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L earn More Get on board today! The Future of IT Is Green There is no one-size-fits-all employee digital workspace – every employee has different hardware and software needs. For some, a tablet and a phone will suffice, while others might need a desktop with multiple monitors. Companies that standardize employees’ digital workspace face significant energy and hardware waste. Leverage insights and metrics into your different employees' personas (resource-heavy, virtualized, mobile…etc) to provide them with the right hardware and software they need based on their profile to avoid over-provisioning. Leverage Persona-Based Provisioning 07 Hardware waste is a real problem. In fact, over 80% of a device's carbon footprint comes from its manufacturing. You need to leverage intelligent, accurate insights into hardware status to extend the hardware lifecycle and decide if you should keep, replace or rebuild hardware. For instance, using digital experience scoring technology, you can detect devices that have passed their standard 3-year shelf-life but still have a high DEX Score and might be worth keeping. Or, think about troubleshooting components before replacing a device - maybe a simple upgrade will be enough. Optimize Hardware Lifecycle 06 A key aspect of a successful Green IT strategy is the ability to empower employee commitment. You must influence employees and drive them towards behavioral change. First, you need to measure and assess your employees' level of Green IT maturity, Then you can target and contextually engage with those employees who are not following best practices to maximize awareness and impact. A utomate the deployment of an Engage campaign to all employees who do not switch off their devices at the end of the day Influence Behavioral Change with Employee Engagement 05 Data centers alone consume about 1% of the entire global electricity demand, and are set to become one of the main global contributors of carbon emissions. Take a closer look at how you can optimize server usage and prevent redundancies. For instance, identify underused servers that can be consolidated or decommissioned. Make sure to raise workforce awareness about the impact of unecessary storage and email usage as well. Remember: at scale, small changes leads to big impact. Reduce Infrastructure Impact 04 What is the environmental impact of one employee device? What about 10,000? At scale, a small change can make a big difference. Identify key elements in your device landscape that create unnecessary energy waste such as uptime, reboots, model type, lifecycle, or power settings. Use this information to implement digital sobriety best practices. Promote Digital Sobriety for Devices 03 Understanding your actual carbon footprint is crucial. By converting Watt-hours into Carbon (C02) emission, IT teams can report on a tangible measure of their environmental impact across locations, departments, devices...etc. This provides an improvement baseline that is key for both regulatory and managerial reporting. You can answer questions like: Do we have a larger footprint in the London or Boston office? How do we compare to last year in terms of our digital footprint? Understand Your Carbon Footprint 02 • Overall energy consumption • Devices rarely (or never) switched off • Number of external monitors • Overall network traffic • Hardware performance (disk, CPU…etc) • Use of devices with green labels • Devices current power setting • Online storage and server usage IT teams have access to a wealth of data from employee devices – and virtually all of this data can help pinpoint areas of improvement, reduce energy waste and even find cost-saving opportunities along the way. For instance, you might want to take a look at: Measure What Matters Most 01 Ready to make a difference, but not sure where to begin? Here are 7 best practices to implement a successful DEX-driven Green IT strategy 7 Best Practices for DEX and Green IT Sources United Nations, “SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production pattern s ” , 2021 ｜ International Energy Agenc y , “ Data Centres and Data T ransmission Network s ” , 2020 ｜ The Shift Project, “ L ean IC T : towards digital sobriety: our new report on the environmental impact of ICT ” , 2019 ｜ Agence de l’Environment et de la Maitrise de l’Energi e , “ L a face cachee du numeriqu e ” 2019 ｜ Forbes, “ R enewable Energy Alone Ca n ’t Address Data Center s ’ Adverse Environmental Impact ” , 2021 ｜ Computerworld, “Why data centres are the new frontier in the fight against climate chang e ” , 2019 Nexthink is the global leader in Digital Employee Experience management. The company ’ s products allow enterprises to create highly productive digital workplaces for their employees by delivering optimal end-user experiences. Through a unique combination of real-time analytics, automation, and employee feedback across all endpoints, Nexthink helps IT teams meet the needs of the modern digital workplac e . About Nexthink Improve Employee Experience Enhance your internal and external reputation with positive company actions, improving employee satisfaction. Influence Behavioral Change Engage with your workforce to drive change and awareness – both in and outside of the work environment. A void Unnecessary Costs Reduce money wasted on needless energy consumption, unused servers, and over-provisioned devices. Detect and reduce sources of unnecessary energy consumption from devices, infrastructure, hardware, and employee behavior. R educe Environmental Impact Organizations don’t have to choose between promoting sustainable IT practices and improving Digital Employee Experience. In fact, the two go hand in hand. With employees at the center of their Green IT strategies, IT can foster awareness and transparency while driving value for the business. DEX and Green IT Section 03 In order to unite all 3 actors, IT must implement a full-fledged Digital Employee Experience (DEX) Management practice. Sustainability initiatives are not exclusive to IT – they need to be a vital corporate commitment. IT will only have the resources they need if they have the full support of the organization's executive team. Green IT is only effective if employees understand their impact and adopt sustainable best practices. Ensuring employees are aware and empowered to make a difference is the number-one priority of any successful Green IT strategy.