The current buzz of ‘going green’ has been a recent fad for many companies. But what does ‘going green’ really mean? How did going green get started? Who are the current leaders of sustainable information technology? It is clear that going green is more than a fad and that green technology can provide a number of cost reducing advantages to companies. This paper will explore the history of gree...

“Green IT” can be loosely described as a set of organizational initiatives undertaken to reduce the environmental impact of Information Technology. Although many trade publications are full of examples of Green IT initiatives, there is a lack of coherence around what constitutes a “Green IT” initiative, which practices could be considered Green IT, and even what the goals and motivations for a ...

Metalliferous minerals play a central role in the global economy [...]