St. Louis, Missouri
February 15, 2008
Monsanto (NYSE: MON) 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.
For more information on Computerworld's survey, please
click HERE.
For more information on Monsanto's data center, please visit
http://www.monsanto.com/features/datacenter/default.asp
Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of
technology-based solutions and agricultural products that
improve farm productivity and food quality. |
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