{"id":830,"date":"2024-10-09T09:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/?page_id=830"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:02:32","slug":"green-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/impact\/green-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Green standards"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <h2 class=\"h3\">\n        Drive the adoption of international green standards    <\/h2>\n                        <p>\n        International standards, guided by sustainability principles, play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis by maximizing energy efficiency, reducing e-waste, and cutting emissions. Collaboration between governments and the private sector to harmonize regulatory frameworks is essential to encourage investments aligned with climate goals.    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-right data-span-override\" data-span=\"4\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/green-standards.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-851\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:129px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/green-standards.png 176w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/green-standards-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <p>\n            <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">    <div class=\"ituCard highlight-alt\" data-span=\"8\">\n\t\t<p><strong>\u201cAs the world\u2019s leading developers of international standards, we pledge to uphold the principles that allow sustainability to be built into their development by design, and to delivering the standards that make both business and environmental sense.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong><br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldstandardscooperation.org\/#section-group-sufVE12dDomXExxYRVgJBw-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the joint statement<\/a>\u202fby the World Standards Cooperation\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <h3 class=\"h5\">\n        Progress since 2023    <\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n            <ul class=\"ituTimeline\" data-span=\"8\">\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2023 <strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Launch of GDA Standards pillar and working group<\/strong><br>A peer-learning working group was launched to strengthen industry and country collaboration on the implementation of environmental sustainability standards.                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2023 \u2014 Joint statement by the Worlds Standards Cooperation<\/strong><br>At COP28, leading international standards developers \u2013 ITU, ISO and IEC \u2013 issued a joint statement on the importance of sustainability being built into technical standards development by design, and standards helping the world reach net-zero emissions and achieve a resource-efficient circular and low-carbon economy.                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2023 <strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Action Plan<\/strong><br>At COP28, the GDA Green Standards working group launched an Action Plan outlining proactive steps for leveraging standards to foster sustainability and drive climate action within the ICT sector.                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2024 <strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Standards matrix<\/strong><br>At COP29, the WG built on this effort and identified operational areas and technical domains to structure a matrix, which resulted in a 4&#215;6 matrix. In addition, the group labelled published standards within the matrix.                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                                        <li>\n        <div class=\"ituCard alt\">\n            <div class=\"main\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <strong>2024 <strong>\u2014<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Regional Workshops<\/strong><br>With the support of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) of Japan, a project was launched to organize 4 regional workshops over the course of 2024 and 2025 to share good practices, increase awareness and support the implementation of environmental sustainability standards.                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(241,130,40) 0%,rgb(241,130,40) 100%);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><strong>Actions for leveraging standards for climate action<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid fullWidthCards\">\n                                                        <a class=\"ituCard anim blueblurb\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"mailto:green@itu.int\" target='blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n\n                                            <p class=\"title\"><strong>Join a GDA Working Group<\/strong><\/p>\n                                        <p>The peer-learning working group aims to strengthen industry and country collaboration on the implementation of environmental sustainability standards.<em> <\/em><br><br><em>Contact green@itu.int to join<\/em> &gt;<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                                                        <a class=\"ituCard anim blueblurb\" data-span=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/studygroups\/2022-2024\/05\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                    <div class=\"content\">\n                <div class=\"main\">\n\n                                            <p class=\"title\"><strong><strong>Join existing standardization efforts<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n                                        <p>Join existing standardization efforts such as ITU-T SG5 \u201cEnvironment, EMF and Circular Economy.\u201d <br><br><em>Learn more<\/em> &gt;<br><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/a>\n    \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actions for leveraging standards for climate action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":900,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-830","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/830\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/green-digital-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}