Implementing green IT strategy & governance
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The document outlines a two-day workshop focused on implementing green IT strategies and governance as a response to climate change concerns, emphasizing the role of ICT in both contributing to and addressing environmental issues. Participants will learn about regulations, frameworks, and practical tools necessary to reduce organizational environmental impact while aligning with corporate sustainability goals. The workshop targets IT decision-makers, executives, and environmental managers, providing them with the understanding and skills needed to effectively implement green IT initiatives.
Implementing green IT strategy & governance
- 1. Implementing Green-IT Strategy & Governance In a world where climate change is becoming a key concern, private and public companies are aware that they have to face up to their responsibilities. ICT plays a key role in climate change and is an important negative contributor to global warming. On the other hand, if governed well, ICT is a key enabler in tackling the climate challenge. What most companies nowadays are struggling with is how to realize this. In other words, how to implement a Green-IT strategy in practice and move towards a low carbon economy in an increasingly eco-regulated world. Objectives This two-day workshop is aimed at providing the audience with an in-depth understanding of all the different aspects of Green-IT strategy and governance. It explains how Green-IT governance supports green initiatives at the IT level, and how these can best be implemented to support a corporate sustainability (CSR) strategy. The workshop will review the existing regulations around mandatory CO2 (GHG) reporting as well as other standards and frameworks (ISO, ITU, EPEAT), and provide tools and methods to implement a Green-IT strategy in practice, using recognized frameworks like CobIT5, RACI and Green-IT SGM. The workshop provides a basis for implementing concrete best practices and measurements that will allow every organization to reduce its environmental footprint, to contribute to a positive, green corporate image and to evolve towards a sustainable business. Benefits This course will help participants to reduce organizations’ environmental impact, comply with legislation, reduce costs, and generate better relations with customers, shareholders and other stakeholders. Participants completing this course will be able to: • Get the big picture on CO2 emissions, waste and environmental management; • Understand what role ICT plays in affecting the environment; • Consider ICT as a key driver to a low carbon economy; • Identify the impact of current and upcoming frameworks, standards and regulations on the organization; • Understand the benefits of implementing a Green-IT strategy and governance; • Introduce Green-IT best practices and measurements in their organization. Audience • IT decisions makers, top executives and managers (business, IT and facilities); • Board members facing environmental questions; • Risk managers, (governance) consultants, Green IT ambassadors; • CSR and environmental managers and consultants; • HR managers, IT procurement specialists. Implementing a Green-‐IT strategy & Governance Page 1
- 2. Content 1. Introduction to Green-IT • Set up the link between IT and the GHG protocol; • Describe Cradle-to-grave (/cradle) concepts; • Understand CSR role; • Understand how sustainability impacts future of cities (Smart Cities); • Understand both facets of IT in greening a business: Greening of IT and Greening by IT. 2. Strategy & Governance • Understand how governance keeps organization headed in a single direction; • Describe major governance archetypes; • Acquire main tools for implementing governance (drivers, RACI tables, maturity models, improvement lifecycles, …). 3. Overview of regulations and frameworks • Consider regulations and explain how they may impact your organization; • Review various frameworks and understand how they may be of use for each organization; • Get a deeper understanding of the more important frameworks, such as the European Code of Conduct for Data Centers, ISO-50001 and EPEAT series; • Identify the impact (and risk) of regulations and frameworks on your organization; • Understand what the future of standards and regulations might be. 4. Green-IT governance and strategy • Understand why an organization implements green initiatives; • Identify and understand internal and external drivers for implementing sustainable business; • Appreciate the various levels within an organization that such initiatives may impact; • Understand why and how strategy and governance are essential to Green-IT. 5. Practical implementation of a Green-IT strategy and governance • Define and implement the Green-IT strategy roadmap and green key performance indicators (KPIs); • Prepare organizations to mitigate risks of penalties in case of non-conformance with regulations; • Understand how progress towards sustainable business can be continuously measured; • Understand a practical framework (SGM) that helps organizations to align their Green IT initiatives with Corporate-level Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives; • Use a specific tool (Green-Octant) to support the set up and follow-up of Green-IT initiatives. 6. Review a practical Green-IT customer case in details. Each part of the workshop is presented in an interactive fashion via several group exercises and dynamic discussions to help the audience to understand how the concepts could be applied in their specific organization. Implementing a Green-‐IT strategy & Governance Page 2
- 3. Speakers Thierry Holoffe has been working in the IT services industry since 1983. In 2008, he was the key person behind the Green-IT Strategy, Governance and Maturity (SGM) framework, an innovative and visionary project which has now achieved international recognition. As a very- well experienced Green-IT consultant he provides trainings or participates at event as speaker as well. Thierry is also an active Green-IT ambassador and an official endorser of the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centers. Tanguy Swinnen has been working in the ICT industry for more than 15 years: his activities ranged from software quality management to architecture, governance and strategy. Tanguy now dedicates his professional activities in matching environmental opportunities with ICT capabilities. He has developed the latest version of Green-IT SGM framework and drives several Green-IT programs in various private and public organizations. Tanguy is also active in the academic world (education and research programs). Material The course material includes all presentation materials, notes and complimentary handouts. The various topics will be supported by the latest information available and a real life cases will be reviewed in details. Duration Price Reference 2 days 1,200 € GIT1 Contact Thierry Holoffe Tanguy Swinnen tho@green-ict.com tsw@green-ict.com @ThierryHoloffe @TanguySwinnen www.green-‐ict.com @Green_ICT_Com green@green-‐ict.com Green-‐IT Observatory Implementing a Green-‐IT strategy & Governance Page 3