Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992490
