Netviewer Web conferences are climate neutral

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Karlsruhe, 03.11.09 -

German-based provider of Web conferencing solutions offsets its computing centers’ CO2-emissions.

Netviewer AG of Germany, Europe’s leading provider of Web conferencing solutions, has found a way to make online meetings and collaboration climate neutral. In cooperation with the non-profit organization PrimaKlima weltweit e.V. (GreatClimate worldwide) the company is reforesting 5 hectares of rain forest in Mexico in order to compensate for the CO

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emitted by its computing centers over the course of 15 months.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) views information and

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as important tools in the fight against climate change. For instance, Web conferences often make travel by plane and car unnecessary, thereby helping to cut back on large amounts of CO2emissions. But, of course, computers consume electricity. As a result, running the servers and computers that enable online meetings also negatively affects the climate. “Anyone who chooses to hold online meetings instead of traveling to business appointments is already doing a great deal for the environment. But we are now taking it one step further and living up to the Green IT philosophy. From now on, every meeting held with our software will be climate neutral,” according to Jörg Mayer, Chief Sales Officer of Netviewer.

In order to compensate for all of the energy consumed during a Web conference, Netviewer supports a reforestation project in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Central Mexico. The project is managed by the non-profit organization PrimaKlima weltweit e.V. Netviewer is financing the replanting of trees in an area as large as seven soccer fields. A forested area of this size removes as much harmful CO2from the atmosphere as Netviewer's IT infrastructure produces in the course of 15 months through energy consumption. Another benefit of the reforestation project is the preservation of the threatened Monarch butterfly's habitat. 

A CO2calculator at 

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determines how much CO2 

emissions a company can reduce by using Web conferences instead of on-site meetings. As an extra bonus, Netviewer will donate one additional tree to the project every time a new user downloads a free trial version of its software. 

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CO2calculator and carbon neutral trial version: 

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Video:

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, road map: “Saving the climate @ the speed of light”:

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About Netviewer:

Netviewer AG (

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) is the leading European manufacturer and provider of Web conferencing solutions. Founded in 2001 in Karlsruhe, Germany, the company now employs more than 200 people. Netviewer gives Internet users a live view of a partner's screen so text, spreadsheets, graphics, and other documents can be jointly discussed and edited. Visual real-time communication over the Internet significantly reduces the time and expense of travel while increasing productivity.
More than 15,000 corporations and medium-sized companies in 55 countries use Netviewer software, including TNT, Espresso Education, Capita, British Horseracing Authority Ltd., Bayer, BMW, Deutsche Post, Ernst & Young, SAP, Siemens, and Swisscom. 

More information:

Netviewer AG
Dunja Riehemann
Erzbergerstr. 117
D-76133 Karlsruhe
Tel.: +49 (0)721-35 44 99-114
E-Mail: 

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Storymaker Agentur für Public Relations GmbH
Katrin Renner/Kristina Frayne
Derendinger Str. 50
D-72072 Tübingen
Tel. +49 (0)7071-93872-28
E-Mail: 

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