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The company we choose was Dell for Green Initiatives

? Write a paper. Use data from the company you chose and answer the following questions:

o What are some green initiatives your company is implementing?
o Identify what you feel are driving forces behind those initiatives.
o Has your company implemented International Organization for Standards (ISO) 14000 protocols? If yes, what is the current benefit or effect they are having? If not, what is the potential benefit or effect to the company if they were implemented?

? Format the paper according to APA standards.

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// We will discuss in this paper, the green initiatives, that are increasingly adopted by more and more companies, to reduce the harmful environmental impact; they have on the planet through the use of various measures. The company that we have taken up for the study is Dell; we will discuss its green initiatives and the reasons for 'going green'. //

The organizations have realized that, they have a responsibility towards the society and towards the planet and have begun to make serious efforts in that direction. The IT companies must administer the practices that are environment friendly and some of the practices are maximizing the energy efficiency of the products, reducing the use of hazardous materials and make most products; recyclable. The green initiatives should be systematic in nature, starting with the planning by the management, even restructuring, if needed, compliance with the standards, end user satisfaction, efficient energy use, proper disposal of electronic waste, using telepresence technologies, while keeping a track of the return on investments (ROI) (Lamb, 2009). We have chosen, Dell for the study of green initiatives. Headquartered in Texas, Dell is a technology systems and services company that manufactures and sells computers, televisions and other technological products. The firm holds a good record of being a responsible and environmentally conscious company; it became the first IT Company that focused on product recycling and was awarded for its efforts to promote the producer responsibility.

// We have so far, discussed the meaning of green initiatives and the introduction of Dell, now, we continue with the efforts taken up by Dell and the themes backing up Dell's efforts and major areas covered. //

In June 2007, Dell announced the goal of becoming the greenest technological company on the planet. The corporation identified the new generation as the "ReGeneration" that is used to refer to people, having the common interest of utilizing the renewable resources and inclining all the efforts, towards saving the earth's natural environment (Davies, 2008). The Green Initiatives of Dell revolve around three main themes that are encouraging the use of more environmental friendly materials, efficient use of energy and the recycling of products. These measures are integrated into the elements of company's value chain, including designing the products and ...

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