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Webinar on-demand: Five approaches to circular electronics
E-waste is the world’s fastest growing waste streams. In this webinar, five impactful approaches to circular electronics will be presented.
Taking action on more sustainable data center products
What’s key to advance the sustainability of data centers? Trends for sustainable data center products and the critical role of procurement.
Record amount of more sustainable notebook PCs available
IT brands are proving their commitment to meeting this need of purchasers worldwide by applying for TCO Certified for their products.
Human and worker rights — accelerating the shift to the circular economy
In addition to environmental sustainability, social issues must be included in the concept of a circular economy, says our supply chain expert.
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.
How circularity helps solve three of today’s largest sustainability problems
Learn how a circular approach to IT products can help reduce environmental problems linked to our climate, natural resources and e-waste.
How we manage the transition to circularity — three IT brands explain
Find out how the transition to the circular economy is going in this interview with three major IT brands: Dell, HP and Lenovo.
Breaking new ground in factories – the importance of good working conditions
Learn why social criteria are included in TCO Certified and how the certification helps drive social sustainability in the IT industry.
“Your purchasing power grows when you use the same criteria as others”
Clare Hobby from TCO Development answers questions from the Circular IT management in a linear world event.
“The most impactful thing you can do is giving your products a second life”
Andreas Nobell from TCO Development answers questions from the Circular IT management in a linear world event.
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.
MSc student: “Use your electronics for as long as possible”
MSc student Kean Ming Yong from Vrije University talks about the environmental impact of the formal versus the informal recycling sector.
“The system behind the ecolabel makes it credible”
Gabriella Mellstrand from TCO Development is interviewed about what makes a trustworthy ecolabel for World Ecolabel Day.
E-waste quiz puts spotlight on International E-waste Day
New e-waste quiz to educate and raise awareness during International E-waste Day. The day aims to reduce e-waste to save natural resources.
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.
Webinar on-demand: How to store data in a socially responsible way
Practical tips to drive the availability of servers, data storage products and network equipment that are made in a more responsible way.
Effective cooperation is key to successful circular IT procurement
Malmö City aims to be climate neutral by 2030 and has already worked with circular management of IT products for 10 years. Find out how!
“Notebooks should have a first life of at least six years”
Siddharth Prakash, Oeko-Institut, on the role ecolabels and sustainable purchasing plays in the development of more sustainable IT products.
“We need to change peoples attitudes to IT products that aren’t brand new”
We have talked to Stephen Haskew from Circular Computing, a company that specializes in remanufacturing notebook computers.
Collaborate to meet sustainability goals during COVID-19
TCO Development interview with Donna Westermann, CEO at Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) on sustainable purchasing during Covid 19.
Refurbisher Inrego: “Fully functioning IT products are often discarded”
Refurbishing company Inrego buys used IT products and upgrades and repairs them to give them a new lease of life for new users.
“Using IT products longer cuts CO2 emissions and saves money”
The City of Aalborg pioneered circular procurement. Two years ago, they expanded their circularity focus to also include IT products.
It’s time for IT to transition to a circular economy
Clare Hobby from TCO Development, the organization behind the sustainability certification TCO Certified, on transition to a circular economy.
“Without circular procurement, sustainability work is just window dressing”
Joan Prummel from the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat meets with organizations from around the world to help them implement circular procurement practices.