Ambassador G WALLACE HOPE

Advisor to UAE Government on Green and Liquidity Founding Director - Queen of Green FZE

IT for Government 2011 4th and 5th October Dubai, UAE

Green Leadership for the Middle East Waste in the Middle East What is Green IT? An overview Understand the definition of 'Green IT' Understand the overall need for an organization to adopt a Green IT Strategy Understand the main goals and objectives of Green IT Cost benefits Operational Green IT Reputation and Culture Roles and Responsibilities Monitoring and measurement New apps empower preventative Green IT E-gov and M-apps = Empowerment

Green Leadership for Middle East

Real waste in MENA

MENA 100 million unemployed youth waste of investment in education, skills and talent UAE No 1 Water Security 1600% more consumption No 2 Food Security 3 weeks supply No 3 Energy Security self consumption of 30% when this can earn export dollars

Carbon Emissions for MENA

Carbon Emissions by MENA residents

Water Usage

What is Green IT? An overview

An IT Company or Dept operated with waste reduction, conservation, environment and sustainability BUILT into the everyday design, practices and processes to joyfully balance nature, technology, business and economy.

Understand the definition of 'Green IT'

Critical conservation, waste management, energy conservation, environment, sustainability and profitability of a company or Dept. Clients and customers care and ask about your Green policiesand if you put them into practice. Too many pretty brochures and not enough action. Invisible costs and inefficiencies create the most waste and consume the most costs.

Understand the overall need for an organization to adopt a Green IT Strategy

Conserve natural resources - water, energy, trees etc Reduce waste - water, lighting, heating, air con, costs Prevent pollution - CO2, emissions, chemicals Recycle - effective recycling of water, materials and waste Improve - environment, O2, beauty, bottom line

Cost benefits
Cost benefits can be obtained by: Converting the building from an energy consumer to an energy generator Devising a Step by Step plan that employees own and have fun implementing Mass collaboration on each step Publish real-time results of behaviour change Share the cost saving benefits e.g. savings from light bulbs re-invested in fresh juicesavailable for employees that improve their Vitamin and Mineral intake

Cumulative effects of a systems approach

Recycling your Computers

The importance of Recycling your Computers: Computers and other electronic items make up around 2% of all of the materials in today's landfills. We know that recycling monitors and computers is important, as the landfills are not getting any smaller. These items contain lead and toxic metals that can cause serious damage to the environment, particularly if they end up in the water supply. Development of the information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Arab region reduces demand on transport and thus reducing GHG emissions.

Reputation and Culture

to employees, clients,customers, contractors and suppliers has a ripple effect and unleashes green creativity that can be applied to the whole Global Supply Chain. Embracing a social media program share each step with

A Green IT culture stimulates the heart chakra and provides a happier, healthier workplace,internal and external relationships. When you put the environment and human assets at the center of your Green IT policy flow improves, solutions

Roles and Responsibilities

Board of Directors setting the policy and practicing it themselves. Management actively encouraging employee collaboration. Employees focused on what they can improve Stakeholders invited to share improvements and their experiences.

Monitoring and measurement

Monitoring existing bills, conservation and reduction in real time. Measurement of before and after displayed in charts and images. Knowledge transferred and shared with stakeholders and the world to demonstrate what is possible.

Empowering 200,000 unemployed women in KSA with green IT

E-Gov and M-apps = Empowerment

HRH King Al Saud wanted a program to empower 200,000 unemployed women as part of the Social Fund for KSA Queen of Green developed business in a box a microenterprise selected from their phone, delivered to their home with m-video, m-payments and m-banking to provide a real-time, paperless system with zero environmental impact Scale and speed all women can access the knowledge transfer, systems, payments and support from their mobile phone.

Queen of Green FZE

SAIF, Sharjah, UAE Email: hope@hope.gs Phone: +971 552 396 818