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InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
Technical Specification for Sustainability
John SmiciklasDirector, Corporate Responsibility Programs
Research In Motion
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Collaboration with ICT Industry & UN Agencies
Technical Specifications for
Sustainability Standard
for the ICT Sector
The project will focus on
development of a standardized
checklist of sustainability
requirements specific to the ICT
sector that will become a
contribution to ITU-T Study Group
5 with the goal of developing a
global standard in this area.
1. ITU2. UNEP3. RIM4. Climate Associates5. Alcatel Lucent 6. Huawei 7. Microsoft8. UNEP Basel convention 9. CEDARE10. Step Initiative 11. BBC12. European Broadcasting Union (EBU)13. Verizon14. Telefónica15. Telecom Italia16. France Telecom17. United Nations University (UNU)18. BIO Intelligence Service19. Datec Technology20. Ernst & Young21. Vodafone Ghana22. 3p Institute for Sustainable Management23. Dell24. MicroPro Computers25. PE INTERNATIONAL AG26. ETNO27. Thomson Reuters 28. Infosys29. BT30. Alcatel Lucent 31. Imperial College
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Purpose
The goal is to develop a set of agreed upon sustainability characteristics for ICT companies that will allow for a more objective review of how sustainability is practiced in the ICT sector.
These indicators will give sustainability performance guidance to the ICT Sector in these key areas:
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Areas of Focus Sustainable Buildings
How ICT companies operate their physical plant
Sustainable ICT How ICT companies operate their ICT operations
Sustainable Products How ICT companies design and manufacture and
manage end of life for products
Sustainable Services How ICT companies design and deliver services
End of Life How to secure an environmentally sustainable solution
for ICT equipment’s EOL
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Sustainable Buildings
Provides technical guidance on environmentally conscious design, maintenance, repair and operating principles and best practices as to how ICT companies build, operate and maintain their physical facilities
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Sustainable Buildings
Standard covers 4 main areas:oDesign and Build SpecificationsoBuilding Maintenance, Repair and
Operations oBuilding Improvement and RenovationoTechnical Buildings and Outside Plant
Focus is on collecting information on existing standards and examples of best practice
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Sustainable ICT
Provides technical guidance on environmentally conscious design, maintenance, repair and operating principles and best practices as to how ICT companies build, operate and maintain their physical facilities
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Sustainable ICT
Areas of FocusData Centre design and operationData Centre Co-locationInternal NetworksExternal NetworksDesktop/Client managementCustomer Service operation
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Sustainable ProductsProvides technical guidance on environmentally conscious design principles and best practices as to how ICT companies can provide products that are more “environmentally conscious” throughout their full life cycle
Initial version stops short of full sustainable design (which would encompass social and ethical aspects)
Standard covers 3 main areas:o ICT network infrastructure equipment (NIE)o ICT customer premises equipment (CPE)o ICT life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies, standards, life-
cycle thinking approaches, estimators, tools, databases
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Sustainable Products
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Sustainable Products Document layout:
o Scopeo General References to Other Standards / Work Streamso Best Environmental Practices
General Principles and Guidance Specific Guidance Product Value / Lifetime Extension Energy Efficiency Substances and Materials Emissions Batteries Product Packaging / Packing Designing for End-of-Life Treatment Checklists Metrics
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Sustainable Products Best Practice example – general guidance
o Ensure inputs and outputs in the product life cycle that do not cause environmental degradation or adversely affect human health by:
installing protection against release of pollutants and hazardous substances specifying non-hazardous and otherwise environmentally “clean” substances,
especially in regards to user health ensuring that wastes are water-based and biodegradable specifying the cleanest source of energy specifying clean production processes for the product and in selection of components
Best Practice example – specific guidanceo Product Value / Lifetime Extension: Durability - ensure appropriate durability
of the product and components by: reusing high-embedded energy components improving aesthetics and functionality to ensure the aesthetic life is equal to the
technical life ensuring minimal maintenance and minimizing failure modes in the product and its
components specifying better materials, surface treatments, or structural arrangements to
protect products from dirt, corrosion, and wear indicating on the product which parts are to be cleaned/maintained in a specific way
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Sustainable Services This document offers both best practices and a checklist in
the area of sustainable services. The users of this checklist will be designers of services, organizations involved in the marketing, transmission and use services.
The purpose is to increase awareness of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the impact of the introduction and use of a service (e.g. the increase or decrease of the carbon footprint) and to record measures taken to minimize the GHG impact.
A key consideration is the switch from one system to another and its consequences on the carbon economy(e.g. TV programmes delivered by the broadcast network versus download via the telecommunications network).
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Sustainable Services
Two categories of services are defined and considered in this section which includes examples of best practices these are telecommunications services and broadcast services. Telecommunication services include voice, video and data services and interactive services (e.g. telephony, text, web-based and IPTV), growth of cloud and server/data centre services, on-demand services. Broadcast services include analogue/digital, satellite, terrestrial and point to multi-point.
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Sustainable Services
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End of Life
This section aims to give directions on how to secure an environmentally sustainable solution for ICT equipment’s EOL by generating a checklist to allow us to record an increasing awareness on human health and environmental impacts generated by those products/services at this stage of the end of its life cycle.
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End of Life
Describing the End-of-life- management stages and their hierarchy based on the principle of waste prevention (e.g. Reuse, Recycle, Recovery of metals, Refurbishment, Disposal) as an contribution of an industry that works to reduce climate change and encourage friendly environmental practices.
Identifiying the effects over social, economic and environmental aspects generated by EOL management of ICT equipment over
Identifying the offsetting opportunities for CO2 and other GHG
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End of Life
The section also aims to look at the different initiatives for EOL management of operational/infrastructure or end user equipment taken by organization, especially the selection of a sustainable EOL solution action that targets the extended responsibility for ICT products on a local, national, regional and global scale, also the aspects to be aware of when selecting an EOL management company capable to deliver following the same sustainable goal approached by the industry
