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Description

Sustainable IT: Measuring Footprint, Eco-Design and Roadmap Delivery

Move beyond good intentions and build a sustainable IT approach the IT department can genuinely sustain

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Sustainable IT is often reduced to a few symbolic gestures: cleaning up mailboxes or switching off screens. Meanwhile the equipment estate keeps growing, devices are replaced too early and purchasing decisions are made without any environmental criteria.

These two days are designed for organisations that have already begun the reflection. Participants learn to locate the real impacts across manufacturing and use, to build a usable inventory and set of indicators, to apply eco-design to an existing digital service and to formalise a roadmap with clearly identified owners.

Learning objectives

  • Locate environmental impacts across manufacturing, use and end of life of equipment
  • Build an equipment inventory and workable monitoring indicators
  • Apply eco-design principles to an existing digital service
  • Embed environmental criteria into purchasing and tender processes
  • Formalise a roadmap with owners and milestones
  • Connect digital sobriety, accessibility and inclusion

What makes this programme different

The work starts from the participants' actual equipment estate and digital services
An existing digital service is audited and streamlined during the session
The resulting roadmap distinguishes what depends on IT from what depends on the business lines

Programme

1The real impacts of digital technology

Knowing where the environmental weight actually lies

  • Distribution of impacts across manufacturing, use and end of life
  • Resources involved beyond greenhouse gas emissions alone
  • Weight of end-user devices compared with data centres and networks
  • Rebound effects and the limits of efficiency gains

2Measuring and steering

Building indicators you can defend

  • Equipment inventory and the quality of available data
  • Choosing indicators tracked over time rather than a one-off measurement
  • Assessment methods and precautions in interpretation
  • Internal reporting and alignment with the organisation's sustainability approach

3Eco-design of digital services

Streamlining what we design and what we host

  • Challenging the need and reducing functional scope
  • Sobriety of interfaces, media and stored data
  • Hosting architecture choices and right-sizing
  • Extending device lifespan through compatibility with older terminals
  • Digital accessibility as part of the approach

4Procurement, governance and roadmap

Anchoring the approach in everyday decisions

  • Environmental criteria in specifications and supplier selection
  • Refurbishment, reuse and end-of-life channels
  • Equipment renewal policy and budget trade-offs
  • Awareness-raising with business lines and allocation of responsibilities
  • Building and monitoring the roadmap

Who is it for

IT managers, architects, developers, IT buyers, digital project managers and sustainability leads working alongside the information systems department.

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of how an information systems department or a digital project operates

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.