The Climate Change Bill and draft statutory guidance provided by the Government will have a major impact on further and higher education institutions. A recent report by the Climate Change Group and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), ‘SMART 2020: enabling the low carbon economy in the information age’, has estimated that ICT applications could reduce global carbon emissions in 2020 by 15% through energy efficient buildings and remote working.
This workshop will give participants the opportunity to find out more about the implications of the Bill and the potential organisational barriers to implementation of the institutional policy and practices needed to reduce the environmental impact of ICT use, prior to the Government’s consultation on the draft guidance in Summer 2009. The workshop will also enable participants to learn about the strategic management of sustainable ICT solutions through examples of good practice in the sector where reducing carbon emissions is not only supporting the Government agenda and complying with future statutory obligations, but is also enabling institutions to make significant efficiency and cost savings – something that institutional senior managers will have top of their list in the current economic climate.