An active commitment to preserving the environment
Atos Origin understands the importance of working in harmony with its environment. As a leading IT services company, we are aware that our activities, and IT services in general, play a full role in people’s day-to-day life around the world, and can make a real contribution to creating long-term value to society at large.
We are committed to minimising our consumption, optimising our resources and disposing responsibly.
As a producer of information services, Atos Origin has started by deploying a responsible in-house Green IT policy that is designed to:
How we help our clients
- Ensure technology is instrumental in achieving their own wider sustainability objectives
- Support their sustainability initiatives ensuring they make good business sense
- Help establish how sustainable they are today, so they can plan and prioritise for tomorrow.
An active member of the Green Grid
In 2008, we joined the Green Grid, a consortium of IT manufacturers and users founded in 2007. Green Grid members have committed to reducing energy consumption in data centers by 10% between now and 2011. This would save 10.7 billion kWh and avoid 6.5 million metric tons of CO2 emissions. To achieve this goal, the Green Grid has set up four working groups to measure and analyze energy consumption in data centers in order to identify best practices and promote energy-efficient technologies and strategies.
Environmental Certification: Launch of ISO 14 001 Certification process
Atos Origin started the deployment of an Environmental Management system through ISO 14 001 certification. Atos Origin Spanish headquarters were certified in June 2008 and the program is continuing at our other sites in 2009.
Encouraging green initiatives and individual responsibility
The environmental chapter of Atos Origin's sustainable development program also includes employee-targeted measures aimed at:
- promoting efficient energy use through individual awareness of consumption by such ordinary objects as PCs, cell phones and printers,
- providing recycling facilities for print toners, paper and cans; encouraging double-sided printing and photocopying,
- ensuring proper disposal of or recycling of IT and electronic equipment in accordance with local legislation,
- encouraging use of public transport and car-sharing, videoconferencing, instant messaging and other collaborative working tools to limit the number of individual business trips.