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InternationalTelecommunicationUnion
ITU Green Standards Week, Rome, Italy, September 5 – 9, 2011
ICT in OrganizationsCurrent Status of the ITU-T SG5
Recommendation
Gilbert ButyStandard Manager
Corporate Standardization DepartmentAlcatel Lucent
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU or its Membership.
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This recommendation is intending to allow organizations to assess their scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions and energy consumption.
This Recommendation covers: The assessment of the life cycle environmental impact
of ICT Goods, Networks and Services used by an organization (“ICT in organizations”).
The assessment of the environmental impact of an ICT organization (“ICT organizations”) .
The interpretation of these impacts. The reporting of these impacts to ensure a fair and
transparent communication.
Scope
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Scope
This recommendation does not cover: GHG removals which have not been considered (not
of high priority for this first version), and Rebound effects since these aspects still belong to
the research domain.
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How to use it
Define the organizational boundaries Define the operational boundaries Choose the base year Select the quantification methodology and calculate Look if you need to recalculate Evaluate the uncertainties Communicate with the GHG Report
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Organizational boundaries
The organizational boundaries define which parts of the organization should be
included in the emissions measurement (main units, subsidiaries, joint ventures..).
should include all operations and subsidiaries owned and/or operated by the organization.
The inclusion of jointly-owned facilities and operations may be determined either on an equity share or control basis.
The following decisions should be made and documented: Facilities taken into account. Consolidation methodology used.
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Operational boundaries
To identify which emission sources that should be included in the assessment.
The following sources of emissions should be identified: design and production of equipments used by the
organization. design and production of consumables used by the
organization. design, production and usage of software and services
purchased by the organization. Emission sources including the disposal of all ICT
equipments or the disposal of consumables or the end of life associated to software and services purchased by the organization may be considered.
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Emission sources including the following activities may be considered:
The emissions of daily, regular migrations and business travels of IT departments staff;
The emissions resulting from freight of purchased ICT equipments coming into the organization;
The emissions resulting from freight of ICT equipments within the organization premises;
The emissions resulting from freight of ICT equipments going outside the organization premises when decommissioned.
For each of the three scopes (direct emissions, indirect emissions and other indirect emissions), the selected emission sources should be clearly described and documented.
Operational boundaries
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Base Year
As a principle, the publication date of this Recommendation (ITU base year) should be the base year for an GHG emission and energy consumption assessment.
However, a different base year could be chosen when: The organization estimates that the quantity and/or
quality of available verifiable data for this particular different year guarantee a more accurate evaluation of its GHG emissions and energy consumption.
The organization has already put in place an assessment and reporting process based on a different base year, compliant with this ITU Recommendation.
The activities carried out by the organization generate unusual fluctuations of GHG emissions and/or energy consumption in such a way that the ITU base year might not be significant.
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Calculation Phase
Use the L.1410 Recommendation Part I Prepare the inventory Data collection
equipment collection select emission factors
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Recalculation
This covers the following aspects: Structural changes which include mergers,
acquisitions... Discovery of significant errors contained within the
“base year” emission calculations.Similarly, should new data become available on source
emissions that was not previously available, an adjustment to the “base year” emissions will be required.
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Uncertainties
An uncertainty assessment for GHG emissions and removals should be performed in accordance with ISO 14064-1 clause 5.4 .
Due to these uncertainties, the GHG inventory should primarily be used for the following purposes:
Identification of opportunities to improve environmental performance of the organization.
Information to decisions-makers about typical environmental performances of an organization.
Selection of relevant indicators for monitoring of environmental performance.
Aggregation of GHG emissions to a sector level based on scopes 1 & 2 reporting.
On the contrary the GHG inventory is not suitable for: Direct comparisons of the environmental load
between different organizations. High accuracy aggregation of GHG emissions to a
sector level based on the scope3 reporting.
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ReportingThis part describes how the organization should prepare
the GHG report to inform external and internal readers.
The energy and GHG report content should contain: a description of the reporting organization and person
responsible the reporting period or periods covered, including the
base year a documentation of organizational and operational
boundaries Data collection policy and emission factors, the results of energy consumption assessment and
GHG emissions assessment (scope 1 & 2), a statement that the energy report and the GHG
inventory report has been prepared in accordance with the principles outlined in the present ITU-T Recommendation.
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For other indirect GHG emissions, the following reporting structure applies:
Supply chain Own activities Operation of products EoLNot (yet) explicitly mentioned whether scope 3 reporting is
mandatory or optional
Reporting
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Timing
Recommendation To go for consent (hopefully) after the upcoming meeting in
Seoul (September 2011) To be updated (very likely) in the course of 2012
EEC benchmarking exercise
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Conclusions
This Recommendation intends To offer the necessary knowledge to meet the
societal demands of a low-carbon economy and the challenge of higher energy prices
It is intended : to be flexible enough to address the Industry's complex
needs but to be prescriptive enough to address some of the
regulators' concerns to include works performed by other Industrial fora.
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Should you need further information, please [email protected]
orany of the wonderful experts we have in SG5
(list available on the ITU website)
Thank You