It's a sign of the times that, at a press briefing during the Salesforce.com Spring 07 launch in London, one of the journalists asked how green SfDC is, and about their overall impact on the environment. Actually they have a very good story, with a combination of the 1/1/1 approach combined with their recent 1 with the Earth addition. Every salesforce.com employee is encouraged to donate 1% of their working time to the community. They donate 1% of their equity in grants and in addition provide a further 1% in product donations. Their 1 with the Earth press release says:
"In taking important key steps in becoming a carbon neutral corporation, the Salesforce.com Foundation will work to neutralize the effect of salesforce.com's corporate greenhouse gas emissions from its major areas of carbon consumption - its office locations, corporate travel and data centers. This will be done through the strategic purchase of carbon offsets with the help of Clean Air-Cool Planet, NativeEnergy and Conservation International."
SfDC have a great answer, but other software companies, just like our politicians, had better get ready with a sensible response in anticipation.
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