Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including lithium-ion battery safety with proper IT asset management, cybersecurity after asset retirement with ITAD, how ITAD drives ESG goals focused on diversity and compliance, and how vITAD services provide asset disposition to remote clients.
Lithium-Ion Battery Safety with Proper IT Asset Management
Battery fires have grown significantly in the last decade. Lithium-ion batteries are potentially the most dangerous, as they are the most prone to overheating and thermal runaways. Unfortunately, most electronics today contain them. Battery fires have replaced electrical fires as the number one cause of fire and are becoming more prevalent since the rise of electric vehicles, especially in large cities. New York City and San Francisco fire departments have reported handling over 660 fires involving lithium-ion batteries during the last five years.
Cybersecurity After Asset Retirement with ITAD
Technology is the primary source of information storage, communication, and business, meaning significant data is stored digitally. Because of this, cybersecurity is becoming increasingly critical to protect enterprise and employee data. Data security must be a top priority for any enterprise, especially in this digital age. October is cybersecurity month, and ITAD providers offer a range of end-of-use services prioritizing data security throughout the disposition process.
How ITAD Drives ESG Goals Focused on Diversity & Compliance
As the ITAD industry evolves, ESG remains an industry standard as companies implement strategies and policies to achieve environmental, social, and governance goals. In the ITAD space, environmental criteria are the easiest to achieve, but social and governance can be more difficult. Diversity is also rising in popularity as a new industry standard, and partnering with diverse suppliers helps an organization achieve social ESG criteria. ITAD providers like HOBI help clients achieve ESG goals with compliance via certifications and offer a range of end-of-use services, including environmentally sound e-waste disposition.
vITAD Services Provide Asset Disposition to Remote Clients
Remote work has changed the business landscape, and the ITAD industry has evolved to adjust to clients’ changing needs. Working with remote clients requires sophisticated knowledge of maneuvering the remote landscape and additional services to help meet these new standards. Value-added IT asset disposition augments traditional services like logistics, data sanitization, certification, and onsite services by adding new value-added ITAD services. HOBI refers to this industry evolution as the value-added ITAD era, offering vITAD services such as remote management, support for remote workers, ESG reporting, legal hold monitoring, and donation programs to help ease the transition.