With the increasing use of office automation (OA) equipment – printers, scanner, photocopiers, fax machines and multifunctional products (MFPs) – these devices use a greater percentage of energy than they did a decade ago. As a result, the environmental impact of this equipment is growing.
The fact is that IT can never really be "green” because of the amount of energy that an IT infrastructure consumes; however, there are ways to ensure that your organisation does its bit for the planet through buying products that reduce the environmental footprint of the business and improve its efficiency at the same time. And the good news is that green initiatives not only benefit the environment, but they can also significantly reduce organisational operating costs.
At a practical level, organisations can begin to make their working environments greener by limiting the amount of paper they use. This can be achieved through electronic document management – scanning and archiving information and distributing it electronically, and printing it only when necessary.
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