Australian financial services sector lags UK, US for Green IT

The index surveyed 638 organisations in four countries - the US, UK, Australia and India. Although financial services performs only marginally better than overall, it has improved dramatically from previous benchmarks.

"We have about 18 months worth of data for the financial services industry," said Fujitsu global executive director of sustainability, Alison Rowe. "Twelve months ago, financial services was probably on the bottom of the list when it came to the industries in Australia so I think it’s important to acknowledge the improvement.

"But there is still a massive opportunity to proceed with further improvements, especially as financial services is the most IT-energy intensive industry. If you were to look at the energy bill for a financial services company, a significant amount of that energy would be from IT."