Index
As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.
Symbols
3D printing 115
3Rs principles
rearchitect 145
relocate 144
right-sizing 144
5Cs, for digital transformation security
capabilities 361
capital 361
change management 361
C-level commitment 361
culture 361
9R framework, circular principles
R0 Refuse 170
R1 Rethink 170
R2 Reduce 170
R3 Reuse 170
R4 Repair 170
R5 Refurbish 170
R6 Remanufacture 170
R7 Repurpose 171
R8 Recycle 171
R9 Recover 171
1990s Freon refrigeration chaos 258
A
carbon emission reduction study 81
Acer 188
public commitments 189
Air France KLM 356
Alfa Laval 90
Alibaba Cloud 97
Alibaba Cloud Sustainability Report 2021
reference link 98
alliances
Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact 102, 103
power of 101
Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance 103
Amazon's sustainability work
reference links 97
Amazon Web Services (AWS) 96, 117, 145, 161, 309, 360
public commitments 188
application assessment criteria 127
costs 129
data and data protection 130
functional fit 128
risk and compliance 130
strategic value 128
sustainability 130
technical fit 129
application portfolio management 67, 122, 123
application assessment criteria 127, 128
application rationalization process 125-127
objectives 123
application rationalization process 125, 126
application portfolio, executing 126
application portfolio, managing 126
data collection, distributing 126
key stakeholders, identifying 126
roadmap, implementing 126
target analysis 126
value assessment, conducting 126
applications 67
Arabesque S-Ray dataset 359
artificial intelligence (AI) 115, 274
Asus 189
public commitments 189
Atea’s Guide, Sustainable IT Procurement 260
Atea Sustainability Focus (ASF) manager 255
atNorth 90
Atos 272
augmented reality (AR) 115
autonomous vehicles 115
B
Bahnhof 90
Basel Convention 177
Base TEC Allowance 208
Blue Angel certified smartphone 158
bluewashing 249
British Gas 278
Building and Construction Authority (BCA) 102
URL 102
building information modeling (BIM) 13
building management solutions (BMS) 278
Business Intelligence (BI) platforms 115
buying power
leveraging 69
C
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) 318
Capability Maturity Model (CMM) 302
Capgemini 167
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) 272, 276
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 20, 186
Carbon Emission Management (CEM) 271
carbon footprint impacting factors
data center sustainability score card 89, 90
life cycle assessment 88
carbon-free emission (CFE) 307
carbon-free energy 80
carbon intensity reduction techniques 82
Carbon Law 8
Care by Volvo 282
Center for Resource Solutions' Green-e 102
URL 102
Central Processing Units (CPUs) 75
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) 181
Chief Sustainability Officers (CSO) 272, 356
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) 258
circular economy
circular IT hardware management 168, 169
9R framework circular economy 169
business case, creating 174-177
circular transition 171
circular procurement analysis
common ground approach 257
double materiality analysis 257
starting, from end 257
sustainable consumption, focusing on 258
circular transition 171
Cisco Meraki 278
citizen-driven innovation 290
diversity 290
impact 290
sustainability 290
climate action failure 4
climate change
atmosphere, decarbonizing 8, 9
challenge for IT industry 4
history of sustainability 10
Climate Disclosure Rule 271
Climate Engine 273
Climate Neutral Data Center Pact 102
circular economy 102
circular energy system 103
clean energy 102
critical objectives 102
energy efficiency 102
water 102
Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact 102
Climate Pledge 343
cloud
benefits, of moving from on-premises to 66
Cloud Carbon Footprint (CCF) 145
URL 145
cloud computing
agility 79
benefits 79
cloud service areas of responsibility 77, 78
cost-optimization 80
DevOps 79
innovation 79
reliability 79
resilence 80
scalability 79
significance 79
sustainability 80
sustainability benefits 76
sustainable IT benefits 80
cloud vendor report cards 100, 101
CO2
CO2 equivalent calculation 92, 93, 284
Coeus Consulting 249
commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) 327
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 178
Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 16
consumer packaged goods (CPG) 51
continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) 140
CONVIEN 280
corporate sustainability 14, 45
drivers 46
ESG considerations 46
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) 44, 130, 272, 358
corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) 271
