ecoexecutive
CONTENTS
2 Editor’s note 62 – 64 Direct Debit: Michael Chambers, managing director
of Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs), traces the
4 Contributors carbon footprint of a cheque and looks at the positive
effects of automatic bill payment.
6 – 11 Priorities: the latest news from the sphere of sustainable
business. 66 – 68 Outsourcing: It’s a big growth area of IT, but how green
is outsourcing? Kelly Smith, of centre service provider
12 – 14 Changing business behaviour: Entrepreneur Guy
SmartBunker, seeks answers to the problems of
Kingston argues that rewards, not penalties, will spur
greening such centres.
firms and individuals into taking the green step forward.
69 – 71 Banking: group Intesa Sanpaolo is showing the way with
16 – 17 IT: Tony Sceales, Celona Technologies CTO, finds just
a raft of in-house policies designed to scrutinise and
how far the talking has gone in terms of Green IT.
address the social and environmental consequences of
the decisions it takes.
18 – 19 Banking: Justin Keeble and Gerrit Seidel discuss how
banks have recently launched products and services
72 – 73 Face-to-face: Alessandra Perrazzelli, head of International
driven by social and environmental issues.
Affairs at Intesa Sanpaolo, rises to the challenge of our
questioner and talks about green initiatives in the banking
20 – 25 Lead feature: The Green Spring Clean: Philippa Norman
sector.
looks at the costs and benefits of making your IT system
work more efficiently.
74 – 75 The paperless office: Stefan Foryszewski, Co-Founder
and Senior Vice President of e-invoicing network OB10,
26 – 39 Round table: Some of the brightest names in business
examines the implications for the electronic alternative to
sit down to discuss the latest developments in
paper.
teleconferencing.
76 – 78 10 reasons….to go green: Kevin Klustner, president
32 – 34 Business travel: Aaron McCormack, CEO of BT
and CEO of US-based power management software
Conferencing, looks at the case for responsible travel
company Verdiem, guides us through the maze of
and its alternatives.
complex choices.
40 - 42 Telepresence: Nortel’s Mike Brennan reveals some of
80 – 82 Carbon neutrality: Are you getting the best from your
the interesting and unusual benefits of telepresence
carbon offsetting programme, or is it just a case of paying
technology.
lip-service to a vague concept? Robert Oden and Jill
Baker, from EcoSecurities, look at the hard truths.
43 – 44 Homeworking: According to visual comms company
Tandberg, the benefits of homeworking via video are
84 – 85 Corporate Responsibility: Nigel Wilkinson, Health, Safety
immense.
and Environment Manager for T-Mobile UK, looks at
ways to justify the investment required for Corporate
46 – 48 Virtualisation: We see how running multiple applications
Responsibility (CR) initiatives to the board.
on a single physical server is impacting on energy
efficiency.
86 – 89 Logistics: Container ships are more energy efficient than
many realise – and are improving all the time. We view
50 – 52 Sustainable IT: Dave Pritchard, head of technology
the progress made by the industry.
strategy at Fujitsu Siemens Computers, argues that
fashion isn’t the only reason for companies to take
90 – 92 Travel: As eco-travel becomes more and more
a keener interest in the environmental side of their
mainstream, the options for an interesting and luxurious
computer network.
holiday are wider than ever before.
54 – 58 Round table: Three of IT’s leading figures consider the impact
93 – 95 Design: Geoff McCormick, director of leading product
that environmental concerns are having on the sector.
design company Alloy Ltd, argues that the design
community has a pivotal role to play in delivering solutions
59 – 61 SAAS: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is an increasingly
that are both sustainable and suitable for modern living.
popular software delivery model, where customers
do not pay for the software but rather for using it over
96 Small talk: What the great and good have said about
the internet. Colin Smith, chief executive of software
business and the environment.
company BIW Technologies, talks about this and other
green IT solutions.
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