City of Gothenburg: Follow-up is key to sustainable procurement success
The City of Gothenburg uses public procurement as a tool for driving sustainable development. CSR specialist Johan Davidsson has some top tips for success.
Reuse IT products — make a difference on #CircularElectronicsDay!
#CircularElectronicsDay highlights the fact that 50 million metric tons of IT products and other electronics are discarded around the world every year. The waste contains both valuable metals and hazardous substances that are often released into nature and affect human health.
City of Vetlanda: Why we choose TCO Certified
At the City of Vetlanda, Sweden, environmental, social and ethical criteria are an important part of our purchasing program. These priorities are reflected in our current purchasing policies. In our latest Chromebook tender, we decided to use TCO Certified to bridge the gap between our limited resources as a public entity and the expertise required to set relevant criteria and verify IT product compliance.
Handelsbanken: TCO Certified makes our work easier
For many years, we’ve been purchasing TCO Certified monitors. And now, we’ve decided that other IT equipment we purchase, such as computers, should also be certified.
Presentation: Niklas Egels-Zandén on Social Responsibility
We will be publishing on-demand versions of the presentations from Sustainable IT Summit 2015. In part 3, Niklas Egels-Zandén take a closer look at the issue of social responsibility in the supply chain.
Bank’s Successful Model for Sustainable IT Purchasing
Swedbank’s values-based, risk assessment approach to IT purchasing led to choice of TCO Certified as sustainability criteria in their purchase of 10 000 notebook computers.
EU States to use TCO Certified to make socially and environmentally responsible IT product choices
Earlier this year the EU Parliament adopted a new public procurement directive. The directive makes it easier for purchasing contracts – including those for IT products - to include requirements for social and environmental responsibility from electronics manufacturers. Member countries have until 2016 to implement the new directive.
New Study – Responsible IT Purchasing on the Rise
Results from Devoteam’s 2011 Green IT Survey, conducted among 350 organizations in 22 European countries, reveal that the use of environmental criteria in professional IT purchasing has increased significantly compared with 2010.
Among the notable trends is the increased use of third party certifications in IT purchasing, which grew from 45% in 2010 to 68%