Symantec Corporation released its first corporate responsibility report this week, highlighting the computer company's green IT technology.

Symantec's sustainability programs have had some significant successes. Through the use of data center consolidation — a set of services that Symantec developed for its customers — it has saved more than 300,000 kilowatt hours per month.

Symantec is looking for sustainable options throughout the company: even its new campus in Culver City, California has achieved LEED Gold Certification. Symantec is assessing ways to renovate its existing buildings to LEED standards. The company also plans to make LEED certification a requirement for any new construction.

"By sharing the progress Symantec is making toward operating more sustainably and responsibly, we are hoping to encourage other businesses to communicate and share their efforts," said Cecily Joseph, Symantec's director of corporate responsibility. 

In addition to those internal efforts towards sustainability, Symantec is continuing to expand its line of green IT products and services. For the most part, Symantec is targeting commercial services.

The full corporate responsibility report is available on the Symantec website. It is one of the results of Symantec's corporate responsibility program, dedicated to improving Symantec's sustainability, social impact and ethics of operation.

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