ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto (NYSE: MON - News) has been ranked one of 12 green IT companies in IDG's Computerworld top Green-IT Companies for 2008. Computerworld recognized Monsanto, the only agriculture company on the list, for working to reduce energy consumption in IT equipment and using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions. This honor is part of Computerworld's first Top Green-IT Companies feature.
"On behalf of Monsanto and its employees, we're honored and excited to receive this great recognition," said Mark Showers, chief information officer for Monsanto. "A strong environment is essential to our business success and our mission of making farmers more productive and more efficient. Monsanto has a good track record of being on the cutting edge of technology, and we're pleased we can continue that trend by keeping energy efficiency in mind at all times within our IT organization."
In the fall of 2007, Monsanto completed a new, state-of-the-art, energy efficient data center that saves more than 25 percent of building energy compared to a conventionally designed data center. The company anticipates receiving Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design certification this spring, making it the first LEED registered data center in the state of Missouri, and the third LEED certified data center in the country. Monsanto also has a strong focus on server consolidation and virtualization, has committed to purchase ten percent of total energy consumption at its headquarters from renewable sources such as wind power, and has a concerted effort to work in an efficient and effective telecommuting model.
Computerworld worked to identify companies implementing smart, efficient strategies to achieve "green IT." Computerworld reached out to select green IT experts to develop a set of criteria that would best identify green IT companies. Based on the weighting scheme developed, the top 12 Green-IT Users were chosen.
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