Carbon accounting software 'not the poorer option'

News Article - 13 January 2009
Category: Environment

Energy-efficient devices - which may include carbonaccounting software - are not the poorer option, one sector commentator has claimed.

Firms interested in beginning accounting for carbon emissions may be interested to know that James Murray, editor of BusinessGreen.com, has claimed that technology firms have embraced energy issues and are now bringing them to market.

He added that such companies were not compromising when it came to the environmental credentials of their products.

"They're aware that they can't downgrade the power of these machines in terms of the computing power but they are taking it as a given that they really do have to deliver on the energy side," Mr Murray added.

In related news, the Kyocera Environmental Office Research 2008 revealed that 57 per cent of businesses have established an environmental policy, while 68 per cent have such green measures in place.

Meanwhile, 27 per cent of companies are trying to achieve carbon neutral status, but 58 per cent of IT or technology firms are aiming to be carbon neutral.

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