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Sustainability And Local Government Procurement
White Papers It goes on to describe how sustainability can be built into the whole procurement cycle: identifying needs; appraising options; design and specification; supplier selection; tender evaluation; contract management and supplier development.
[July 14, 2005, 0:00]
Sustainability Of EU Public Finances
White Papers This paper provides an empirical assessment of the sustainability of public finances, in the sense of government solvency, in the EU, and in the US and Japan, using a simple policy rule approach and focusing on the response of the primary surplus...
[July 12, 2005, 0:00]
The Greening Of Training: How Sustainability Is Reshaping Organizational Learning
White Papers This paper looks at corporate sustainability efforts and the pivotal role that the learning department can play in them. Is your company "going green? Would you like it to? Also included are practical ideas for making training more environmentally...
[April 22, 2008, 0:00]
Environmental Sustainability And Microsoft Dynamics
White Papers Increasing importance is being placed on each company's approach to Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") and Environmental Sustainability in particular. Financial results are no longer the only defining measure of a company's strength.
[March 1, 2007, 23:00]
A Service-Oriented Framework For Sustainability Appraisal And Knowledge Management
White Papers This paper proposes a service-oriented framework and architecture for integrated sustainability knowledge management in construction. The objective was to identify problem areas in infrastructure design and construction management practice as they...
[March 20, 2007, 23:00]
OSIsoft, Long Used For Performance Measurement, Now Boosts Environmental Sustainability
White Papers A large and growing use of OSIsoft software is helping companies measure and monitor energy and other resource consumption, conserve energy use, reduce their carbon emissions, and improve water quality.
[May 6, 2008, 0:00]
Managing IT Compliance: Simplicity And Sustainability For Future Audits
White Papers Compliance is all about doing what you said you were going to do. Sounds easy enough, right? Now that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is law, compliance has never been more important—or more complex. Having experienced at least one compliance audit cycle...
[March 9, 2006, 23:00]
Enterprise Sustainability For High Performance Linux Clusters
White Papers Linux HPC clusters are here to stay. Increases in performance and reliability will ensure that the next generation of supercomputing clusters will be larger and more powerful, while continuing to solve once-intractable problems.
[July 5, 2005, 0:00]
Signaling Fiscal Regime Sustainability
White Papers This paper proposes a signaling model that offers a new perspective on why governments deviate from optimal tax smoothing and delay debt stabilization. In our model, dependable - but not fully credible - governments have an incentive to tighten...
[September 19, 2003, 0:00]
The Community Telecentre Cookbook For Africa: Recipes For Self-Sustainability - How To Establish A Multi-Purpose Community Telecentre In Africa
White Papers "Multi-purpose" means that a Telecentre is able to provide a variety of services to different user groups within a community: for example, services relating to education and training; information; health; culture; the economy; welfare; social...
[April 29, 2005, 0:00]
Green IT May Cut Costs By 20 Percent
News Sustainability should be a key consideration when building IT infrastructure, according to a report by analyst firm Butler Group. Mark Blowers, senior research analyst at Butler Group, pointed to significant cost savings of 10 to 20 percent that...
[January 18, 2008, 7:48]
When Behavior Change Is Necessary...
Talkback As the head of Strategic Sustainability Consulting, I spend my days working with clients who need to be smart about their sustainability. This is such a timely topic—and one that I about each day. While we all understand the need to mitigate our...
[March 15, 2007, 18:29]
A Methodology For Environmentally Informed Decision-Making: Towards Sustainable Projects
White Papers However, despite efforts by policy, scientific, and engineering communities, sustainability remains largely undefined and unachievable. The need for a precise definition of sustainability and a systematic method of making decisions respecting it is...
[April 28, 2006, 0:00]
Another Resource For Readers...
Talkback As the head of Strategic Sustainability Consulting, I spend my days working with clients who need to be smart about their sustainability. Strategic Sustainability Consulting This is such a timely topic—and one that I hear more and more about each day.
[March 15, 2007, 18:24]
Minister Presses For Green Government IT
News Speaking at the European Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Lisbon on Thursday, Cabinet Office minister Gillian Merron called on the UK Chief Information Officers Council to reduce the carbon footprint of government computers and improve the...
[September 21, 2007, 7:46]
CIOs Increasingly Seen As 'green Ambassadors'
News David Meads, operations director financial services for Cisco UK, told ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com: "I can't recall the last time I had a conversation with a CIO where sustainability wasn't on the agenda…
[May 2, 2008, 9:31]
Green Activist Slams Government's Teleworking Policy
News Jonathon Porritt, the programme director of the charity, said government reports on teleworking do not have enough information on how it can be used to improve sustainability. There's one bit of the sustainability that the government should like...
[December 9, 2004, 13:25]
BT Offers IT Carbon-footprint Assessments
News Large organisations have many activities that can directly or indirectly cause the emissions of carbon," said Dinah McLeod, head of the sustainability practice at BT Global Services. However, BT does have a decent track record in sustainability...
[September 24, 2007, 11:42]
IBM Urged To Lead Green-technology Charge
News As one of the stalwarts of the IT industry, IBM has the scale and muscle to be able to effect real change when it comes to green issues such as sustainability, lowering carbon emissions and the other facets of the green agenda," said BBC world...
[September 25, 2007, 15:12]
Environment Agency Seeks Green IT Partner
News The key sustainability themes in the contract include: Innovation — continuous improvement in sustainability Supplier procurement — apply sustainability themes to sub-contractors Significant emphasis will be placed on ensuring applicants...
[December 17, 2007, 15:41]
