Project Management: Major Sustainability Initiatives Taken By Canon and CSC

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Project Management: Major Sustainability Initiatives Taken By Canon and CSC
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Executive Summary
The implementation of Green It has helped organizations in many ways. It
reduces the cost incurred in resources. It reduces the energy consumption. Companies such as
Canon and SAS have implemented Green IT. This implementation has been beneficial for the
companies in many ways. This report discusses the benefits that Green IT has provided to the
companies and the initiatives taken by the organizations to be environment friendly.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Case study analysis..........................................................................................................................4
Initiatives taken by Canon...........................................................................................................4
Initiatives taken by CSC..............................................................................................................8
Conclusion and Recommendations................................................................................................11

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Introduction
Green Information Technology has currently become one of the most widely used and
essential data intensive business sources of energy that has become both costly and scarce.
According to United States, environmental protection agency the estimated cost of utility has
become $7.4 in the year of 2010 and simultaneously has become $4.5 Billion in 2015. For this
particular report, the nominated companies are Canon and CSC and the aim of these companies
are to develop sustainable green IT footprint (Esfahani, Rahman and Zakaria, 2015). After
analyzing the case studies, the detail actions rather initiatives those have been undertook by the
companies are elaborated in this report.
Carbon Footprint is defined is one of the most serious issues that the large to medium
companies are continuously facing (Deng and Ji, 2015). The carbon footprint is a measurement
of carbon dioxide emission, which is associated to the activities of the entities. This includes
direct emission from cars. With 4 percent of the total population of the world contributes a 25
percent of the world’s greenhouse gas. Only America produces a 20% of the total emitted CO2.
Due to these reasons the environment gets always negatively impacted that has to be controlled
professionally (Jnr, and Pa, 2015). Different sustainable IT practices are identified and applied in
the business organizations to reduce the risks. In addition to this, the IT companies also consider
different green IT strategies so that the issues of the carbon emission can be resolved.
Case study analysis
Initiatives taken by Canon