Ethical Corporation and Vodafone have teamed up to produce a lively online debate on how mobile can enable a low carbon economy, scheduled for September 30
LONDON, 1 SEPTEMBER 2009
In 2008, The Climate Change Group’s Smart 2020 report recognized the ICT (information communications technology) industry’s potential clout in the global battle against climate change.
Smart 2020 estimated ICT as a whole could save 15% of predicted greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, with wireless applications playing a significant part.
The projected 15% reduction in emissions stems from energy savings worth €600 billion. Savings that are especially important as they are five times the industry’s own footprint.
In the new report Carbon Connections: Quantifying mobile's role in tackling climate change, published by Accenture and Vodafone, 13 wireless telecommunications opportunities are identified that have the potential to reduce carbon emissions by 113 Mt CO2e a year and cut associated energy costs by €43 billion across the EU-25 countries in 2020.
Spurred by this new report, Ethical Corporation has teamed up with Vodafone to host an online Live Debate on September 30th 2009 to provide the platform for a robust and challenging discussion on how mobile can enable a low carbon economy.
Speakers for the debate include:
• Chris Burgess, Group Head of Corporate Responsibility, at Vodafone
• Joaquim Croca, Head of Corporate Responsibility Performance & Reporting at Vodafone • James Farrar, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship at SAP
• Molly Webb, Head of Strategic Engagement, The Climate Group
This online, interactive, moderated debate will spread over three time zones (Asia, Europe and USA) for one hour at a time and will take place on September 30th 2009.
Live debate time zones, September 30 2009
• 8-9am BST (Asia)
• 12-1pm BST (Europe)
• 5-6pm BST (USA)
Those wanting to take part can sign up for a reminder of this debate on this page: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/livedebate
(Interested participants can submit email address in the box on the left hand side of the above linked page to be reminded about the event in advance)
About Ethical Corporation:
Ethical Corporation is an independent company providing competitive intelligence for business sustainability. We publish research, a magazine, a website, provide commentary services and host conferences around the world on responsible business.
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Pamela Muckosy
Ethical Corporation
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