Green IT

Since the late 1990s, Green IT has raised its profile, and sustainable ICT[2] is now a key component of the sustainable development strategies of organisations everywhere.

Thales's sustainable ICT systems fall into three main categories:

Green IT 1.0 (Green for IT) is a continuous improvement process that aims to reduce the environmental impact of IT throughout the life-cycle of hardware and software, including design, use, pollution and waste management.

Thales designs and transforms its datacentres — and its customers' IT infrastructure and datacentres — to continuously reduce their environmental footprint by improving the performance of electrical installations and climate control systems.

Thales's information systems are eco-designed to limit their environmental impact throughout their life cycle.

Thales's cloud computing services use resources more efficiently and optimise loads to enhance the overall performance of IT infrastructure.

Green IT 1.5 is a continuous improvement process that aims to improve the environmental footprint, economic performance and social responsibility of an organisation through ICT, for example by reducing travel, switching to fully electronic data exchange or using sustainable development information systems to measure and simulate environmental footprints (including carbon accounting, software for rating suppliers' environmental performance, CSR management and reporting tools).

With its eco-designed cloud computing solutions, Thales designs collaborative information systems and podcasting and videoconferencing systems (e-learning, conference, briefings, etc.) that allow customers to cut down on travel needs.

Green IT 2.0 (IT for Green) is a continuous improvement process that aims to improve the environmental footprint, economic performance and social responsibility of a product or service through ICT, for example by adding an eco-driving function to GPS, using smart grids, optimising energy use in buildings, developing e-commerce, promoting smart management of mobility and transport systems, and helping to plan and develop smart cities.

The state-of-the-art solutions described in this Thales’ innovative solutions to fight climate change document all apply the principles of Green IT 2.0.

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Thales’ innovative solutions to fight climate change