SIGNATORY RECORD

SOWAN

Date of signature : 05/31/2022

  • Signatory of the Sustainable IT Charter

Micro Entreprise (1 to 10 employees)

IT, telecoms

6 contributors

LYON, France

barthelemy@sowan.fr

https://www.sowan.fr/

Presentation

Depuis plus de 10 ans, SOWAN assiste les TPE, les Directions de services Informatiques (DSI) de PME en matière de conseil, d’intégration, de supervision et de mise en place de solutions informatiques. Notre entreprise de solutions informatiques destinées aux professionnels vous accompagne au quotidien dans la gestion de vos infrastructures Réseau, la mise en place de matériels informatiques sous environnements mixtes MAC / PC, l’intégration de Solutions Client/Serveur. Nous proposons la mise en sécurité de vos données au travers de solutions NAS / MacOS Server / Windows Server / Cloud, mais aussi la gestion de vos accès à distance sécurisé type VPN.

Planned commitments and actions

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Enter a Sustainable IT labelling initiative
  • Certify your employees
  • Training in Sustainable IT (e.g. attending a training course lasting several days)
  • Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
  • Implementing data governance of your organisation and GDPR compliance or by following the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules locally applicable data protection rules for other countries
  • Deployment of a security plan for its digital environments (antivirus, VPN, supplier audits, permanent monitoring)
  • Evaluate the robustness of its infrastructures (regular tests) and prioritise European infrastructures
  • Manage my fleet with an inventory by category
  • Measure the lifespan of my equipment by type
  • Measure the impact of its digital services (e.g. frequency of use or energy consumption) using a multi-criteria and global approach to the entire service (equipment, servers, networks, etc.)
  • Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services
  • Reduce the environmental impact of its services: weight of images, videos, plugins, by favouring simpler or less energy-consuming solutions
  • Make its digital services accessible to as many people as possible (even in the event of poor connection quality, disability, etc.)
  • Facilitate the proper semantic understanding of its digital services in a clear and educational language

Actions started

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Deployment of a security plan for its digital environments (antivirus, VPN, supplier audits, permanent monitoring)
  • Evaluate the robustness of its infrastructures (regular tests) and prioritise European infrastructures
  • Favour the purchase of sustainable equipment (reparability and durability criteria)
  • Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
  • Ensuring that its suppliers and service providers comply with their GDPR requirements or follow the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules for other countries, environmental, social and diversity
  • Encourage diversity among my service providers, particularly in relation to disability issues
  • Use start-ups, associations and sustainable innovation projects to meet my needs for products and services, and participate in the structuring and improvement of these sustainable offers and services
  • Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
  • Plan the archiving and cleaning of data with its teams to reduce their environmental footprint