Services

Broadcast Services

Software Services

ICT Services Sustainability Checklists

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End of Life Management

This chapter aims to give

directions on how to secure an

environmentally sustainable

solution for ICT equipment’s

End of Life (EOL) by generating

a checklist to allow us to

record an increasing

awareness on human health

and environmental impacts

generated by those

products/services at this stage

of the end of its life cycle.

Area of Focus:

End-of-Life Management General Material Recovery and Recycling Facility GuidelinesClean Supply Chain and Conflict MineralsSocietal IssuesEconomic Aspects and Disassembly for RecyclingOffsetting Opportunities and Mitigation

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General Specifications and KPIs

The chapter defines the importance of selecting Key Performance Indicators

(KPIs) for decision making and defines the best process to collect them.

Area of Focus:

Environmental KPIs for ICT

Organizations

Suggested Process for KPI Definition

Targets Definition

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Review of Mobile Handset

Eco-ratings

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Report Overview

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Eco-Ratings have been developed as a method to communicate the sustainability performance of handsets to consumers

Ratings are based on a number of sustainability categories encompassing OEM Supply ChainHandset

Report provides an analysis of the current state and potential for further work

Report reviewed by major global carriers and OEMs

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Report Overview

Baseline Analysis of Current Carrier Programs

(Orange, Sprint, UL, Vodafone, Telefonica, AT&T , Bell Canada)

Baseline Analysis of OEM disclosures

(Apple, Samsung, Nokia, LG, Sony Mobile )

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Report Overview

Report provides baseline performance and best

practices for the potential development of a single

common eco-rating scheme

e.g. Energy Efficiency component

Baseline : Compatibility with a universal charger

scheme

Best practice: Measure the energy consumption of

the use phase of the handset To be published: 2nd Green Standards Week – 17-21

September 2012, Paris, France

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Guiding Principles for Green

ICT Procurement

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Report Overview

Provides direction to ICT companies to promote

effective procurement practices with suppliers and

customers, to jointly raise the awareness of

environmental issues among their business

transactions

Systematic guidance to address a sustainable step-

by-step procurement process is included, detailing

green considerations to be used among purchasing

practices of procured products and services.

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Report Overview

Provides examples from industry on measures

taken to enhance sustainability in the procurement

process

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Alcatel-Lucent has developed, and is leading industry consortia effort, on a simplified LCA framework that more efficiently evaluates eco-impact information for ICT products than previous approaches. The framework combines simplified processes to more easily derive environmental information for Information and Communication Technology ICT equipment and assets with a level or precision suited to industry needs”   Alcatel-Lucent - Corporate Responsibility Report 2010

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Report Overview

Procurement based on consistent Life Cycle

Assessment considerations

Use standardized methodological frameworks

Critical aspects related to the product/service

environmental specifications can be identified, so

the final product/service is delivered at the end of

the cycle in an environmentally preferred way.

An ICT organization can have a direct effect to

better address environmental challenges.

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More information

Contact: Cristina Bueti (greenstandard@itu.int)

http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange/ess/index.html

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