Abstract
This IDC Government Insights report examines how sustainability has moved
beyond hype or window dressing for many organizations to become
a growing concern for business leaders, making sustainability services very
prominent right now. IDC Government Insights invited vendors to participate
in this buyer' s guide for sustainability services and assessed seven
vendors based on delivery expertise, breadth of services, and customer
references and satisfaction. IDC Manufacturing, Energy, Financial, and Retail Insights
have created similar reports, with vendor participation depending on the
industry-specific focus of each vendor.
"Most vendors embed sustainability services into
existing offerings and leverage these more fungible skills with those
in the practice areas that "grew up" serving governments to
provide sustainable expertise to the government sector," said Adelaide O' Brien,
research manager, IDC Government Insights. "The implication for government buyers
is that there is an array of vendors with the
necessary depth and breadth of technology and sustainability skills, as
well as varying degrees of government experience in providing these
services. Governments that are newly engaging in sustainability should consider
sustainability service providers that have European government expertise and knowledge,
and those that also bring significant intellectual property to their
government practices."
Table of Contents
- Government Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Situation Overview
- Definition of Sustainability Services
- The Market Players
- Delivery Expertise
- Number of Engagements
- Staff Organization
- Breadth of Sustainability Offerings
- Vendor Profiles
- Accenture
- Atos Origin
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- IBM
- Logica
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Government Client Characteristics
- Future Outlook
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- For Government
- Sustainability Providers
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Methodology
- Background
- Buyer' s Guide Philosophy
- Research Process
- Important Note to the Reader
- Synopsis
- Table: Level of Vendor Participation in Government Vendor Assessment for Sustainability Services
- Table: Vendor Self-Reporting of Years of Experience Delivering Sustainability Services
- Table: Vendor Estimates of Revenue Distribution for Delivering Sustainability Services by Vertical Industry (%)
- Table: Number of Sustainability Engagements by Planning and Design Activity
- Table: Number of Sustainability Engagements by Implementation and Deployment Activity
- Table: Vendor Estimates of Staff Available and Skill Focus for Delivering Sustainability Services
- Table: Vendor Estimates of Work for Given Sustainability Services (%)
- Figure: Sustainability Services Connection to Green Business, Green Energy, and Green IT
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