Environmental standards are changing, and the bar is rising. Technology’s rapid evolution has spurred the need for responsible e-waste disposition, and companies are implementing reporting methods to ensure accountability for upholding environmental policies. Even tech leaders like Apple, who have previously been notorious for greenwashing, are changing repair policies and packaging methods to conserve resources and reduce e-waste. E-waste disposal is critical in a digital age. ITAD enterprises offer services designed to mitigate environmental liability, including value-added ITAD services that support a circular economy and prioritize data security for retired IT assets.
Value-Added IT Asset Disposition
Value-added IT asset disposition (vITAD) is a concept HOBI pioneered to describe the recent changes in ITAD industry standards. This new era of ITAD is an adaptation to the shifting landscape to help meet clients’ evolving needs. It includes enhanced communication, non-traditional assets, mobility, and data center services and donation programs that help accomplish social ESG initiatives.
Support for Remote Workers – Approximately 28% of the global workforce currently works remotely, and support for remote workers via remote management provides services that help navigate a remote environment. HOBI’s remote box program offers strategies for safe and quick collection, evaluation, and equipment redeployment on our clients’ behalf. vITAD services like remote management enable ITAD providers to continue providing IT asset disposition services for clients, whether in-office or remote.
ESG Reporting – Reporting has become a popular method for organizations to provide transparency and accountability, specifically ESG reporting. ESG criteria focus on three areas regarding how well a company performs relative to environmental, social, and governance issues. By disclosing environmental, social, and governance data, companies can shed some light on ESG performance and compliance, improve investor transparency, and become more environmentally aware.
Re-Imaging & Redeployment – Many IT assets still have some use left after retirement, and some companies opt to increase asset value with re-imaging and asset redeployment. Re-imaging often occurs before asset redeployment, which is the repair, refurbishment, and remarketing of retired IT assets. Redeployment maximizes the value of old IT assets and saves budget funds by utilizing assets already in storage. Asset redeployment also helps prevent e-waste from being sent to landfills by keeping electronics in circulation longer, keeping them out of the waste stream altogether.
HOBI Provides vITAD Services
As the next generation of ITAD, vITAD services benefit companies that partner with IT asset disposition providers, protect the environment, and extend asset life cycles. HOBI’s vITAD services enable us to provide ITAD services to remote clients, provide transparency in reporting methods, and support a circular economy through asset redeployment.
For more information about our vITAD services, call 817-814-2620 or contact HOBI at sales@hobi.com.