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Is the equipment made by environmentally friendly companies ?

Recommendation 

Social

B People

B Planet

B Prosperity

Difficulty

**

Priority

High

Récurrence

Periodic

Tests

Are suppliers' Sustainable IT indicators available?

Precisions

The stance of data center equipment suppliers regarding sustainability should be disclosed and validated, to ensure the overview required by the life cycle analysis.

Use Case

Technical documentation

19 - Hard drives are chosen based on their low energy consumption

Additional elements

Operational issues related to the project

Posts

Rule for assessing the level of compliance of the criterion

0 / 0

Life cycle

Acquisition

5 other criteria related to the recommendation: Combine human and technical aspects

Advice

Social

Do all of the service provider's employees have social and salary conditions equivalent to those of the data center customer ?

Advice

Location

Is the data center located near the main activity ?

Advice

Location

Are trips for interventions to the data center possible by public transport or soft mobility ?

Advice

Social

Does the data center support the local economic ecosystem ?

Recommendation

Social

Does the material come from companies known to respect the labor code ?