Monday, January 04, 2010

IBM Finds Many Companies Overlook What Could Be The Most Critical Green Initiative

By Sharon Nunes, VP, Big Green Innovations, IBM

Recently, my company conducted a survey of more than 100 public and private sector executives. Their responses concerning water challenges showed some surprising and, in some cases, alarming concerns.

For example, while the cost of treating and delivering water will continue to increase over the next 10 years, many companies do not know how to adapt. About 77 percent of those surveyed felt that water management was extremely critical to their business, yet 51 percent said they lacked formal guidelines for implementing it and an additional 63 percent of executives said they lacked access to integrated water management systems.

View article from Environmental Leader >>

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