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Alignment

A2

Align green information technology objectives between the IT function and the rest of the business.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Alignment at each level of maturity.

1Initial
  • Practice
    Start to identify who should participate in the sustainable ICT team/office.
    Outcome
    A targeted set of people to lead the alignment of sustainable ICT.
    Metric
    # of people to form the sustainable ICT Team/Office.
2Basic
  • Practice
    Create a sustainable ICT Team/Office to review which ICT sustainability objectives that can be aligned to business needs.
    Outcome
    ICT aligns the ICT sustainability objectives to the needs of the business as opportunities arise.
    Metric
    # of ICT Sustainability objectives linked to the organizations sustainability needs.
3Intermediate
  • Practices
    • Have the Sustainable ICT Team/Office review and agree a full set of short and medium term objectives for ICT Sustainability with the some other business units (e.g. carbon footprint reduction, costs, power efficiency, asset disposal, etc.).
    • Set benchmarks to establish key areas for ICT sustainability development.
    Outcome
    Decision-makers in ICT and some other business units, prioritize the relevant sustainable ICT initiatives and link these to their own sustainability strategy.
    Metrics
    • # of ICT project approval requests the include Sustainable ICT criteria.
    • # of ICT project approvals that are aligned to business sustainability objectives.
4Advanced
  • Practices
    • Agree and integrate longer term sustainability ICT objectives to business value dials across the organization.
    • This could be implemented as part of a Corporate Sustainability Scorecard.
    Outcome
    Decision making for sustainability is improved by prioritizing ICT-enabled initiatives which most benefit the business.
    Metric
    # of business value dials incorporating a sustainable ICT perspective/contribution.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Have the executive board review and set ICT sustainability objectives as part of its review of the value chains across the business ecosystem.
    Outcome
    Sustainable ICT strategy is visible and consistently aligned to customer and partners/suppliers objectives.
    Metric
    # of Sustainable ICT objectives that support the sustainability business strategy, across the value chains.