Large businesses are at a disadvantage when it comes to making real change to tackling climate change. Unless there is a clear cost benefit (such as by switching to cheaper, renewably generated power) implementing changes which cannot be justified by a simple internal cost-benefit analysis are difficult to build a business case for.
Energy usage is the easiest to measure. You can look at the itemized bill and calculate exactly how much could be saved by switching to a green utility provider. It becomes more difficult when you have to consider direct and indirect emissions, complex multi-national supply chains and how the environmental footprint of third-party vendor operations affect your own impact.
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Source: IT Strategy