Green IT Is Still On the 'To Do' List

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1. Around half of businesses operating in the UK's IT sector do not have a green IT strategy – and those that do would like to see tax incentives from the government, according to online recruitment group The IT Job Board. While more than a third (37 percent) of businesses have a green IT strategy in place, just under half (44 percent) do not, according to research. The survey of 148 IT professionals also found that the key factor in any sustainable strategy is money. Half (49 percent) of the people surveyed said that the main objective for any green IT scheme would be to cut costs, echoing previous studies on this subject. The vast majority (89 percent) wanted to see grants and incentives for those adopting sustainable technologies. This last figure included about half of the sample who accepted that any government incentives would have to be balanced by taxes ... (Read Full Article)

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