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Getting started with sustainable procurement
Sustainability takes time, but the main thing is to get started. Using TCO Certified is an effective way of taking the next step in social and environmental responsibility. We offer a complete tool, with criteria that challenge the IT industry, ready for use.
Use your voice to put e-waste compensated IT products on the market
Signing this pledge and send a message to industry to make e-waste compensated products available on the market for you.
Use your voice to put more sustainable data center products on the market
Sign our pledge to give the IT industry an incentive and drive the development of more sustainable data center products.
How to manage the IT life cycle to support the circular economy
Clare Hobby talks about new report from TCO Development to ASHEE STARS programme.
New report with 33 expert tips on circular IT management
New report from TCO Development explains how buyers and uses of IT products can implement circular practices to reduce environmental impact.
15 minutes gets you started with TCO Certified
Book a quick start meeting online with one of our purchaser support specialists.
What are the positive trends in sustainable purchasing right now?
We asked our purchaser engagement team what’s on the agenda right now and what positive trends they can spot.
Want to know more? Our Purchaser Engagement team can help
Our Purchaser Engagement team is here to help you with information on TCO Certified and how it can help you make more sustainable IT choices.
Guide: short summary of the criteria in TCO Certified
This guide offers purchasing organizations, brand owners and others a summary of all criteria for all product categories available in TCO Certified.
Guide: How to succeed with sustainable procurement
While the IT products you purchase can come with social and environmental risks, sustainable procurement can help your organization drive sustainable development. Our guide helps you do it successfully.
Webinar on-demand: Circular IT in practice — the purchaser perspective
Learn how to integrate the principles of the circular economy into procurement practice and see real-life examples of implementation.
Webinar on-demand: Circular IT in practice — real world solutions
How can IT purchasers take circular approach to the devices they buy? Guests: Joost de Kluijver, Closing the Loop and Steve Haskew, Circular Computing.
Webinar on-demand: Using purchasing to drive environmental and social progress
Webinar about the sustainability challenges connected to IT products, and how you can drive positive change through strategic, sustainable procurement.
Webinar on-demand: Benchmarking your sustainable purchasing program
Join our guest speaker Kris Spriano, SPLC BENCHMARK Program Manager in this case study which demonstrates a method to measure and benchmark sustainable purchasing practices within an organization.
Webinar on-demand: Closing the gap – the role of purchasers in driving a more socially responsible IT supply chain
Listen to our first webinar of the year where we discussed our supply chain responsibility findings from 2017 and what they mean for you as an IT purchaser.
New Sustainable IT Purchasing Guidance for Institutional Purchasers
In the fourth webinar of our 2016 Sustainable IT series, we welcomed Christina Macken, Director of Programs for the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council in the USA, who provided a preview of their upcoming Guidance for Leadership in Sustainable Purchasing – IT Hardware – version 2.0.
Closing the sustainability gap in public procurement
Webinar on “Closing the sustainability gap in public procurement” cover the role of public purchasers in driving positive change and a Swedish case study