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© 2009 IBM Corporation

IBM Energy and Environment

Gareth Knight , Global Services Business Information Executive, Office of the CIO

18th January 2010

© 2009 IBM Corporation2

IBM UK – the internal journey

IBM UK and Ireland - Energy & Environment Board

Behavioral change

CRed!

Energy and Environment network

Climate Day

Smarter Planet

Yorkshire and Humber 20/20 Digital Green Event



Practise what we preach and preach what we practise!UKI Internal Energy and Environment Board – A context

Deepening ‘Green’ into operations

UKI Internal Energy and Environment Board part of a wider governance structure

Partnered up through Geography into Global boards

Anchors our business to sustainable thinking– Providing local flexibility

Chartered to– Review priorities – Promotion of ‘Green’ agenda– Conduit for employee focus and energy

Cross functional, multi-skilled– Real Estate– Procurement– Locations– IT– HR– Finance– Brands– Sectors– Corp. Environmental affairs.

UKI Marketing Mission

UKI E&E Internal Board

UKI E&E External Board




Behavioural Change – the challenge and response

Challenge – Encourage and motivate IBM UKI employees to give consideration to the impact of their

behaviour on the environment (at home and work) – Understand ‘local’ environmental communities and initiatives within UKI– Harness the collective power of these communities and initiatives within UKI in terms of

corporate responsibility, employee empowerment and business balance

The response– Climate Day!– Implement a Carbon Reduction Pledging System – Introduce, launch and implement an Energy and Environment Network with UKI




Climate day – 3rd to 5th June 2009



Linked to UN Climate day raising awareness and invitingEmployees and individuals to act and think ‘Greener’

What IBM is doing to ‘Greener’ itself

What IBM to help their clientsSmarter Planet


CRED



Energy and Environment Network

UK & Ire land C om m unity

Location Team s (Green E yes, Greenovate e tc)

Techno logy

Green P ioneers (Location B ased) E & E Online C om m unity

C entra l Team

Locations

S upp ly C ha inTrave l & F lee t

C atering

E nergy

C ategory S M E s

Provides employees a flexible network to channel environmental content

Includes information, advice, questions, issues and concerns

Supports CRED and more

Provides a voice to the employees and conduit

Uses Lotus Connections




Smarter planet: Thinking and acting in new ways to make our systems more efficient, productive and responsive.

GREEN AND BEYOND

SMARTWORK

NEW INTELLIGENCE

DYNAMIC INFRASTRUCTURE

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