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Industry Solutions, Sustainability, Session Recording

Sustainable IT with Chrome OS

By Stephen C2C | June 22, 2022

End user computing devices account for 1% of greenhouse gas emissions. This may not sound like a lot, but it's far too much if we want to change the course of our planet's future. Fortunately, sustainability is a top-ranking trend across the business landscape, and Michael Wyatt, Head of Google's Chrome Enterprise in EMEA, was happy to join C2C Global's Clean Clouds Happy Earth event to tell our members about using Chrome OS to practice Sustainable IT.

Chrome has committed to more sustainable manufacturing, consumption, and downstream practices for managing its products, integrating sustainability into the entire device lifecycle. Chrome's manufacturing partners are producing more sustainable devices, including the first made entirely from ocean-bound plastics. Chromebooks also use up to 46% less energy than competitors. If other vendors adopt these practices, and customers make it a priority to invest in these resources, the goal of a sustainable future will be that much easier to achieve.

After reviewing Chrome's commitments, Wyatt introduced two case studies submitted by Chrome customers. Kingston & Sutton Council partnered with Citrix, Chrome, and Acer to update its systems and reduce their energy consumption by one third. Nordic Choice Hotels converted 2,000 windows PCs to chrome using OS Flex in one weekend after suffering a ransomware attack to adopt more secure software without investing in any new machines. The company distributed one-pagers to all of its hotels and each location's staff migrated their machines onsite. As these stories demonstrate, sustainability is achievable for any organization willing to work proactively with Chrome.

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