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Another study, with a similar sample size, revealed that more than half of UK firms thought being more compliant than others would drive up sales by improving brand image and enable energy-cost savings from improved efficiency.
This study was commissioned by CA, an IT management software company, from Verdantix.
Of the 200 IT directors of 1,000-plus-employee organizations the Morse survey included, 72 percent said reducing environmental impact of their IT operations was a top priority.
The study concluded, however, that 65 percent of businesses were not prepared to comply with the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) enacted in April.
The carbon trading scheme was introduced as a way to comply with the Climate Change Act of 2008, which set targets for addressing climate change.
"What is important now is that businesses develop confidence in their ability to comply with current and future regulation," Morse Principal Consultant Brian Murray said in a statement.
"Key to this is accurate measurement. IT departments, and businesses as a whole, need to rigorously monitor and manage their energy use. In this way, they can gain the knowledge and confidence needed to optimize their IT operations, control their carbon emissions and comply with regulation."
Of all respondents to the survey - conducted by Vanson Bourne - 56 percent had set targets for reducing energy use and 70 percent said they did not know how much power their IT operations consumed.
One of the causes for this ignorance is that about two-thirds of IT departments do not see power costs come out of their budgets and are not incentivized to increase energy efficiency of their operations.
With increasing use of technology by businesses, Murray warned that the IT department "could soon find that it's become the bad guy in the race to become more environmentally friendly.
However, if IT departments can show understanding of energy consumption, they can become the champions and guardians of business wide green initiatives."
Another study, with a similar sample size, revealed that more than half of UK firms thought being more compliant than others would drive up sales by improving brand image and enable energy-cost savings from improved efficiency.
This study was commissioned by CA, an IT management software company, from Verdantix.
Of the 200 IT directors of 1,000-plus-employee organizations the Morse survey included, 72 percent said reducing environmental impact of their IT operations was a top priority.
The study concluded, however, that 65 percent of businesses were not prepared to comply with the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) enacted in April.
The carbon trading scheme was introduced as a way to comply with the Climate Change Act of 2008, which set targets for addressing climate change.
"What is important now is that businesses develop confidence in their ability to comply with current and future regulation," Morse Principal Consultant Brian Murray said in a statement.
"Key to this is accurate measurement. IT departments, and businesses as a whole, need to rigorously monitor and manage their energy use. In this way, they can gain the knowledge and confidence needed to optimize their IT operations, control their carbon emissions and comply with regulation."
Of all respondents to the survey - conducted by Vanson Bourne - 56 percent had set targets for reducing energy use and 70 percent said they did not know how much power their IT operations consumed.
One of the causes for this ignorance is that about two-thirds of IT departments do not see power costs come out of their budgets and are not incentivized to increase energy efficiency of their operations.
With increasing use of technology by businesses, Murray warned that the IT department "could soon find that it's become the bad guy in the race to become more environmentally friendly.
However, if IT departments can show understanding of energy consumption, they can become the champions and guardians of business wide green initiatives."