Wednesday, January 07, 2009

UK software industry secures green boost


French software body throws weight behind BASDA's green charter

The UK software industry's efforts to demonstrate its green credentials received a boost this week after French software developers and vendors announced that they were to adopt its environmental framework.

The French Association of Software Developers (Association Francaise Des Editeurs De Logiciels - AFDL) signed BASDA's green charter binding them to its environmental principles from next year.

Software companies that sign up to the charter must adhere to a set of guiding principles which include: reducing their own carbon footprint; providing technology that allows its clients to become carbon efficient; and working to increase awareness of environmental issues.

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