Coupa 272
courageous sustainable leadership 356
environmental sustainability 357, 358
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) 85
critical design principles 91
Cushman/Wakefield Data Center Risk Index 84
Customer 78
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 67, 115, 281
customer service management (CSM) 281
custom sustainable IT strategy
creating 341
enterprise sustainability goals and priorities 342, 343
enterprise sustainability strategy 344, 345
materiality assessment 342
sustainable IT strategy 345-348
D
data center and cloud
carbon intensity per region 307, 308
emission baseline, calculating 306
hardware-specific energy consumption 311-316
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) 308, 309
server utilization rate (CPU usage) 310
virtual CPUs, percentage 310
data center and cloud providers 66, 78
data center lifecycle impacts 88, 89
data-driven ESG decision-making
Data Privacy Manager (DPM) 181
Days Sales of Inventory (DSI) 286
deep learning (DL) 115
Delegated Act (DA) 16
public commitments 187
DELL-EMC 161
Department of Energy (DOE) 207
Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) 329
Digital Decarbonization Assessment (DDA) 340
digital transformation security
5Cs, using for 360
dimensions, sustainable IT maturity model 301
commitment 301
governance 301
people and organization 302
performance management 302
processes and tools 301
diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) 42
Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) 186, 189
Dream for Earth project
URL 290
drivers, corporate sustainability plan
cost reductions 48
customer requirements 47
investor, social, and political pressure 46
legislation 46
new market opportunities 47
responsible business ecosystems 47
supply chain challenges 47
trust and reputation 48
drivers, sustainable IT agenda 48, 49
drones 115
Dutch Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) Criterial Tool
reference link 260
E
EcoDataCenter 90
EcoDataCenter's emissions flow 92
downstream actors 92
electricity 92
land, building, and technical installation 92
operations 92
eco-design 156
eco-friendly travel 279
actions 280
examples 280
Ecopetrol 360
electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) 165
ElectricityMap
URL 85
electric vehicles (EVs) 275
Electrolux sustainability strategy
electronic waste (e-waste) 5, 30, 31, 41
Ellen MacArthur Foundation 169
Emissions Impact Dashboard
reference link 120
end-of-life (EOL) 274
energy consumption, from IT hardware 207-209
calculating 209
calculation for desktop 211
calculation for notebook 210
calculation for server 211
calculation summary 212
carbon emission, calculating 209
carbon emission calculation, for desktop 211
carbon emission calculation, for notebook 210
carbon emission calculation, for server 211
scenarios 209
energy consumption patterns 213
carbon dioxide emission, for 12-month rolling cycle 215
carbon dioxide emission, for 12-month rolling period 214
for 12-month rolling cycle 214
for 12-month rolling period 214
energy efficiency 200
energy-efficient buildings 276
actions 277
energy preservation
recommendations 164
energy resource efficiency
low-carbon sources, leveraging 217
smart technologies, exploring 243
system power management settings, changing 218, 219
virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), exploring 243
energy resource management
actions 278
examples 278
energy security 200
energy transition
energy security, significance in ICT 204-207
Enterprise Architecture
application, optimizing 119-121
business architecture, transforming with UN’s SDGs 117-119
data architectures, optimizing 119-121
for sustainability tracking 121, 122
sustainability strategy, achieving 117
transforming 117
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 67, 115
environmental impact assessment (EIA) 274
environmental impact, of technology 30, 31
environmentally friendly transportation 275
actions 275
examples 276
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 207, 271
Equinix 90
e-services
actions 281
examples 281
leveraging 280
promoting 280
ESG 13
ESG considerations, IT 50
financial value 50
non-financial value 53
readiness 58
risks 56
ESG risk management 272
addressing 272
Climate Engine 273
supply chain risk management 273
water availability 273
wildlife risk analysis 273
e-Stewards certification 178
ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) 13
EU Green Deal 18
European Battery Alliance (EBA) 102
URL 102
European Commission (EC) 101, 200
URL 101
European Green Deal 102
e-waste 154
Exponential Roadmap Initiative 271, 343
