Technology & Data
The capability of the organization to optimize and leverage technology and data to contribute to the Green IT objectives.
IT Lifecycle Management
The extent to which IT lifecycle management is in place to source, operate, and dispose IT hardware and peripherals to support the Green IT objectives.
There is no or limited management on the lifecycle of IT hardware and peripherals.
There might be some management on the lifecycle of IT hardware and peripherals, but this is not in place to support the Green IT objectives.
IT lifecycle management is used for sourcing, operating and disposing IT hardware and peripherals to support the Green IT objectives.
IT lifecycle management is used for sourcing, operating and disposing IT hardware and peripherals to support the Green IT objectives. This procedure is continually reviewed and improved.
Green Software Architecture
The extent to which there are defined and agreed principles and guidelines to ensure environmental sustainability is included in the development and optimization of software architectures; both for in-house and third-party development.
There are no or limited principles and guidelines to include environmental sustainability in software architectures.
There might be some principles and guidelines for environmental sustainability in software architectures, but these are not properly defined or agreed.
There are defined and agreed principles and guidelines to ensure environmental sustainability is included in the development and optimization of software architectures.
There are defined and agreed principles and guidelines to ensure environmental sustainability is included in the development and optimization of software architectures. These are continually reviewed and improved.
Data Management
The extent to which the organization manages and uses the data within the organization to contribute to the Green IT objectives (e.g., data storage, leveraging data for Green IT initiatives).
There is no or limited management of data within the organization.
There might be some management of data, but not to contribute to the Green IT objectives.
There is a defined and agreed procedure on how to manage data and how data can be used to contribute to the Green IT objectives.
There is a defined and agreed procedure on how to manage data and how data can be used to contribute to the Green IT objectives. This procedure is continually reviewed and improved.
Greening by IT
The extent to which the organization actively develops and/or acquires IT-enabled solutions to contribute to environmental sustainability within the organization (e.g., dematerialization, emission reductions).
There is no or limited focus on IT-enabled solutions that contribute to environmental sustainability within the organization.
There might be some focus on IT-enabled solutions that contribute to environmental sustainability, but this is not actively and regularly maintained.
There is a defined and agreed focus to actively and regularly develop and/or acquire IT-enabled solutions that contribute to environmental sustainability within the organization.
There is a defined and agreed focus to actively and regularly develop and/or acquire IT-enabled solutions that contribute to environmental sustainability within the organization. This focus is continually reviewed and improved.
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