UK Sustainable Technology Strategy 2020

The UK Government has released a policy paper on "The greening government: sustainable technology strategy 2020 - sustainable technology for sustainable government" (UK Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, 10 December 2018). Government departments are required to report on green ICT efforts and e-waste production. There is a target of 40% government meetings conducted by e-conferencing (with no date specified for implementation. Also there is a target of zero e-waste by 2020. But there appear to be no targets for reducing energy use, or carbon emissions.

Contents

1. Commendation by the Technology and Digital Leaders Network Chair
2. Vision
3. The story so far
4. Rationale
5. Purpose and applicability
6. Principles
7. Scope
8. Ends
9. Ways
10. Means
11. Governance and controls
12. Summary of departmental commitments
13. Annex: Government outcomes – a hierarchy

ps: Those who want to know how to estimate emissions and e-waste from ICT in an organization can take my course "ICT Sustainability". This will next offered on-line by Athabasca University (Canada)  in 2019, and ANU (Australia) in 2020.