external environment, sustainable IT strategy (output) 334
external green and eco-sustainability agency examples
Building and Construction Authority (BCA) 102
Center for Resource Solutions' Green-e 102
Energy Star 102
European Battery Alliance (EBA) 102
European Commission (EC 101
ISO 50001 Energy Management 102
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 101
F
URL 159
Falu district heating and cooling supplier 90
Financial Times Stock Exchange Group (FTSE) 20
financial value, ESG considerations 50
circularity 50
energy reduction 52
hardware longevity 52
IT cost and value optimization 51
lean operations 53
Return on Sustainable Investment (ROSI) 51
Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) 64
Function as a Service (FaaS) 82, 139, 365
G
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) 78, 130
calculating 306
scope 1 21
scope 2 21
scope 3 22
scope 4 22
GHG Protocol Corporate Standard 16, 20-22
GitHub 359
global economy 19
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 188
Global Sustainability 14
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 96
public commitments 96
Google's sustainability
reference link 96
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) 75
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80, 154, 359
reduction 119
taxonomy 43
Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) 280
Greening Government ICT and Digital Services Strategy 260
Green Software Foundation (GSF) 142, 358, 359
URL 142
greenwashing 249
Group of Twenty (G20) 271
H
H2 Green Steel 357
hackathon 289
Hack for Earth Foundation 288
Build for Earth project 291
Dream for Earth project 290, 291
Hack for Earth project 291
Hack for Earth innovation process 290
HEART 358
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) 276
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) 161, 186, 282
high-performance computing (HPC) 115
Honeywell 278
public commitments 186
human resources (HR) policy
examples 279
Husqvarna 282
hybrid work 278
actions 279
examples 279
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) 258
I
IBM 99
public sustainability commitments 99, 100
reference link 100
Ikea 256
impact areas
data center and cloud 306
energy management 317
IT hardware 316
Industrial Connectivity Services (ICS) 275
Inflation Reduction Act 271
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 253
information backbone 74
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 76, 129
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) 139
integrated circuit (IC) 135
integrated development environment (IDE) 139
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4
internal environment, sustainable IT strategy (output) 335
business environment 335
enterprise sustainability goals and priorities 336
enterprise sustainability strategy 336
materiality assessment 335
International Data Corporation (IDC) 81, 281
International Energy Agency (IEA) 200, 307
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) 215
Internet of Things (IoT) 115
ISO 9001 178
ISO 14001 178
ISO 27001 178
ISO 45001 178
ISO 50001 Energy Management 102
URL 102
IT
impacts 64
sustainability 70
ITAD process
check and repair stage 180
data swipe, securing 180
final reporting and payout 180
IT hardware collection 180
IT hardware registration 180
secure transport 180
IT and Digitalization Organization (CIO) 362
IT asset disposition (ITAD) 153, 167, 177
benefits 184
delivering 183
environmental impacts, addressing 177
fitting, with Electrolux sustainability strategy 181, 182
global footprint and service availability 178, 179
organizational needs 184
services 178
IT asset disposition process 169
IT hardware
sustainability scorecard 191
vendor report cards 190
IT hardware equipment, environmental impacts 154-156
end-of-life management 166, 167
product design and manufacturing 156
product lifetime expansion 163
IT industry
environmental impact of technology 30, 31
IT service management (ITSM) 281
IT’s impact on environment
examples 40
IT sustainability requirements
corporate commitments 251
examining 250
from circularity perspective 254
from environmental perspective 252
from social perspective 252
product and service 253
J
Johnson Controls 278
K
key performance indicators (KPIs) 286
kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumption 208
L
land-use change (LUC) emissions 4
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) 277
LeanIX EA insights report 115
Lenovo 185
public commitments 186
life cycle assessment (LCA) 88, 274, 316
life cycle assessment (LCA), IT hardware
end user hardware impact, at scale 160, 161
end user hardware life cycle assessment 157-159
