Further strengthening its initiatives to promote Green IT, Fujitsu Limited announced in December a new Green Policy Innovation project which aims to achieve a cumulative reduction of more than 7 million tons of CO₂ in the period from fiscal 2007 through fiscal 2010. 

Fujitsu will concentrate its know-how and technological resources in two areas: reducing the environmental burden of the IT infrastructure, and reducing customers’ environmental burdens through new IT applications. Going forward, the Company will introduce new products and services that will support these initiatives and allow customers to lessen their environmental burden, ultimately helping to curb global warming. 

Environmental issues—and particularly the problem of global warming—are a growing concern for the global society. In the IT field, the proportion of electric power consumed by IT continues to grow due to the widespread use of IT equipment and the increased demands of data centers. As a result, the development of an energy-saving infrastructure has become an urgent priority. There are also high expectations that new IT applications can help reduce society’s overall environmental burden; interest in “green IT” is only expected to intensify. 

Since its establishment, Fujitsu has regarded environmental protection as one of its most important priorities, and the Company has continuously engaged in environmental activities. Today, discharging its responsibility to society as an IT enterprise, Fujitsu is building on its past achievements to initiate the Green Policy Innovation project as a bold measure to assist its customers in reducing their environmental burden. 

To read the entire press release on this important initiative, go to this link on the Fujitsu web site.