ITA wins the coveted Oman Green Guardian Award
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ITA wins the coveted Oman Green Guardian Award
12 Jun 2012
Oman Green Awards is the ultimate recognition for institutions, companies, and individuals in Oman, who demonstrate a commitment towards responsible consumption and sustainable growth. The award honors and celebrates their vision in leading the way to a cleaner, greener tomorrow.
The Information Technology Authority (ITA) entered the 2012 edition of this Award for the very first time in the Green Guardian category. The Green Guardian Award goes to the organization that strongly espouses the values of environmental protection, preservation and conservation through eco-friendly practices at the workplace and in the community as a whole.
“Winning this Award has further motivated us to work towards our vision for a Green Oman assuring commitment towards green IT implementation and building an affirmative and sustainable green culture,” said Dr. Salim Al Ruzaiqi, CEO of ITA.
The Green Initiative of the ITA envisions building a Green IT community within ITA, promoting Green IT by adopting industry’s best practices to create a green IT eco-system. This will facilitate decreasing pollution, encouraging recycling and creating an environmentally friendly computing society and working space.
The main mission of the Green Initiative is to create an environment for green computing and ensure responsible use of energy and other resources, by working with ITA staff harnessing knowledge and support from the community. Winning this Green Guardian Award compliments ITA’s achievement of being Environmental Management System (EMS) ISO 14001 and Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Services (OHSAS) 18001 certified.
“We have been persistent in creating an eco-friendly office culture, by managing our energy requirements and reducing wastage by continuous monitoring, encourage green aspects in all ITA’s projects, thus ensuring a sustainable computing environment,“ said Fatma Al Riyami, project manager of the Green Initiative.
“ITA employees have spearheaded certain initiatives to incorporate a green culture within our working environment,” quotes Said Al Buali, project specialist of the Green Initiative. We have launched several initiatives to reduce, reuse and recycle and encourage such projects in partnership with the community under the holistic theme of the ITA’s ‘Green Initiative’, he added.
The Green Initiative website at www.ita.gov.om/green details the project objectives and achievements in terms of best green practices implemented across the various divisions of the ITA. A short film covering the Earth day celebrations of the ITA can be viewed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hts4OBRc0_I&feature=youtu.be
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