Global responsibility: sustainable development in information and communication technology

Author

Griese, Hansjoerg ; Mueller, Jutta ; Reichl, Herbert ; Stobbe, Lutz

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for Reliability & Microintegration, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

900

Lastpage

904

Abstract

Companies in the field of electronics and in particular the information and communication technology (ICT) are facing great challenges and opportunities with regards to sustainable development and the ongoing trend towards a global information society. The paper gives a short outlook on future tasks with respect to sustainable development, followed by two examples (EEE Directive and NIK-Roadmap-Project) on how the European and German government plan to promote and imply sustainability aspects into business activities of the ICT industry

Keywords

DP industry; design for environment; electronic equipment manufacture; government policies; socio-economic effects; EEE Directive; European Government; German Government; ICT industry; NIK-Roadmap-Project; business activities; electronics; future tasks; global information society; global responsibility; information and communication technology; sustainable development; Business; Communications technology; Cost function; Data processing; Environmental economics; Government; Machinery production industries; Productivity; Sustainable development; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1266-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992490

Filename

992490