Environmental awareness is growing. Businesses are implementing environmental strategies to help reduce their carbon output and are becoming more selective by only partnering with environmentally credible vendors. ESG reporting was recently thrust into the spotlight, encouraging many companies to adopt the reporting method to help maintain accountability. Partnering with an ITAD provider for environmentally sound IT asset disposition will help boost environmental credibility by helping organizations achieve environmental ESG criteria.
The Rise of ESG
ESG reporting has emerged in the wake of a changing industry landscape, providing accountability and transparency for enterprises seeking to reduce their carbon footprint. Environmental awareness has taken hold in the business world, and many have been accused of greenwashing, prompting others to work harder to achieve environmental credibility.
Environmental awareness is more than just conserving electricity. The environmental portion of ESG includes issues focused on climate risks, carbon emissions, energy efficiency, use of natural resources, and pollution. Many enterprises are unaware of the negative impact their IT assets can have on the environment. IT equipment such as computers, tablets, phones, laptops, desktops, printers, and scanners are used daily to conduct business, which means they are typically retired annually in exchange for newer models. The problem lies in IT asset disposition.
Responsible E-Waste Disposal
Electronics made with precious metals leak toxic chemicals, which can soak into the soil and pollute groundwater. Eventually, this will contaminate the surrounding drinking water and potentially result in fatal health issues for those who have ingested the contaminated water. Many turn to incineration to avoid potential environmental pollution, but incineration also causes pollution. Rather than soaking into the groundwater, the chemicals pollute the air when electronics are burned, which can cause health issues for those living nearby.
Meet Environmental Criteria with ITAD
Proper IT asset disposition is critical to environmental protection, and ITAD providers offer more than just disposition. HOBI is an R2v3, RIOS, WBE, and RIOS 14001 certified IT asset management and disposition enterprise with more than 30 years of industry experience. HOBI offers various end-of-use services, including e-recycling, to mitigate environmental liability.
By partnering with an ITAD provider for asset redeployment and e-recycling, companies are boosting environmental credibility by reducing their carbon impact, supporting a circular economy, helping to eliminate e-waste, and achieving environmental and social ESG goals.
For more information about our ITAD services, call 817-814-2620 or contact HOBI at sales@hobi.com.