server life cycle assessment 161, 162
light-emitting diode (LED) lighting 278
limited liability partnerships (LLPs) 271
low-carbon future
M
machine learning (ML) 115, 274
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) 67
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 312
maturity levels, sustainable IT maturity model
defined (Level 3) 303
initial (Level 1) 302
managed (Level 4) 303
repeatable (Level 2) 302
transformative (Level 5) 303
meeting point optimizer (MPO) tool 280
Megawatt hours (MWh) 214
example of climate innovation 95
public commitments 95
Microsoft's sustainability reports
reference links 95
N
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 77, 181
Netflix 281
net-positive cloud 90
net-zero ambitions
Alibaba 264
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) 264
China Mobile 264
DXC Technology 264
Gartner 264
HCL Technologies 264
International Data Corporation (IDC) 264
International Data Group (IDG) 264
Splunk 264
Tencent Holdings 264
Tesla Motors 264
Net-Zero Standard 24
NIST SP 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization
reference link 181
Nixu Corporation 360
Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) 18, 261, 271
non-financial value, ESG considerations 53
improved brand perception 53
IT complexity, reducing 55
like-minded customers, attracting 54
positive impact on society 55
talent, attracting 54
talent, retaining 54
NQC qualifications 338
O
Objective and Key Results (OKR) 119, 261, 337, 346
OneTrust 272
on-premises to cloud migration
sustainability benefits 76
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) 129
operational technology (OT) 274
Oppo 158
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) 98
public sustainability commitments 98
Oracle's 2025 sustainability goals
reference link 98
ownership to usership migration 283
associated digital landscape, scaling with 288
business models, transforming 284
Kids Btwin bike subscriptions 284
subscription business models, evolution 285, 286
subscription economy, embracing 284
P
Paris Agreement 16
Paris Rulebook 16
Platform as a Service (PaaS) 76, 129, 281
actions 282
examples 282
Plejd 278
post-consumer recycled (PCR) 189
Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) 96, 205
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) 83, 308
Preem Evolution Diesel Plus 95
Privacy Shield 85
procurement process, sustainable IT 258
guidelines 258
need for product step 259
purchase is required step 259
purchase of new product is required step 259
Product Attribute to Impact Algorithm (PAIA) 312
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) 161, 323
product lifetime usage considerations
battery longevity and replicability 163
data protection and security features 163
modularized assembly 163
Product-as-a-Service 163
product durability 163
product warranty 163
standardized connectors 163
R
R2 certification 178
Recovery and Resilience Facility 42
reliable Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) 158
REPowerEU plan 85
Request for Information (RFI) 262
Request for Proposal (RFP) 262
Request for Quote (RFQ) 262
research and development (RandD) 128
resource management 68
Resource Provider 78
Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) 260
Return on Sustainable Investment (ROSI) 51, 126
RFI evaluation
considerations 182
robotic process automation (RPA) 115, 274
ROSI 13
Roudle 280
S
Salesforce 272
Samsung 158
SAP Concur 280
Schneider Electric 90, 278, 357
Schrems II decision 85
Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi) 45, 181, 271, 328
science-based targets 23
SEC climate disclosure ruling 358
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 271
sensitive but unclassified (SBU) 180
SERI 178
shared responsibility model 120
Shift Project
URL 319
Siemens 275
Siemens DEGREE sustainability framework 337
customer requirements 338
demand 338
ecodesign and digitization 339
employee requirements 339
investor requirements 339
legal requirements 338
public opinion 339
requirements 338
role, of IT 340
Signify 278
single-sign-on (SSO) 129
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) 18, 272
SME Climate Hub 272
Software as a Service (SaaS) 76, 129, 281, 328
solar photovoltaics (PV) 203
Sphera 272
Spotify 281
SROI 13
Stockholm Exergi 90
Stora Enso 360
subscription business models
creating 287
Subscription Economy 283
supplier relationship management (SRM) 281
supply chain planning (SCP) 276
sustainability
economic sustainability 11
environmental sustainability 11
history 10
social sustainability 11
sustainability agenda
delivering, through sustainable technology 360
