Logica’s Indian subsidiary helps reduce carbon emission
October 19th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANSBangalore, Oct 19 (IANS) The Indian subsidiary of the London-based Logica plc helped the leading IT services firm reduce carbon emission by 11.3 percent in 18 months, the company said Monday.
“We have achieved 11.3 percent reduction in our carbon footprint in the last 18 months and set a target of reducing it by another 10 percent next year,” Logica India chief executive Abhya Gupte said in a statement here.
The reduction enabled the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) to rank the British firm top of the FTSE 350 for IT services in its global 500 report.
The report provides a comprehensive assessment of global data on corporate greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies.
Globally, Logica set a target of reducing the carbon footprint by 50 percent before 2020 through various green initiatives.
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