Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has won the ‘Banksia Environmental Award for Leading in Sustainability – Setting the Standard for Large Organisations’ award, in what is regarded as the most prestigious environmental awards program in Australia. With this award the Banksia Foundation has acknowledged Fujitsu’s long term commitment to sustainability and measurable achievements.

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has been awarded the No. 1 spot on the Top 12 Green-IT Vendors list by IDG’s Computerworld, the premium IT media brand dedicated to providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Fujitsu has been climbing the Computerworld Top 12 Green-IT Vendors list since the Award’s inception four years ago, and has now won the prestigious first place in both 2010 and 2011.

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has been included in the Newsweek Green Global 500 Ranking, coming in at Number 13. The Newsweek Green Ranking places companies based on their actual environmental footprint, management of that footprint and sustainability communications. The analysis provides a reliable, cross-industry framework for comparing the environmental commitment and performance of major companies.

Only 1 per cent of Australian CIOs see or pay for their electricity bills – even though ICT represents up to 75 per cent of energy usage in some organisations. And although Australia initially started well in the sustainability stakes, it’s now slumped, and is the worst in the world when it comes to end user sustainability.

Seeing the benefits of introducing more sustainable operations seems to have eluded some businesses, with many companies yet to take significant action to introduce sustainability initiatives.

As Australia readies itself for the imposition of a Carbon tax and renewed calls ring out from Bob Brown and the Greens to shut down all of Australia's coal fired power stations, the question remains as to whether the Greens vision of Australia going 100% renewable energy by 2020 is actually feasible or just a dewy-eyed impossible dream.

The Federal Government has been waxing lyrical about a new $923 million photovoltaic solar power plant soon to commence construction in Australia. The new solar farm at Moree near the NSW-QLD border will occupy 1200 hectares (12 square kilometres) with a capacity of 150MW, making it the largest in the world. In the scheme of power generation, is this plant of any significance?

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced the release of a paper that shares the company’s comprehensive global sustainability journey. Titled “Sustainability: Our Heritage, Your Future”, the paper illustrates Fujitsu’s worldwide environmental activities and solutions that have placed the group on target to reduce its customers’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15 million tons by next year. The paper covers Fujitsu’s customer offerings, strategy and overall philosophy for a prosperous, low carbon future.

PCs represent more than 30% of the power costs of corporations therefore it stands to reason that if you're not using a power minimisation system for your enterprise workstations you're pouring money down the drain. That's the contention of the visiting boss of a leading power management software provider.

– A leading Australian expert on corporate environmental issues is alerting procurement and supply chain managers to the need to urgently change the way purchasing decisions are made. Rapidly rising energy costs and the introduction of major pieces of legislation related to energy use and waste disposal, slated for later this year, will see an irrevocable shift away from buying on initial price to total cost of ownership.