SCP – Sustainable consumption and production
Sustainable consumption and production, SCP, is a core theme for the United Nations and EU when working towards sustainable development. The European Commission and the European Environmental Agency (EEA) have identified the SCP priority areas which are: housing, food and drink, and mobility. These are the areas that lead to the highest environmental impacts over their full life cycle. I suppose ICT is a great enabler within these areas: smart houses, software that takes care of the energy supply system and reduces the energy use is coming are only two examples. ICT is also a great enabler for reducing the travels, but also for making us wanting to travel and see more of the world…. We should keep an eye on the ICT:s as well and make sure they follow the goals within SCP: energy efficient, as low impact as possible on the environment and of high quality which makes them last longer and want to be used longer by the end user. Also, check out TCO Development White paper on Green IT.