Everywhere you look the world is turning green. Whether or not your personal views endorse the scientific schools of thought so widely held as the root of changes in the earth climate, the issue for the IT industry essentially remains one I think it always had to face up to. And retailers are no less likely to escape the impact of 'green IT' than any other businesses.

The fact is, in the face of dwindling natural resources and rising energy prices, retailers can no longer afford to look at the power consumption as if it were on tap. From their lighting and control systems, product development and packaging to distribution and fleet management, data centre, heating and cooling needs, greater automation and control offer a tangible way of cutting one of the central operating costs every retailer incurs. The 'power' feature in our latest issue is full of practical ideas already proving their worth in today's demanding trading environment.

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In this months issue:
Process change weathers economic storms

In increasingly uncertain economic times, business process change and improvement were never more essential to the survival of retailers

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Power becomes a boardroom issue

Rising power costs and growing pressure to also cut carbon emissions has seen green IT firmly establish itself on the boardroom agenda, to the extent that the likes of IT analyst firm Gartner to the World Wildlife Foundation agree the carbon emissions of IT hardware and software is comparable to that of the aviation industry each year.

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