Sustainable IT
The world needs sustainable IT.
What’s driving the need for sustainable IT?
IT is estimated to account for up to 3.9% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than aviation.1 If left unchecked, IT could be responsible for 14% of emissions by 2040.2 To help reduce the risks of climate change, it’s vital to drive down emissions.
Constantly creating new products strains our precious resources and isn’t sustainable. Did you know that 7% of the world’s gold is estimated to now be in e-waste? There is tremendous opportunity to reclaim materials from waste streams. IT equipment sent to landfill poses significant health risks, too, as its toxic elements seep into the soil and air, even infiltrating the food chain. Every year, up to 14 billion kilograms of e-waste goes to landfill.3
Sustainable IT is about reusing and redeploying the technology we already have to maximise its use, save resources and reduce its environmental impact.
Transform your business
Our services help you to implement more sustainable IT practices. We’ll take you from carbon-curious to carbon-confident.
Advisory
Sustainability Strategy and Advisory
Make sustainability work for your business. Our advisory clients realise a 10x return on investment through increased gross profit.
Find out more →Sustainability for Business Growth Workshop
A half-day workshop for up to ten leaders on the value of sustainability as part of your organisation’s strategy.
Find out more →Digital Sustainability Work Packages
A simple, repeatable set of advisory work packages to understand, measure and improve the sustainability of your technology estate.
Find out more →Solutions
Network Architecture
We help you to design and implement a secure, reliable and more sustainable network architecture.
Find out more →Hardware as a Service
Avoid e-waste by paying for the hardware you need when you need it.
Find out more →Asset Recovery and ITAD
Reduce e-waste and get paid for your end-of-life equipment through our secure ITAD service.
Find out more →Circular Impact Reporting
Understand your IT’s carbon footprint, and the cost savings from more sustainable IT.
Find out more →Remanufactured Hardware
Through our partnerships with vendors such as Cisco, we supply vendor-certified remanufactured hardware through our sister company Cistor.
Visit Cistor →The benefits for businesses
Improve your financials
By keeping IT in use for longer, businesses are avoiding expensive refreshes. Using remanufactured IT saves between 10% and 20% compared to the cost of new hardware. Research from Deloitte found that when companies improve their ESG score, their market valuation rises.4
Win business
Consumers increasingly choose products from companies with better sustainability practices. Between 10% and 15% of tender scores are set aside for sustainability, too. Suppliers that can’t show they’re acting on sustainability are often eliminated.
How we helped Colt save $1m a year with sustainable IT
Digital infrastructure company Colt avoided 22.6 tonnes of e-waste by buying Cisco-certified remanufactured IT. The company saved $1m a year, too.
Read the story →Powered by Cistor remanufactured hardware
Since 2008, our brand Cistor has been supplying vendor-certified remanufactured hardware. This helps clients to reduce their e-waste and their emissions from carbon embodied in the hardware.
Visit Cistor →Sources
- IT is estimated to account for up to 3.9% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than aviation. Lancaster University
- If left unchecked, IT could be responsible for 14% of emissions by 2040. Journal of Cleaner Production
- Every year, up to 14 billion kilograms of e-waste goes to landfill. The Global E-waste Monitor
- Research from Deloitte found that when companies improve their ESG score, their market valuation rises. Deloitte
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