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Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders

By : Niklas Sundberg
Book Image

Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders

By: Niklas Sundberg

Overview of this book

We are at a critical point in human history. Humanity is under threat, but all is not lost. We can take action! But how? Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders will show you how. It will walk you through the construction and implementation of a sustainable IT strategy and enable you to do your bit for the future of mankind. The book is split into three parts. Part I details the “why” and the clear and present danger that humanity faces today: the climate crisis. How did we get here, what are the immediate threats, what are the planetary boundaries that we need to peel back to safe levels, and what impact does IT have on society at large? Part II will focus on the "what.” It examines the nitty-gritty details of what we can do to unlock significant returns on sustainable investments toward a more sustainable future. Part III, the final part of the book, focuses on the “how.” How do you turn your ideas into action? What do you need to do to establish your baseline and your direction of travel towards your objective? This part provides tangible case studies and explains how you can start your journey today to begin delivering global and impactful objectives. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to plan, implement, and communicate a sustainable IT strategy and set yourself apart as a progressive technology leader.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Part 1: Why Is Sustainable IT Important?
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Part 2: What Are Sustainable IT Practices?
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Part 3: How Do You Accelerate Sustainable IT?

Understand impact areas

Back in 2010, Christina Figueres, the former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and chief architect behind the 2015 Paris agreement, said that “the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is to the future of business what the X-ray was to the future of medicine – without it, doctors could never see the inside of a patient’s health.” Establishing a GHG emission baseline gives you the necessary insights into your IT organization’s climate health and what necessary actions you need to take to transition into a sustainable IT enterprise. In this section, we will take a closer look at what you need to know to assess your impact through a top-down assessment. Suppose you are not interested in how I calculated these numbers, and you are just interested in getting started with your carbon emission baseline. In that case, I recommend you skip ahead to the next section. The numbers presented in this chapter...