Context
A leading Swiss research university wanted to evaluate and structure its Sustainable IT approach within its 2030 climate plan, targeting European Sustainable IT Label. Level 2.
Sector backdrop. Education and research institutions combine large user populations, very long device life cycles and significant scientific-computing workloads. Their Sustainable IT story is also pedagogical: what they measure and publish shapes how the next generation of professionals will think about digital impact.
Approach
- Full label preparation in collaboration with IT, sustainability, communication and procurement.
- Maturity diagnosis and 15 continuous-improvement themes.
- Dedicated Sustainable IT unit, sustainable criteria in IT public tenders, training programme.
Why this matters
A recognised Sustainable IT certification turns internal effort into an externally verified signal. Beyond the badge itself, the preparation work tends to embed Sustainable IT into governance routines that survive long after the audit.
A few patterns came out of the engagement that tend to repeat across organisations of similar scale: preparing the evidence file progressively, rather than at the end, saves weeks of last-minute work.
How the MIKUJY platform supported the work
The MIKUJY platform was used end-to-end to structure the engagement, host the data and consolidate results in dashboards the teams could revisit at any time.
More specifically, the Implement module structured the certification preparation, mapping each requirement to a personalised Sustainable IT roadmap and tracking evidence over time.
MIKUJY consultants brought hands-on professional support throughout the engagement, facilitating workshops, validating data and helping translate the platform outputs into a concrete action plan.
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