“The digital technology sector is relatively new and has developed at an extraordinary speed over the last
few decades. We believe that there are two interdependent solutions to the problem of overall CO2 emissions - product innovation by manufacturers and the intelligent use of digital technology by consumers, businesses and authorities” said Mark MacGann, EICTA Director General.
Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for the Information Society, said at the EICTA press conference today: “I
am convinced that ICT has a key role to play in enabling energy efficiency improvements across the whole economy, thus lowering emissions and fighting climate change.”
The report identifies how more than 25 different technologies can be applied by other sectors of the
economy, to enhance existing processes, enable new ways of working and transform our everyday activities,
to reduce their overall CO2 emissions and energy consumption. EICTA member companies manufacturing digital technologies are identifying the best low-carbon technologies and accelerating their development and implementation so that Europe can achieve its emissions reduction targets.
“Improving the efficiency of our products is not enough. We have to find ways to completely decouple
economic growth from energy consumption. This can only happen if the best in class carbon reducing
technology devices are more rapidly applied at a large scale by all other sectors of the economy” said John
Higgins, Director General of Intellect (UK).
The report commits Europe’s digital technology industry to monitor the emissions associated with their
products, share best practices through their supply chain, assist to encourage behavioural change and
further develop low–carbon technologies.

You can watch the video of the event here.