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Following his presentation to the Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit 2009 in London, Jairo Rojas of BASDA speaks with SSON's Jamie Liddell about the ways in which green issues and the drive to sustainability will affect business practices in a changing world.

BASDA chairman and Sage's chief government liaison Kevin Hart, talks to AccountingWeb about Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report.

In today’s ‘inter-networked’ supply chain the majority of businesses are susceptible to reputational risk and brand damage in relation to the green performance of remote global supply chains, says Peter Robertshaw - VP of global marketing at Strategic Thought Group and co-chair of the BASDA Green SIG.

BASDA sponsor the Green Software Provider Award and the Theo Van Dort Award

Jairo Rojas and BASDA members join the AccountingWEB debate, arguing that accountants have a professional duty to the environment.

Since the launch of the BASDA Green Charter at Softworld on 14th October, more than 30 members have signed up - the latest including Microsoft, Oracle, Infor, Agresso and Coda, who join launch signatories such as Sage, Access Accounting and COA Solutions.

British firms make up 15 per cent of the top 100 software companies in Europe as compiled by representatives of the following software associations (European Software Association, AFDEL, BASDA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

The 2008 EuroSoftware100 publication includes a ranking of the Top European Software vendors.

For a copy of the members briefing documents, please contact BASDA on 01494 868030 or email info@basda.org

A number of BASDA members were recognised at the Accountancy Age Awards 2008

BASDA's Theo van Dort Award for the person who has done the most to foster collaboration within the industry went to the European Commission's John Doyle for his efforts to get software developers to work on monitoring, reporting and management tools for carbon emissions.

BASDA members' success in Accounting and Payroll categories at the 2008 Software Satisfaction awards

The UK business software industry has staked out a pioneering position on global warming with a Green IT Charter. John Stokdyk met the people behind it at Softworld.

BASDA takes the initiative on environmental issues with the launch of the BASDA Green Charter

Jairo Rojas, Director General at BASDA, will be offering some key advice in the BASDA Masterclass at Softworld on 14th and 15th October at Olympia.

BASDA supports the 2008 Software Satisfaction awards with many BASDA members reaching the shortlist.

The BASDA Logistics and Supply Chain Special Interest Group (SIG) has been launched by BASDA members in response to the need for more collaborative working practices and systems across the whole supply chain industry, particularly for the SME sector.

Attendees heard keynote speaker John Doyle of the European Commission move the Green IT debate forward from its focus on hardware efficiencies to look at the major role which business software can play.

BASDA were invited to write the forward for the Effective IT supplement issued with the Times on 30 May 2008

The Green SIG will meet for the first time following BASDA's annual general meeting on 15 May