Calculate the GHG: Sun launches open Web community to determine environmental footprint

-- Manufacturing Business Technology, 9/25/2007 1:14:00 PM

Sun Microsystems announces another online community—this one called OpenEco.org—to help organizations calculate, compare, and reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions.
OpenEco.org offers the venue for organizations to address climate change together as companies face increasing pressure to set improvement goals and invest in projects to meet them.
GHG analysis is done with homegrown or proprietary tools, and often requires significant internal resources or expensive consulting services. With OpenEco.org, carbon accounting data that might ordinarily remain in a company's spreadsheet can be shared using the site's unique GHG emissions tool, which enables organizations of all kinds to benchmark against one another, set realistic reduction goals, and share best practices to meet them.
Ceres, a leading coalition of investors and environmental groups, is an early OpenEco.org participant.
"The OpenEco framework holds great promise in helping companies and organizations work together to reduce global warming pollution," says Andrea Moffat, Director of Corporate Programs, Ceres. "Social networks and technology are important in addressing social and environmental problems. We joined OpenEco.org because Ceres views Sun as a leader in building Web communities and using technology to drive society forward."
Prior to launching OpenEco.org, Sun began sharing its own emissions data and best practices online to help other companies reduce their footprint. Sun also posts case studies and best practices about how it has greened its own data centers worldwide.
For more information, please visit the Sun Eco Center at http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/environment
To be part of the community, please visit OpenEco.org or contact Sun Microsystems at openeco-info@sun.com