Environmental Valuation Tools
March 25, 2008 by Emily Ryan | Filed under: Environmental Valuation and Accounting [1]
Hello Environmental Valuation and Accounting group,
I am an IT manager and an MBA student with concentrations in technology management and environmental sustainability so I have never come across the concept of environmental valuation in my day to day work. Or at least I didn’t think so! After reading up on the topic I realized that every day I am facing decisions that use (or don’t use) environmental valuation in their pricing or cost/benefit analysis.
My personal career focus is to work with IT departments specifically to reduce their environmental impact and increase sustainability. Even though this is not the typical “environmental manager”, environmental valuation is critical to building a true ROI for IT systems and designing new “green” initiatives.
I am looking forward to working with you all to determine how we can successfully use the tools we currently have, and how we can even develop better ones – or more industry specific ones, for businesses who are not the basic manufacturers who must deal with compliance.
Thanks! – Emily