sustainability by design 138, 303
sustainability category, sustainable IT vendor management
IT for Society or Technology for good 263
technology as enabler 263
vendor performance 263
sustainability strategy goals
circular goal 343
climate goal 343
governance 343
social responsibility 343
sustainable 13
sustainable cloud service provider
Alibaba Cloud 97
Amazon Web Services (AWS) 96, 97
cloud vendor report cards 100, 101
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 96
Oracle 98
requirements 94
selecting 94
Tencent Cloud 99
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 90, 117, 321
Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance 103
roadmap, categories 103
URL 103
sustainable IT 40, 41, 269, 270
carbon emission reporting 271, 272
energy-efficient buildings 276, 277
energy resource management 277, 278
environmentally friendly transportation 275, 276
e-services, leveraging 280
e-services, promoting 280
examples 42
sustainable sourcing and manufacturing 274, 275
sustainable IT emission baseline
emission baseline single year 326, 327
emissions table, setting up 323
establishing 320
parameters and assumptions 320-322
sustainable IT enterprise 65
sustainable IT GHG emission taxonomy 43, 44
principles, related to scope category 43, 44
sustainable IT hardware provider
Acer 188
Apple 188
Asus 189
Dell 187
HP 186
Lenovo 185
selecting 185
sustainable IT maturity model 300, 301, 368, 369
dimensions 301
maturity levels 302
path to sustainable IT 304
sustainable IT procurement
Atea’s Guide 260
best practices 256
challenges 255
drivers 249
driving, from start to end 255
hotspots, addressing 257
implementing 260
market, creating 256
process 258
purchasing stage 260
survey 255
sustainable IT reference model 65, 73, 200, 363
data center and cloud providers 66
sustainable IT enterprise 65
utility providers 66
sustainable IT strategic planning process 334, 336
sustainable IT strategy 370
how, formulating 349
what, formulating 349
why, formulating 349
sustainable IT strategy (input) 334
external environment 334
internal environment 335
sustainable IT strategy (output) 337
sustainable IT value proposition 346-348
sustainable IT vendor management 261
life cycle management 262, 263
program, establishing 261
program, maintaining 261
sustainable IT value realization 262
vendors, divesting 262
vendors, onboarding 262
sustainable SDLC 138
considerations 138
employee and team engagement 142
life cycle data, managing 140, 141
software design and development 139, 140
software operations and maintenance 141
sustainable software development 135, 136
energy-efficient programming languages, selecting 136, 137
sustainable SDLC 138
sustainable software development life cycle (SSDL) 138
sustainable sourcing and manufacturing 274
actions 274
sustainable tech strategy 358, 359
advance sustainability 360
certifications 359
design standards 359
impact, creating at last mile 360
implementing 359
specifications 359
sustainability agenda, delivering 360
system power management settings
applying, in Windows 10 219, 220
applying, in Windows 11 221-233
enabling 218
updating, on group of Windows 10 and Windows 11 218
updating, on Windows 10 218
updating, on Windows 11 218
Windows group policy power consumption 235-242
Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) 272
T
target state simulation 328
Technical Screening Criteria (TSC) 17
Technology Code of Practice 260
technology players’ energy portfolios
Amazon 206
Google 207
Meta/Facebook 207
Microsoft 207
TechTarget
application, defining 115
Tencent Cloud 99
public sustainability commitments 99
reference link 99
Terawatt hours (TWh) 201
The Climate Pledge 97
eliminate 132
invest 131
migrate 132
tolerate 131
total cost of ownership (TCO) 126, 178, 275
TotalEnergy 356
Triple Bottom Line (3Ps) 12, 13, 344
people 12
planet 12
profit 12
Trucost approach 13
twin transformation 339
Typical Energy Consumption (TEC) 157, 208
U
Uber 277
Unilever 275
United Arab Emirates (UAE) 179
UN Race to Zero campaign 271
UN Sustainable Development Goals 103
user acceptance testing (UAT) 141
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 101
URL 101
V
Video Home System (VHS) 281
virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) 243
virtual reality (VR) 115
Visa 357
Vivo 158
Volvo Cars 282
VUCA 357
W
Well-Architected Framework 81
wildfire risk analysis 273
Windows group policy power consumption 235
power plan, configuring with Group Policy preferences 235-242
Work-from-Anywhere (WFA) 278
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) 20
World Green Building Council (WGBC)
URL 277
World Resource Institute (WRI) 20
X
Xiaomi 158
Z
Zoom 279