The Environment Agency
has chosen Capgemini to provide the partial
outsourcing of IT services under a new seven
year IT service contract
which aims to be the greenest in government.
LONDON, 13 November
2009 – The Environment Agency has chosen
Capgemini to provide the partial outsourcing
of IT services under a new seven year IT
service contract which aims to be the greenest
in government. It should see the Environment
Agency reduce IT carbon emissions by around
50 percent within the next few years.
Environmental considerations
have been the core of the design of the
service – from the production and transportation
of hardware, to energy savings for each
end-user. Further green measures will include
reduction, reuse and recycling of hardware,
while all disposals will be done under strict
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) regulations. It is the first time
that such a comprehensive set of green measures
has been formally set within a UK IT contract.
It is widely accepted that IT usage globally
contributes to two percent of the total
carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to
that usually attributed to aviation. For
these reasons, the Environment Agency has
contracted with Capgemini to ensure that
this service can be reused by Government
and other public sector organisations.
In designing a framework
with environmental measures built in from
the outset, such as equipment purchase,
its delivery and use on the desk, through
to its ultimate disposal, the total cost
of IT purchase and operation should be reduced.
The result is that public sector organisations
and business can not only improve their
environmental performance, but also can
make long-term cost savings.
Graham Ledward, Director
of Resources at the Environment Agency said:
“This contract not only aims to exceed the
Government’s sustainable IT targets, it
also sets a high standard for environmental
performance which we hope that other public
sector organisations and businesses would
wish to reflect.”
Ledward continued, “The
real message of success is that a green
IT contract can be frugal, cost-effective
and environmentally beneficial. The Environment
Agency is not only reducing its carbon emissions,
it’s also saving money in the long term.
We will effectively do more for less.”
Christine Hodgson,
Vice President and member of the Capgemini
Group Executive Committee, said: “We are
proud to have won this important contract
on the strength of the value of our proposition
to the Environment Agency and our commitment
to sustainable IT. We believe this contract
should become a benchmark that will shape
and influence how other organisations in
the public and private sectors adopt sustainable
IT as a business benefit, and that where
the Environment Agency has led, others will
inevitably follow.”
With much of the Environment
Agency’s existing IT provision reaching
the end of its useful lifecycle, this contract
means that the organisation will be more
efficient and flexible in meeting its future
challenges. This will underpin the delivery
of the Environment Agency’s ambitious new
Corporate Strategy 2010-2015, which was
unveiled on Tuesday (November 10, 2009).
Notes to Editors
Details of the service
This is a full Infrastructure and Application
Management Outsource with the exception
of Applications Development. There are some
300 plus staff in-scope and the outsource
covers critical applications such as Flood
Warning and Waste Management.
Included in scope are
Hosting services, Application Operations
and Maintenance, Service Desk, Desk Side
Support, Network Services and several cross
functional services such as Disaster Recovery,
Governance, Security, 3rd Party Management,
Project and Service Delivery Management,
and Quality.
About the Environment
Agency
The Environment Agency is an Executive Non-departmental
Public Body responsible to the Secretary
of State for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs and an Assembly Sponsored Public
Body responsible to the National Assembly
for Wales.
The Environment Agency’s
aims are to protect and improve the environment,
and to promote sustainable development.
The Environment Agency plays a central role
in delivering the environmental priorities
of central government and the Welsh Assembly
Government through its functions and roles.
About Capgemini
Capgemini, one of the
world’s foremost providers of consulting,
technology and outsourcing services, enables
its clients to transform and perform through
technologies. Capgemini provides its clients
with insights and capabilities that boost
their freedom to achieve superior results
through a unique way of working, the Collaborative
Business Experience. The Group relies on
its global delivery model called Rightshore®,
which aims to get the right balance of the
best talent from multiple locations, working
as one team to create and deliver the optimum
solution for clients. Present in more than
30 countries, Capgemini reported 2008 global
revenues of EUR 8.7 billion and employs
90,000 people worldwide.
More information is
available at www.uk.capgemini.com.
Capgemini Outsourcing
Services (OS) draws on the expertise of
more than 25,000 employees to manage, innovate
and improve the IT systems and business
processes of its clients. Capgemini OS offers
a full spectrum of services including Applications
Outsourcing, Infrastructure Outsourcing,
Business Process Outsourcing and Transformational
Outsourcing.
