Charities Newsletter
Issue 7

This month iT4C have been out and about at various events.

• Microsoft consultation day – how Microsoft are supporting Charities
• IT in the Community conference in Sunderland
• UnLtd – Social Enterprises Discussion day
• BT conferencing – how technology can reduce CO2 emissions

BT Conferencing - how technology can reduce CO2 emissions

Anne attended an interesting evening of talks on 11 July including presentations from the BT Sustainability team and the Environment Agency who were talking about the savings they made by holding virtual meetings either over the phone or online and by flexible working.

Just a few facts and figures:

• BT has reduced their carbon emissions by 60% over a year
• The Environment Agency used to travel a vast amount of miles for work-related meetings and have reduced their travel miles considerably.
• They think they work smarter and more efficiently as well as have less impact on the environment

They both spoke of additional benefits including having a more flexible and inclusive workforce and a better work/life balance for employees.

For more information see: www.bt.com/betterworld
And www.environment-agency.gov.uk

We would like to hear about steps your workplace is taking to utilise technology to assist with improvements to the environment and the worklife of staff and if you have helped introduce such measures into the charities you have volunteered with.

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