Sustainability

Comms companies cannot be content with helping others reduce their carbon footprint, the industry must get its own house in order, says Konftel CMO Stefan Eriksson.

Xerox is amid the cohort of companies awarded the inaugural 2021 Terra Carta Seal, launched by HRH The Prince of Wales to recognise businesses driving innovation to create sustainable markets.

Agilitas is teaming up with carbon offsetting charity Ecologi to plant 100k trees before 2026.

Tech distributor Instant Access Europe has spun off a channel-only subsidiary, Nxt2Nu, to make second life mobiles a first-choice option for businesses.

Despite 60% of UK IT channel companies stating their organisation already has an ESG strategy in place, 63% are yet to set a carbon-neutral or net-zero goal.

Where businesses have made the greatest strides towards Net Zero targets, organisations are investing in the greenest solutions. Examples include business productivity technologies (investment by 89% of firms), collaboration technologies (70%), cloud technologies (69%) and carbon emissions measurement technologies (33%).  

Digital Space has invested in two new partnerships, with Circular Computing and Re-Tek, to deliver improved sustainability services for its customers.

Union Street is branching out its sustainability efforts by planting a tree, each year, for every partner it works with.