There's nothing like a huge environmental disaster to make one wonder about one's own carbon footprint.

The reality is that the use of technology will never be in credit when it comes to the green debt we all owe, but we all know we can be greener in the ways we work, and just because we're in a recession doesn't mean businesses can turn a blind eye.

At Lumison we've argued in the past that companies should be working out where and how energy consumption can be reduced and waste limited. This month we published Lumison’s Carbon Reduction Plan for the next six months (May-September 2010).

We're committing ourselves to a cut of 169.93 tonnes or 9.6% of the CO2e generated in the same period in 2009 a figure considerably higher than the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme threshold.

Why are we taking this so seriously? Apart from our mantra of trying to minimise the negative and accentuate the positive in everything we do, this makes business sense.

Readdressing how we work by cutting down on commuting, promoting remote working strategies with unified communications and looking at optimisation of servers and churn of hardware are things every company can do. 

Carbon reduction commitment is as much about treating people like adults and investing in technology that improves output and cuts costs - surely a message even the most cynical can embrace.