Australian Government ICT Sustainability Plan 2010 - 2015

The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities have released two agency case studies along with very useful guidance materials to complement the Australian Government ICT Sustainability Plan 2010 - 2015.

Case studies

1. Australian Crime Commission (PDF - 186KB)
2. Defence Housing Australia (PDF - 365KB)
   

Six Guidelines:

1. ICT equipment environmental standards (PDF - 249KB)
2. ICT equipment and ENERGY STAR® (PDF - 172KB)
3. Product take-back, reuse and resource recovery (PDF - 140KB)
   
4. Recycled content office copy paper (PDF - 152KB)
5. Used packaging requirements (PDF - 165KB)
   
6. ICT Suppliers and Environmental Management (PDF - 192KB)
   

Fact sheets

1. Glossary (PDF - 77KB)
2. Responsible ICT suppliers (PDF - 75KB)
3. Evaluation measures and weightings for procurement (PDF - 26KB)
   
4. ICT Sustainability Scorecard (PDF - 108KB)
   
5. Strengthening agency management systems (PDF - 72KB)
6. EPEAT Silver and equivalent eco-labels (PDF - 76KB)
7. EPEAT Criteria (PDF - 86KB)
   
8. ICT Sustainability Initiatives (PDF - 104KB)
9. Incorporating sustainability principles and practices into procurement (PDF - 72KB)
10. Agency actions (PDF - 71KB)
    

Australian Government ICT Sustainability Plan 2010 - 2015 ISBN: 978-1-921733-15-4

Table of contents

• OVERVIEW
• SUMMARY OF OUTCOMES, STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS
• ABOUT THIS PLAN
• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 2 IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE ICT PROCUREMENT
• 2.1 MANDATORY ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
• 2.2 OTHER ICT PROCUREMENT CONSIDERATIONS
• 2.3 AGENCY TARGETS
• 3 IMPROVING ICT ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
• 3.1 SETTING A WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT ICT ENERGY CONSUMPTION TARGET
• 3.2 ICT ENERGY INTENSITY MEASURES AND TARGETS
• 3.3 AGENCY ICT ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLANS
• 3.4 ICT ENERGY AND CARBON REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS
• 3.5 AGENCY TARGETS
• 4 ICT: PROMOTING MORE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
• 4.1 WITHIN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
• 4.2 PROMOTION OF BROADER SUSTAINABILITY
• 5 STRENGTHENING AGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• 5.1 IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
• 5.2 INSTILLING BEHAVIOURAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE
• 5.3 REPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE (GREEN ICT SCORECARD)
• 6 IMPLEMENTATION
• 6.1 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION
• 6.2 IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
• 6.3 MID-TERM REVIEW
• 6.4 EXEMPTIONS (OPT-OUTS)
• ABBREVIATIONS
• GLOSSARY
• APPENDIX 1 EPEAT AND EQUIVALENT ECO-LABELS
• APPENDIX 2 ICT SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES