N. American Companies Lag in Greening IT: Survey

Published March 04, 2008

OAKLAND, Calif. — North American companies lag behind other areas of the world in adopting easy green IT practices, according to a recent survey.

Info-Tech's Global Green IT Attitude & Action survey polled workers around the world on things such as green budgeting, energy efficiency improvements and PC power savings policies.

Nearly 70 percent of respondents outside North America believe their companies' would have a green IT budget within the next three years. In North America, nearly half of respondents disagreed with the possibility.

The survey found that as many as 55 percent of North American respondents said their companies didn't have PC power savings. Roughly 40 percent of Asian companies are adopting major changes, including shorter IT refresh cycles for energy efficiency equipment. Asia, in large part, led the adoption of IT responsibility for power bills and energy efficiency measurement.

Nearly half of Asian and European respondents believe their companies are trying to reduce their carbon footprints, compared to 35 percent of North American respondents. Forty-five percent of North American respondents don’t believe their companies have taken the right steps to lower their carbon footprints.

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