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GeSI's Activity Report for 2009 highlights our work over the past year as well as identifies the complexity around the UNFCCC COP-15 meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009.

 
 

Climate Change 

Developing methodology and standards to measure and cut the carbon footprint of the ICT sector and other industries through innovative technology

 

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Supply Chain

To promote good conduct and develop or improve tools, management practices, processes or systems to assist each participant and their supply chain in dealing with CR supply chain risks

 
 
Energy Efficiency
To develop common standards across ICT companies which will facilitate measuring greenhouse gas emissions more efficiently. The EE-IOCG (energy efficiency Inter-operators coalition group) leads this initiative within GeSI

 
 
e-Waste
To promote take-back and create tools to ensure electrical and electronic equipment is disposed of responsibly at end-of-life, and materials are reused or recycled wherever possible

 
 
Public Policy
To engage with policymakers and other stakeholders to promote the contribution ICT can make to sustainability

 
 
Project in Focus

SEESGEN - ICT

Supporting Energy Efficiency in Smart GENeration grids through ICT
     
 
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Universal Mobile Charger
June 17, 2010

Madrid -GeSI Members have identified the Universal Mobile Charger as a key standardisation topic. More than one billion new handsets are marketed each year and most of them are replacing older models. Most of the old power supplies need to be destroyed even if still operational since they are not compatible with the new devices.

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U.S. Department of State Press Release

May 14, 2010, Washington, D.C. – GeSI and EICC delegates participated in the meeting between the US Department of State and the representatives of mining industry. The discussion focused on industry’s due diligence employed to ensure that conflict minerals from DRC are not used in the manufacturing of electronics.

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Luis Neves, GeSI Chair, comments in
Responding to the new challenge of ICT-driven sustainability

Climate Action Book
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 Luis Neves, GeSI Chair presents

 

 

 

 

  
   

 
 
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