I wrote a post couple of months ago on the plans of Dell Computer to become "The greenest technology company on earth" (See Sustainability in the supply chain: Dell needs to move quickly) Over there I wrote that Dell has lots of challenges to achieve this goal given the amount of investments which other companies such as HP and IBM have already done.

But it seems that Dell really wants to take the lead in this respect because recently, Dell became the first IT company to sign up to the carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) plan to report on supply chain carbon emissions, according to IT World.

The Carbon Disclosure Project is a not-for-profit organization founded to obtain full carbon footprint disclosure by Times 500 companies on behalf of investors and with a desire to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The CDP's Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration (SCLC) project has produced a worldwide standard for supply chain businesses to report their emissions. By signing up for SCLC Dell has served notice on its suppliers that it wants them to report their emissions to Dell in this format.

The entry of Dell to the SCLC may well prompt other IT suppliers in the CDP's ranks, such as IBM, HP and Sun, to follow suit; such is the CDP's hope.