An ITU-T study group may begin work on how to...
An ITU-T study group may begin work on how to leverage and enhance the environmental sustainability of information and communication technology (ICT) within the framework of its work on ICT and climate change, documents we obtained said. Alcatel-Lucent France, France…
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Telecom Orange, Huawei Technologies, Nokia Siemens Networks, Telecom Italia and Telefonica support the work, a draft document said. Various ITU-T recommendations help organizations estimate their environmental impact and publish assessments, it said. Use of the recommendations should allow end users to make more informed choices when confronted with a plethora of figures, announcements or eco-labels that are difficult to compare, it said. The new work may address new or existing worldwide databases of key indicators or emission factors, the definition and availability of an eco-rating program to address industry, government and end-user concerns, and the definition of appropriate ICT procurement practices, Alcatel Lucent France said in a submission. Some, maybe too many, eco-rating programs already exist, it said. The major eco-rating programs should be reviewed, and the definition of a system for ranking eco-rating programs should be a focus, it said. The company wants to review the most-used emission factors databases to identify possible missing information. The company said work on procurement practices should start after the eco-rating work is completed.