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Societe Generale has launched a green IT programme designed to cut the bank’s CO2 emissions through the introduction of new technology.

As part of the programme, the bank has published an in-house procedure guide covering the life cycle of office equipment, explaining the conditions for processing its Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) concerning PCs, servers and phones.

The bank has already signed a WEEE collection and reconditioning contract with various organisations coordinated by ACVO and says it plans to encourage overseas subsidiaries to follow the approach.

In addition, a “Smart Building” study is set to be launched to look into integrating a tool that automatically reports on the bank’s buildings’ fluid and energy consumption.

Very cool, it’s always great to see what actions companies are taking within the green space. It’s interesting to note their conditions/policy for decommissioning pcs/servers and phones, and I wonder if this will have any impact on the data centers and the way they are managed.

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