International Telecommunication Union Sustainability for the ICT Sector John Smiciklas MJRD Assessment Inc.

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World 2 Projects Toolkit for Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector Review of Mobile Handset Eco Ratings Guiding Principles for Green ICT Procurement

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World 3 Toolkit for Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Toolkit for Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector Partners: 3p Institute for Sustainable Management Alcatel Lucent BBC BIO Intelligence Service BT CEDARE Climate Associates ClimateCHECK DATEC Technologies Dell Ernst & Young ETRI ETNO ETSI European Broadcasting Union France Telecom Fronesys GHG Management Institute (GHGMI) Hewlett-Packard Huawei Imperial College Infosys International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Mandat International MicroPro Computers Microsoft MJRD Assessment Inc. National Inter- University Consortium for Telecommunications Nokia Siemens Networks PE INTERNATIONAL AG 4 Research In Motion Scuola Superiore SantAnna of Pisa Step Initiative Telecom Italia Telefónica Thomson Reuters United Nations Environmental Programme United Nations Environmental Programme Basel convention United Nations University University of Genova University of Zagreb Verizon Vodafone Ghana

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Areas of Focus: Sustainable Buildings How ICT companies operate their physical plant Sustainable ICT in Corporate Organizations How ICT companies operate their ICT operations Sustainable Products How ICT companies design, manufacture and manage end of life for products Sustainable Services How ICT companies design and deliver services End of Life Management How to secure an environmentally sustainable solution for ICT equipments EOL General Specifications and KPIs How ICT companies select KPIs for environmental management Assessment Framework for Environmental Impacts of ICT An assessment framework for energy/greenhouse gas intensity and environmental impacts of the ICT sector 5

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Sustainable Buildings This chapter provides technical guidance on environmentally conscious design, maintenance, repair and operating principles and best practices as to how ICT companies build, operate and maintain their physical facilities. Areas of Focus: Design and Build Specifications Building Maintenance, Repair and Operations Building Improvement and Renovation Technical Buildings and Outside Plant 6

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Sustainable ICT in Corporate Organizations This chapter provides technical guidance on how ICT companies operate their ICT infrastructure and assets. Areas of Focus: Data Centres Desktop Infrastructure Telecoms Infrastructure and Networks Broadcasting Future Innovation 7

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Sustainable Products This chapter provides technical guidance on environmentally conscious design principles and best practices as to how ICT companies can provide products that are more environmentally conscious throughout their full life cycle. Area of Focus: Network infrastructure equipment Environmentally Conscious Product Development Eco-efficient Manufacturing Smart Usage End of Life Treatment Customer premises equipment Environment-conscious Design Eco-efficient Manufacturing Smart Operations Responsible End of Life Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 8

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Sustainable Services This chapter offers both best practices and a checklist in the area of sustainable services. The users of this checklist will be designers of services, organizations involved in the marketing, transmission and use services. Area of Focus: Services Telecommunications Services Teleconferencing Services Music Delivery Services Broadcast Services Software Services ICT Services Sustainability Checklists 9

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World End of Life Management This chapter aims to give directions on how to secure an environmentally sustainable solution for ICT equipments End of Life (EOL) by generating a checklist to allow us to record an increasing awareness on human health and environmental impacts generated by those products/services at this stage of the end of its life cycle. Area of Focus: End-of-Life Management General Material Recovery and Recycling Facility Guidelines Clean Supply Chain and Conflict Minerals Societal Issues Economic Aspects and Disassembly for Recycling Offsetting Opportunities and Mitigation 10

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World General Specifications and KPIs The chapter defines the importance of selecting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for decision making and defines the best process to collect them. Area of Focus: Environmental KPIs for ICT Organizations Suggested Process for KPI Definition Targets Definition 11

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World 12 Review of Mobile Handset Eco-ratings

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Report Overview 13 Eco-Ratings have been developed as a method to communicate the sustainability performance of handsets to consumers Ratings are based on a number of sustainability categories encompassing OEM Supply Chain Handset Report provides an analysis of the current state and potential for further work Report reviewed by major global carriers and OEMs

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Report Overview Baseline Analysis of Current Carrier Programs (Orange, Sprint, UL, Vodafone, Telefonica, AT&T, Bell Canada) Baseline Analysis of OEM disclosures (Apple, Samsung, Nokia, LG, Sony Mobile ) 14

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Report Overview Report provides baseline performance and best practices for the potential development of a single common eco-rating scheme e.g. Energy Efficiency component Baseline : Compatibility with a universal charger scheme Best practice: Measure the energy consumption of the use phase of the handset To be published: 2 nd Green Standards Week – September 2012, Paris, France 15

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World 16 Guiding Principles for Green ICT Procurement

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Report Overview Provides direction to ICT companies to promote effective procurement practices with suppliers and customers, to jointly raise the awareness of environmental issues among their business transactions Systematic guidance to address a sustainable step- by-step procurement process is included, detailing green considerations to be used among purchasing practices of procured products and services. 17

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Report Overview Provides examples from industry on measures taken to enhance sustainability in the procurement process 18 Alcatel-Lucent has developed, and is leading industry consortia effort, on a simplified LCA framework that more efficiently evaluates eco-impact information for ICT products than previous approaches. The framework combines simplified processes to more easily derive environmental information for Information and Communication Technology ICT equipment and assets with a level or precision suited to industry needs Alcatel-Lucent - Corporate Responsibility Report 2010

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Report Overview Procurement based on consistent Life Cycle Assessment considerations Use standardized methodological frameworks Critical aspects related to the product/service environmental specifications can be identified, so the final product/service is delivered at the end of the cycle in an environmentally preferred way. An ICT organization can have a direct effect to better address environmental challenges. 19

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World More information Contact: Cristina Bueti 20

July 2011 Committed to Connecting the World Thank YOU 21