Sustainability and Green IT: It’s a Mindset.
Sustainability is deeply rooted in how we operate at neuland. But where we make the greatest impact is in our core business: the software we build, run, and scale for our clients.
IT generates emissions. Every single line of code, every piece of hardware. For enterprise-scale operations, this footprint quickly adds up to tons of CO₂.
At the same time, most IT infrastructures hide massive inefficiencies. Resources are wasted without delivering actual business value—unnecessarily driving up both environmental impact and operational costs.
We help you bring transparency to your consumption, uncover hidden savings, and systematically transform your IT into a sustainable asset.
Leveraging our deep technical expertise, we design lean, high-performance systems that optimize resource utilization and reduce emissions. In short: Green Software.
This turns sustainable IT into a measurable driver for cost efficiency, high performance, and long-term business resilience.
How we can specifically support you
We provide strategic guidance and end-to-end support at every stage: from initial concept and "Blue Angel" eco-certification to seamless, long-term implementation across your organization.
Our expertise spans customized presentations, hands-on workshops, and employee training, as well as comprehensive IT landscape analysis and optimization. We also partner with you to co-create a sustainable IT strategy that aligns perfectly with regulatory frameworks like the CSRD.
The result? Resilient, future-proof IT systems that optimize corporate and environmental resources while delivering maximum business value.
The Value Green Software Brings to Your Business
High-Performance IT
Green Software factors in long-term impact right from the initial architecture. The result: resilient, scalable, and high-performance systems engineered to effortlessly handle growing business demands.
Data-Driven Transparency
Green Software eliminates blind spots. By delivering clear, actionable data, it provides valuable insights that drive informed decision-making across multiple business units.
Cost Efficiency & Operational Agility
Green Software systematically eliminates digital waste. You cut emissions and reduce operational costs—freeing up budget and resources to create value where it matters most.
Award-Winning Sustainability: The Blue Angel for HOLMES
Our mission is to build exceptional software while pioneering the future of sustainable IT.
A testament to this commitment: Our enterprise search platform, HOLMES, is the first commercial software in the world to be officially awarded the prestigious Blue Angel eco-certification. This milestone proves that software sustainability is not just a concept—it is entirely measurable.
Read the official report on HOLMES’ Blue Angel certification here.
Green IT as a Strategic Lever
Maximizing System Efficiency
By measuring consumption and identifying clear optimization potentials, we systematically eliminate digital waste. The result is a dual benefit: a significant reduction in both carbon emissions and operational costs, ensuring your technology stack utilizes corporate and environmental resources responsibly.
Empowering High-Performance Teams
We equip your IT teams with the expertise to independently identify cost-saving potentials, make data-driven, sustainable decisions, and implement measures that deliver long-term financial and environmental results. This seamlessly integrates sustainability into your engineering culture.
Driving a Sustainable IT Strategy
Turn your technology landscape into a direct contributor to your company’s overarching ESG and sustainability goals. Together, we co-create a tailored, future-proof IT strategy that aligns with all business units across your organization.
Driving Change Beyond Our Own Horizon
neuland is a proud founding member of the German Green Software Association. Demonstrating our leadership in the field, Anita Schüttler, Head of IT Sustainability at neuland, has served as the association's co-chair since 2025.
We are deeply committed to pioneering IT sustainability far beyond our company borders—by raising industry awareness, sharing our core expertise, and collaborating with like-minded organizations. Our ultimate goal is to firmly anchor sustainable engineering practices as a standard across the entire digital industry.
In the IT industry, sustainability means the responsible use of both environmental and client resources—driven by first-class software engineering excellence. That is what neuland stands for.
Head of IT Sustainability, neuland
Frequently Asked Questions
I want to implement Green IT in my company. Where do I start?
A great way to start is with an initial presentation or a joint workshop to kick off a pilot project. Establishing a shared understanding of the subject matter and achieving quick, tangible wins will lay the perfect groundwork for scaling your efforts from there.
Do I really need measurements?
Yes. Accurate measurements uncover unexpected insights and help pinpoint exactly where to focus your efforts. They identify "low-hanging fruit"—opportunities where the greatest savings can be achieved with the least effort—and make your progress fully visible.
Why reduce emissions in software operations—aren’t cost savings enough?
Companies that optimize their operations with a clear focus on emissions naturally adopt a more holistic approach. This perspective consistently uncovers significantly greater cost-saving potentials than a purely budget-driven approach ever could.
My IT hardly produces any emissions—does it?
This is a common misconception. A lack of transparency in digital supply chains and cloud infrastructures frequently leads to carbon footprints being massively underestimated.
We already use spend-based reporting—is that enough?
While often chosen for its simplicity due to a lack of transparent data, this approach severely distorts the actual picture. For example, a procurement discount on cloud costs does not reduce real-world emissions, just as rising costs do not automatically mean higher CO2 output.
Why should I bother with this issue if sustainability isn't a priority for us?
Reducing operating costs, maximizing performance and user experience, gaining digital autonomy, or enhancing security - sustainability is the overarching driver that ties all these business goals together. Ultimately, it’s about building resilient, future-proof software systems.
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