Introduction
As the old adage goes, businesses cannot manage what they do not measure. Becoming a sustainable enterprise starts with information rarely or never collected in the past. Sustainability requires internal and external information sharing and collaborative efforts to track the impact of energy, water, waste, and other resources and processes (manufacturing, storage, distribution, and so forth) across the product life cycle and business operations.
Tracking and analyzing information across the life cycle—from design to shipping to disposal to reuse—is the only way to fully understand and begin to achieve sustainability goals. Taking more modest steps focused on efficiency will also deliver measurable results. According to The Climate Group, information technology has the potential to deliver emissions savings of 15 percent (the equivalent of 7.8 billion metric tons of CO2e) from global emissions by 2020, largely by improving efficiency across economies.
See full Press Release: http://www.pwc.com/us/en/technology-forecast/2011/issue4/features/feature-technology-enabling-sustainability.jhtml
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