Establishment Outline
Name
February 1, 2008 Inauguration of the Green IT Promotion Council
Green IT Promotion Council
Establishment
February 1, 2008
Establishment Outline
Global warming is a top-priority issue requiring an urgent, global-scale response. Recognizing that radical technological innovation has a critical role to play in achieving harmony between our economic and social activities and the global environment, Japan has created the "Cool Earth-Innovative Energy Technology Program" for the development of new technologies from a long-term perspective. IT and electronics technologies stand to make a major contribution to realizing these new technologies.
The greater economic, logistical and administrative efficiency achieved through the sophisticated control and management enabled by IT and electronics technologies should also generate greater productivity and greater energy efficiency in all economic and social activities, contributing substantially to reducing environmental impact.
At the same time, by 2025 the full-scale introduction of IT is expected to have boosted international information flows by around 200 times the level in 2006. This information explosion will also vastly increase the number of IT devices in use, positioning the energy consumption of IT devices themselves as a key issue.
The Japanese government has developed the “Green IT Initiative” as a means of achieving a balance between environmental protection and economic growth. The Green IT Promotion Council was established on 1 February 2008 as an industry-government-university partnership for promoting concrete action under this initiative.
We at the Green IT Promotion Council look forward to utilizing the manufacturing, environment and energy-saving technological capacity that is Japan’s strength to transform all aspects of our economy, society and lifestyles, while also working toward further Energy-saving of and by IT devices.
Proposing Representatives
(The post at the time of the establishment)
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- Katsuhiko Machida
- Chairman, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
(Chairman and CEO, Sharp Corporation)
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- Etsuhiko Shoyama
- Chairman, Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association (JEMA)
(Chairman of the Board, Hitachi, Ltd.)
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- Isao Uchida
- Chairman, Japan Electric Measuring Instruments Manufacturers' Association (JEMIMA)
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Yokogawa Electric Corporation)
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- Kaoru Yano
- Chairman, Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ)
(President, NEC Corporation)
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- Yoshihiro Maeda
- Chairman, Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association (JBMIA)
(President & Chief Executive Officer, TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION)
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- Tomokazu Hamaguchi
- Chairman, Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association (JISA)
(Senior Corporate Advisor, NTT Data Corporation)
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- Junji Kawano
- Chairman, Japan Users Association of Information Systems (JUSA)
(Adviser, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.)
