IT Sector Divided on the 'Green' Issue

Latest Survey From The IT Job Board Reveals That 44 Percent of Businesses Have Not Considered a Green IT Strategy

LONDON, February 4 - Just under half (44 percent) of businesses operating within the IT sector
have not - as yet - considered a green IT strategy. This is one of the core
findings from a survey[1] conducted by The IT Job Board,
www.theitjobboard.co.uk.

However, in contrast to the above statistic, more than a third (37
percent) of senior IT professionals questioned, highlighted that their
business already has a green IT strategy in place.

The survey indicated that reducing cost was the main business objective
for their company implementing a green IT scheme - with almost half (49
percent) stressing this. This compared to 30 percent of respondents who cited
that the main purpose for going green was to protect the environment. In
support of this finding, more than three quarters (76 percent) of those
surveyed did advise of the need for large corporations to become green in
order to reduce CO2 emission levels.

When it came to assessing the various approaches businesses take in
becoming green, companies actively recycle the following:

- 93 percent - paper

- 68 percent - card

- 62 percent - printer ink cartridges

Two thirds (66 percent) of respondents highlighted that their companies
have a policy of turning off computers at the end of the working day.

Almost half of respondents (48%) indicated that a green IT strategy was a
crucial factor in reducing their businesses carbon footprint. However, 43
percent believed that the recession had made cost cutting a priority, and
that survival in the current climate is more important.

Commenting on the survey, Alex Farrell, managing director of The IT Job
Board, said: "Green IT is - understandably - a real 'hot topic'. I therefore
find it interesting to see there is such a divide between organisations in
terms of those which are actively implementing green IT strategies, and those
who choose not to consider them at all.

"I believe the onus falls firmly on the Government to promote the Green
IT agenda, and offer incentives to UK businesses. Only then will this become
top-of-mind, and the sector can work towards making a real change."

Notes to editors

About The IT Job Board:

The IT Job Board group of companies was set up in April 2002
in recognition that recruitment in the IT sector was increasingly dominated
by the internet.

Online technology enables sophisticated targeting - for
example by skill, region or experience - of www.theitjobboard.co.uk's
database of 800,000 IT professionals. The IT Job Board always tries to get
closer to candidates either via planned content campaigns, or through the use
of social networks.

The site also offers employers services such as branded job
postings, a featured employer zone, targeted email campaigns and guidance on
advertising copy. The managed campaign service filters responses to provide
companies with a shortlist of applicants most suitable for the advertised
position.

www.theitjobboard.co.uk's clients include The
Metropolitan Police, Friends of the Earth and www.moneysupermarket.com

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[1] 149 surveyed on `Green IT', January 2010

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