A new report from independent analyst firm Verdantix has revealed that the market for sustainable technology services is dominated by Accenture, Deloitte, IBM (News 
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Verdantix found that 17 of the largest global IT services providers had expanded and accelerated investments in energy, environment, and sustainability services during 2011. The report found that these large organizations had in place effective corporate sustainability strategies and extensive commercial expertise in advisory and systems deployment capabilities.
In a release, Phil Sayer, Verdantix Principal Analyst and author of the report, said, “Twelve months ago IT services firms were preparing to launch new advisory and implementation service lines in response to their customers’ energy and environment strategies. This innovation agenda has exploded onto the technology services market in 2012 with a whole raft of new offerings such as sustainability performance management from Accenture, smart energy services from Capgemini (News - Alert) and climate change IT systems from CSC. Software providers like IHS support growth for IT services firms as they help strategic alliance partners such as Deloitte (News - Alert) to implement enterprise-scale EH&S platforms.”
Key findings within the report revealed that Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, and Logica are leaders in sustainable technology services market via implementation of practices which focus on energy and sustainability services. Each organization delivers an extensive portfolio of services for most of the 12 market segments and offers customers with strong sustainability consulting skills.
The report also revealed that Capgemini, CSC (News - Alert), Fujitsu, Steria, and TCS have taken the success they experienced in one or two market segments as the basis for expanding their interests across contiguous market areas while HP, IBM, Wipro (News - Alert), and Orange ranked high on corporate sustainability.
David Metcalfe, Verdantix CEO said,“Global technology services firms are doing a great job in bringing new innovations to market across the full spectrum of energy efficiency, environmental management, renewable energy and sustainability performance. In 2012 and 2013 the big question they need to answer is where the funding will come from for enterprise-scale projects. For IT services firms, success in this market will require unrelenting commitment, entrepreneurial flexibility, and a friendly CFO with a bag of cash to keep funding innovation. We don’t expect deal volume to reach significant scale until 2014. Until then, IT services firms will be crossing the chasm.”
