EC looks at financial software's sustainable future
20 Mar 2009, Rachael Singh, AccountancyAge
http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1775983/ec-looks-financial-softwares-sustainable-future
The trade body for business software is to represent the industry at a meeting with the European Commission on the future of energy efficiency.
The information and communication event on energy efficiency takes place in Brussels, where technology companies from all over Europe will gather to discuss best practice ideas and offer recommendations to the industry.
Jairo Rojas, BASDA director general, said: 'It is clear to me that green issues and the drive to sustainability will affect all business practices as the world changes and the business software industry has a responsibility, as well as the ability and opportunity, to make a real difference.'
Peter Robertshaw, who chairs the BASDA green special interest group, will be running a session at the event on gathering information and creating awareness.
BASDA initiated the green charter last year, a set of standards and measurements software vendors must adhere to, which companies such as Microsoft, Sage, Oracle, Coda, Access Accounting and COA solutions, among others, have signed up to.
The green charter is supported by the European Software Association and AFDEL, the French software association.
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Visitor comments
Organisations will have to prove their commitment to environmental practices through information transparency and auditable policies.
Assessment of environmental practices and reporting is certainly on the increase for business and generic statements about green strategies ? from procurement to recycling, carbon footprint to flexible working ? will not suffice in the long term: organisations will have to prove their commitment through information transparency and auditable policies.
At the heart of such transparency will be consistent, detailed information about the life cycle of every asset - from country of origin through maintenance schedules to final disposal.
Existing green policies such as the WEEE directive and measuring carbon footprints assume a level of asset management far beyond that achieved by the majority of UK business. How many UK businesses can accurately identify the location of their WEEE equipment within the organisation and confirm when it was purchased and from whom? By linking the asset register to a document management system organisations can create the required audit trail, gaining valuable insight into their own assets and adapting to the ?green economy?.
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Karen Conneely
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Posted by: Karen Conneely , 20 Mar 2009 | 00:00