Global Mobile Awards' Green Mobile Awards are for "mobile industry organisations that are focused on the reduction of environmental impacts through eco-friendly, innovative policies, products, programmes or initiatives, as well as organisations outside of the industry that utilise the mobile platform to communicate, innovate or drive eco-friendly programmes, services and initiatives." Past winners include

Most Green ICT attention focuses on the data center, but there is growing evidence that the data center represents a minority of total ICT energy consumption and carbon emissions. The latest supporting data comes from Australia .

Vertatique includes GreenICT progress and issues from outside the United States. Here are some updates from the Asia/Pacific region. Click here for more GreenICT news and analysis from this and all regions of the world.

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) notes that "Taiwan is ranked as the world number 6 and Asia's number 2 country by IMD's 2010 World Competitiveness Yearbook in terms of the potential in utilizing green ICT to create competitive advantages." TAITRA has launched Green ICT, Taiwan Lets You See! to showcase its Green Tech products.

It appears that Victoria (AU) is working to establish a Green ICT leadership position with its "Green IT CLuster", its "Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET)", and its "Green ICT Initiatives" to enable government ICT facilities to be more environmentally sustainable. (There are 132 EPEAT Gold computer products registered for Australia, more than for Japan but less than for China.)

The iPhone4 has a number of positive sustainability features, but Apple offers no evidence that it "embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress." The phone's Environmental Status Report on its specs page appears to have been cut and pasted from previous models.

The growing importance of Green ICT in China was highlighted last November by the establishment of Hong Kong's Green ICT Consortium The Consortium defines its role as "promoting Green ICT technologies and measures for improving its operational efficiency as well as promoting an environmentally responsible and sustainable culture to our society. The Consortium will establish a close collaboration with the Government in developing Green ICT strategic plans and be a part of the vanguard in creating a local Green ICT culture." Its broader vision is global, not just local.

A summary of China's Green Innovation policy by Jin Shang of the University of Leicester identifies Green ICT as one of the policy's four components:

While much of the green computer focus worldwide is on laptops, UK companies are doing interesting things with desktops.

Aleutia offers low-power units that "are designed to easily connect to solar power and work in remote places." Case studies include Africa and Central Asia.

VeryPC's new Broadleaf is advertised as "super energy efficient…PVC Free, BFR Free, Halogen Free…Low Mileage, Low Carbon End-to-End Design…Fully Ethically Carbon Offset [for] embedded, transportation and 5 years of operation..."

The Green Electronics Council launched an international EPEAT purchasing registry which "enables the world’s leading electronics manufacturers to list ‘green’ computers and monitors in over 41 countries across the globe." The registry is revealing about the distribution of EPEAT product availability.

Follow the global e-waste trail on Greenpeace's interactive map.

The television broadcast segment of the telecom industry is at the focus of many Green ICT issues, ranging from the e-waste implications of global analog-to-digital conversions to rapidly evolving technologies for studio lighting. Despite the challenges, there is upside here for media enterprises. How are industry conferences preparing broadcasters and others for the challenges and opportunities of Green ICT? I took a look at broadcast conferences around the world.