Managing the environmental aspects of ICT

Are you and your organisation committed to both saving pounds and saving the planet? Can you identify the impact of ICT use as well as the economic opportunities arising from the adoption of a more green approach?

This new workshop style event will enable you to review how well your organisation is responding to the challenge. Through the use of case studies, best practice advice and emerging KPI’s you will be able to explore where you are relative to others and then start to plan how to improve the energy efficiency of ICT services and use of ICT.

The event will be participative, allowing delegates to explore learning points, from strategy and leadership issues through policy to practical measures.
 

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To book a place on this course, please use our online booking facility or contact us on 0845 241 2773. 

Course Content

• Opportunities and techniques to measure and reduce the environmental impact of the use of ICT in public sector organisations
• Opportunities for significant savings and efficiencies
• Best practice from a whole life-cycle perspective regarding Desktops, Servers, Data Centres and Printing including energy management
• Supplier management, green procurement and EU restrictions on criteria
• Improving the image of ICT through Green initiatives
• Opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of the wider organisation through the use of ICT
• How public sector organisations can use ICT to influence and assist other organisations and the community to reduce their environmental impact

Tutor Terry Street will make use of his Green ICT Maturity Model GIMM a self assessment tool which also forms the basis of the Environmental Impact of ICT module in the Socitm Dashboard offering.

Delegates will gain :

• an understanding of ICT’s relationship to the green agenda, climate change, and carbon targets
• a practical grounding in the opportunities for saving money as well as best practice
• awareness of what can be done in ICT and by using ICT
• an assessment of their own organisation's approach and achievements
• knowledge of the implications for procurement and for ICT and transformation strategies
• the opportunity to develop an action plan as the course progresses.

Who Should Attend?
 

• ICT management and senior ICT professionals
• Business Analysts
• Those producing business cases for ICT investment
• Service managers 

Tutor

Consultant Terry Street is well known as an ICT procurement guru who has extended his work into the green agenda, building on his experience in benchmarking. His involvement with Socitm’s Green ICT group brings a unique focus to this subject that is both visionary and practical. Terry's
enthusiastic and challenging style promises to make this a lively and productive event.

Pre-Event Activities

Delegates will be asked to complete a short pre-course survey to identify their particular learning needs. This will allow the balance of the day to be adjusted to place particular emphasis on the specific points of interest identified.

SFIA/ Government IT Profession Skills

This course will help participants to develop the following skills: 

• Business Process Improvement BPRE
• Procurement PROC
• Requirements Definition and Management REQM

CPD Scheme Points

Those attendees participating in the Socitm Continuous Professional Development Scheme may claim 4.5 points.

This course relates to the Environment element of the Council of the Future model.
 

Please note our booking conditions. Confirmation of your reservation and an invoice will be sent by email unless otherwise requested. Invoices should be paid within 10 days. Cancellations may be made without penalty up to 30 working days before the course start date, while half of the fee will be refunded for cancellations made up to 14 days before the start date. The full fee is payable for cancellations made within 14 days of the start date, however, substitute delegates are welcome at any time.