The pressure on organisations to cut costs and improve efficiency, while simultaneously reducing their environmental impact, is here to stay. If anything, the ongoing global economic turbulence has accentuated this.
Mobile or agile working has long been heralded as an effective way for organisations to do both. In the run up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and with the European Commission recently stating the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector should lead the transition to an energy-efficient economy, it is time to clarify just how mobile working can help organisations reduce both costs and their carbon footprint.
Our new white paper looks at the history of mobile working and the technological breakthroughs that made it first possible and then viable for organisations and enterprises the world over. It explains why, in 2010 and beyond, sustainability and cost-reduction will make mobility more important than ever before. The paper explores, with practical examples, how mobility can help organisations achieve these objectives before offering guidance to CIOs looking to harness the benefits of technology that underpins mobility.
The key focus is the idea that combining environmentally-friendly practices with mobile/agile working results in significant cost reduction, a better working structure for employees, an improved customer experience and a reduced carbon footprint - a concept we've termed 'sustainagility'.
This paper assesses the role of technology in achieving sustainagility, starting with the two key technologies that underpin it - secure remote access and video conferencing.
CIOs need to reconsider the mobility imperative, and to present a fresh and coherent case as to just how mobile their enterprise needs to be. While global attitudes towards the environment will remain vigilant in 2010 and beyond, CIOs will rightly demand to be able to prove both financial and sustainability returns on any investment in mobility technology. The ability to cut carbon emissions will be valued only if it is balanced by an ability to cut costs. Sustainagility is the ability to do both and our paper will help CIOs achieve it.
White paper
- SustainAgilty (PDF-298 KB)
- SustainAgility: how to make going green pay
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