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How ICT can deliver the low carbon economy: new study gives practical tool to assess carbon emission reductions


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In an important step toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), an international partnership of information and communications technology (ICT) companies, today unveiled a methodology for evaluating the carbon-reducing potential of new ICT initiatives.

This practical tool, prepared by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on behalf of GeSI, with assistance from WSP Environment & Energy, aims to provide businesses, policy makers and the ICT industry with a common yardstick for assessing carbon emissions savings arising from ICT-based solutions such as smart motors, smart logistics, smart buildings, and smart power grids.

According to GeSIs ground-breaking SMART 2020 report, published in 2008, ICT solutions have the potential to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 15% and save up to

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