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respondents have green programs in place, up from 53% last year. Signifcantly, 60% of organisations are now measuring cost savings from green programs, up from 39% last year. More than three quarters (78%) regard cost savings as the main motivation, which may explain why 19% of respondents said they had

expanded their green programmes during the recession.

The most common waste reduction strategies in businesses with formal green programmes are: recycling and paper reduction (97%); web and/ or teleconferencing (95%); healthy living and wellness (85%); internal green communication programs (81%); and light sensors (75%).

Overall, 78% of respondents reported saving on electricity costs; two-thirds are making heating/ cooling and paper savings; and 60% are cutting water costs.

Brother UK has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category in recognition of its commitment to responsible and sustainable business practices, especially in relation to waste management and energy conservation, and for its engagement with the wider community. The company’s Manchester HQ has achieved ‘zero landfll’ status through rigorous recycling and, in the last fve years, has halved its energy use. Brother also recycles consumables at a recycling plant inWrexham and runs a ‘take back’ scheme for its resellers and customers for unwanted products. In addition, Brother has contributed £6 million to the local economy through charitable activities and sponsorship, including support for the Tameside Business Family, The Prince’s Mayday Network and the Halle Orchestra.

A new methodology for calculating reductions in CO2 emissions from the deployment of used hardware has been developed by refurbished network hardware supplier Durabilit BV in conjunction with Prof. Dr. Ir. Krikke of the Open University, Netherlands. The company introduced the DURABILIT Greener Network Calculator to raise awareness of the environmental benefts of prolonging the life of equipment by re-using routers and switches.

Dell increased its worldwide electronics ecycling rate by 16% in its last fnancial ear (FY 2011), saving more than 68 million kilograms (150 million lbs.) of used lectronics from landfll and taking it two hirds of the way to its target of recycling billion pounds of e-waste by 2014.

he Carbon Trust Standard is urging mall and medium-sized enterprises to rab some of the £400 million savings in nergy costs that it says can be achieved hrough a programme of carbon footprint eduction and certifcation. To help growing usinesses take up the challenge, it has roduced a free guide explaining how to measure, manage and certify reductions n emissions using Carbon Trust Standard ME online certifcation. SMES that have lready used the tool have on average ut energy costs by £2,000 and reduced heir carbon footprint by 13 tonnes of CO2e. The Growing Business’ Guide to Managing Carbon can be downloaded t: www.carbontruststandard.com/ GrowingBusinessGuide

The charity is currently receiving just 30% of its monthly target of 2,500 monitors, causing delays in shipments of ICT solutions to schools, hospitals and charities in Africa and Latin America.

David Barker, CEO of Computer Aid, said: “Hundreds of schools in Chile are waiting to receive computers and, while we currently have over 4,000 refurbished base units ready and waiting to go, we don’t have the monitors to match them with.”

He added: “The shortage of monitors is a problem that looks set to continue for the foreseeable future. Most companies refresh their base units every three to four years, however results from a recent donor survey show that most people do not upgrade their monitors at the same rate and the use of longer lasting TFT and LED monitors means that screens might only be refreshed every six years.While this is defnitely a good thing as it means that companies are extending the life of their IT equipment, it has resulted in a critical shortage in donated screens to Computer Aid.” Computer Aid offers a full removal and decommissioning service to UK businesses who

wish to donate PCs and laptops, refurbishing each to a standard that will allow at least three more All donated is data-wip UK military using Ontra data wiping Since it in 1998, Co Aid has ship than 175,00 organisatio developing As well as h tackle pove improve ed and healthc charity claim equipment environmen as reusing a times more effcient th

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