BT’s Approach to Climate Change
Last week I saw Ted Shann, Head of Sustainability Practice for BT Global Services, present BT’s approach to Climate Change. In a nutshell BT aim to:
- Reduce their own footprint
- Influence their suppliers
- Help their customers
- Engage their employees
… cut costs, build the brand, win business, motivate employees, establish resilience
Ted shared some great examples of how their approach has saved money for the business and generating revenue through services to assist their customers achieve similar outcomes. This includes best practices in Procurement, Agile working, as well as provision of hosted services such as partnering with Microsoft on Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).
Another superb example of the role of ICT in reducing carbon emissions through dematerialisation was well demonstrated through the NHS use of BT’s highspeed network to revolutionise medical diagnostics. Check out the video.
Here are some great examples of real savings….
BT Global Services also offer a Carbon Impact Assessment to help business baseline their current position.
See BT’s Sustainability Channel on Youtube for more info
