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100% Pure New Zealand?

NZ CIO Summit

Auckland, New Zealand

14 April 2010

Laurence Millar

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Agenda

Why Green IT? A survey of the international landscape The position in NZ What is a CIO to do?

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WHY GREEN IT?

The Case for Change

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Direct and indirect environmental impacts

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IT – the problem or the solution?

• IT = 2% of Global emissions• Airlines = 2% of Global emissions

• IT = 6% of Global emissions• Airlines = 3% of Global emissions

• Data centre footprint 259mt GHG emissions

NOW 2020

• 1.2 billion PCs globally • 4 billion PCs globally

• 2002 Data centre footprint 76mt GHG emissions*

*(including equipment usage & embodied energy)

Opportunity to reduce global emissions by 15% by 2020 through leveraging technology in other industries

Source: Smart 2020 report

The environmental business case

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The business case – politically

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Impact of global warming

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Definite Scientific Evidence

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WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Examples from Asia and Australia

Green IT

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• The key drivers for Green IT are– Government mandates – Energy efficiency– Product and organizational differentiation– Social Responsibility and Sustainability

• Opportunities for greening exist across the IT value chain– Energy efficient technology– Efficient disposal processes– Improved IT utilization– Green-oriented procurement processes

• 4 action levers can be deployed– Data centre / power management– Procurement processes– IT utilisation management– Green habits for the workforce

Savings Area % Savings*

Resource Reuse 15 – 20 %

Footprint Reduction 30 – 40 %

Efficient Cooling 18 – 26 %

Increased Utilization 25 – 35 %

Operational Cost Reduction

25 – 35 %

* Percentage savings shown are for that particular category

Japan

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Do you know

the PUE of your

data centre?

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The Potential of Green IT

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Green of IT

Green of IT

Green by IT

Green by IT

＋=Green ITGreen IT

130 million tons 20 million tons 110 million tons

Japan’s Emission was 1,374 million tons CO2 equivalent in 2007).

One calculation says Green IT can reduce 130million tons in 2025 from BAU in Japan.

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Green IT Initiative in Japan

International Partnerships and Collaborations

• Hold international symposiums• Collaboration with overseas

organizations

• Government and industries of U.S. , Europe and Asia

　

• Assist the development of innovative technologies

• Promote the dissemination of energy-efficient technologies and products

• Standardization of measuring environmental contributions

Strengthen Cooperation among Industry, Academia, and Government

Establishment of the Green IT Promotion Council (February 2008)

IT-related industry groups, research institutes, universities, government bodies, and others work together to promote Green IT

Government‘s Role

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Japan/US/EU co-operation

Japan U.S.

METI(Ministry of Trade and

Economy, Industry)

DOE

EPAHeld a work shop in

March 2009

Japan’s Green IT Promotion Council exchanged an MOU with its U.S. counterparts.

In March 2009, Japan, the U.S. and EU held a government and private-sector joint work shop to establish new standards for datacenters.

Harmonizing policies to disseminate energy-saving home electronics

Signed in May 2008

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International collaboration and cooperation within Asia

　　　

○ In January 2009, Green IT promotion council signed an MOU 　 with Green Business IT Council of Korea.○ In February 2009, international seminars were held in

Singapore and Malaysia.

Asia Green IT Forum

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○ The First Asia Green IT Forum was held on October 6 2009, bringing together delegates from governments and industries of eight Asian countries (Japan, China, Korea, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). ○ The participants issued a joint statement to enhance their future cooperation.

　　　① Importance of green IT in

combating global warming　　　　② Mutual cooperation in Asia for

green IT activities　　　　③ Forum continuation and sharing

information among countries　　　

Green Data Center Example Sun Microsystems

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• This DC can accommodate up to 8 Sun modular data centers)• State of the art heat exchange technology leveraging underground cooling• PUE=1.17(World Record)

Source ： OGC

Hokkaido

Korea

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Green of IT

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Green by IT

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Green Lifestyle

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Taiwan

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Indonesia

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Australia

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ICT Sustainability Plan

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Political leadership

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The NZ Story

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100% Pure New Zealand

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Slim pickings

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What is a CIO to do?

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Sustainable IT - options

Prioritising the opportunities

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Product life cycle

Consumption

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Comprehensive programme

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Questions?

Thank you

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Sources

Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

CSC Australia Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage

and the Arts, Australia Environmental Protection Agency, Taiwan Minstry of Agriculture, Indonesia National Information Society Agency, Korea Tata Consultancy Services