78% of Companies Not Prepared for Carbon Emission Reporting Regulations - Sun Mircosystems Survey

Almost bisected of businesses surveyed absorb added that $1million on ability annually. Only 22% of businesses accept practices in abode to accredit them to admeasurement carbon emissions, a analysis of 2,500 IT professionals from average and ample businesses and government organisations found. The additional in an anniversary analysis of Sun Microsystems' Australian and New Zealand barter was commissioned to analyze attitudes appear and practices in abode to advance eco amenable business and IT practices. Of the respondents that could acknowledge their organisation's activity burning (more than 1,200), 44% absorb added than $1 actor on electricity annually. Unsurprisingly accustomed these costs, the capital disciplinarian for adopting eco amenable practices a allotment of the companies questioned was bargain ability consumption/cooling (78%), carefully followed by lower costs (73%).

Sydney, NSW, Australia -- Only 22% of Australian businesses accept practices in abode to accredit them to admeasurement carbon emissions, a analysis of 2,500 IT professionals from average and ample businesses and government organisations found. The additional in an anniversary analysis of Sun Microsystems' Australian and New Zealand barter was commissioned to analyze attitudes appear and practices in abode to advance eco amenable business and IT practices.

Of the respondents that could acknowledge their organisation's activity burning (more than 1,200), 44% absorb added than $1 actor on electricity annually. Unsurprisingly accustomed these costs, the capital disciplinarian for adopting eco amenable practices a allotment of the companies questioned was bargain ability consumption/cooling (78%), carefully followed by lower costs (73%).

Most average and ample businesses are faced with the aforementioned abstracts centre issues - cost, power, amplitude and cooling. By Implementing the appropriate mix of eco-responsible practices organisations can advance all of these issues at already - after sacrificing IT performance In our acquaintance the sectors that are advanced in eco initiatives are beyond organisations that are apparent to chump pressure. As the burden from barter and government to abate ecology appulse increases, the ripple aftereffect will advance to all suppliers, no amount the size The Network is the Computer(TM) "It is alarming that organisations are clumsy to admeasurement carbon emissions, abnormally accustomed the associated ability costs. It is not alone an ecology application but aswell amount of advisable budgetary management. Globally, governments are acceptable added acrimonious and with the Australian National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act now in place, it is alone a amount of time until abounding businesses will be captivated accountable for emissions," said Duncan Bennet, Vice President and Managing Director, Sun Microsystems ANZ.

When asked to amount a ambit of strategies for greening the IT department, activity able technologies was the a lot of accepted (73%), followed by systems virtualisation (66%) and ability and cooling solutions (59%).

"Most average and ample businesses are faced with the aforementioned abstracts centre issues - cost, power, amplitude and cooling. By Implementing the appropriate mix of eco-responsible practices organisations can advance all of these issues at already - after sacrificing IT performance," connected Bennet.

Comparing abstracts from endure year's survey, the amount of organisations that accept ecology or blooming business practices at a company-wide akin in abode has developed 6% to 66%. At the IT administration level, 38% of respondents said their organisation already had affairs in abode to blooming IT, an access of 11% from endure year. The activity area is still the baton in implementing eco amenable initiatives (88%) followed by the banking casework industry (81%), retail (78%) and telecommunications (74%).

When authoritative accretion decision, 57% of businesses appraise a supplier's blooming accreditation in a ambit of means such as reviewing CSR letters and application absolute archetype data.

"In our acquaintance the sectors that are advanced in eco initiatives are beyond organisations that are apparent to chump pressure. As the burden from barter and government to abate ecology appulse increases, the ripple aftereffect will advance to all suppliers, no amount the size," said Bennet.

Key allegation of the analysis cover (totals may not = 100% due to rounding or non responses):
Measurement of carbon emissions
 

22% accept practices in abode to accredit the altitude of carbon emissions 36% accept no practices in abode but are absorbed in evaluating them 33% accept no affairs to admeasurement carbon emissions
Annual ability costs (of the 48% who could respond):
 
44% absorb added than $1 actor on ability annually 8% absorb amid $750k and $1 actor on ability annually 7% absorb amid $500k and $750K actor on ability annually 15% absorb amid $100k and $500k on ability annually 26% absorb beneath than $100k on ability annually
Eco amenable business convenance (company wide):
 
66% of respondents accept environmental/green practices already in place
Greening the IT department
 
38% accept committed blooming IT affairs in abode 23% plan to arrange eco amenable technology in the next 12 months 21% are evaluating putting blooming IT affairs in abode 15% accept no affairs at all
Drivers for uptake of blooming technology (multiple answers allowed, top 4 below):
 
Reduced ability burning - 78% Lower costs - 73% Lower carbon emissions and ecology appulse (eg recycling) - 61% Improved systems achievement and utilisation - 50%
Strategies that would advice blooming the IT administration (multiple answers allowed, top 4 below)
 
Energy able technologies - 73% Systems virtualisation - 66% Power and cooling solutions - 59% Data centre alliance - 48%
Survey methodology:
 
Sun Microsystems conducted an online analysis during May and June 2008 It generated 2,503 responses from 813 organisations above Australia and New Zealand Respondents roles ambit from systems analysts to arrangement managers, and C-level executives
The sample is broken down as follows:
 
Industry Number of advisers Job appellation Australia New ZealandSun's activity usage:
More than 90 percent of Sun's carbon brand comes from activity use. We are committed to aboveboard administration our activity burning and accompanying greenhouse gas emissions abstracts and animate added organisations to do the same.

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