How Green are Green Businesses? - Part Three

Information Imperative
So while Forrester Research maintains that a growing number of companies are drawing up green initiatives for operating and disposing of IT assets and processes, it is boldly clear that such strategies cannot be delivered until and unless they are accompanied by robust asset register technology and processes.

Indeed, while the IT department may well be ahead of the game in achieving ethical purchase and disposal, the green value will be lost if the rest of the business is failing to follow suit. It is only by creating a single, centralized asset register with consistent definitions and recording practices that an organization can track its progress and drive forward environmental policies.

As the green imperative evolves from corporate choice to operation necessity, organizations need to put the right building blocks in place to support, track and monitor performance. By 2011, Gartner predicts that suppliers to large enterprises will need to prove their green credentials via an audited process to retain preferred supplier status. This will simply be impossible with today’s fragmented approach to recording asset information.

The days of carefree green statements are coming to an end; organizations with irresponsible environmental practices will be exposed. There are several reasons for an organization to clean up its asset register, but without doubt those organizations that persist in inaccurate recording of assets will rapidly discover the true value of ethical business practices.

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