Paris, France – November 4, 2024-Earlier today, Atos published new research that demonstrates an effective method of doubling the age of electronic devices in an office through a data-driven, condition-based approach.
The report, “Increasing Digital Workplace Sustainability: Data-Driven Strategy to Accelerate Progress Together” establishes that by implementing a strategy that is primarily based on the device’s condition and could remanufacture devices, firms may conserve the life of devices from a normal 3 to 5 year period to a possible 8 to 10 year period.
Not only does this significantly reduce waste, but it also meets the growing pressures for corporate social responsibility as 75% of the respondents were willing to extend the usage of their devices for the sake of the environment.
Most of the carbon emissions generated by the carbon footprint of an electronic device, 79%, come from the manufacturing processes, and the manufacture of each device releases approximately 338 kg of CO2.( Leon Gilbert)
Device waste is also important as senior vice president of Technology and Digital Workplace at ATOS, Leon Gilbert previously stated,
“A lot of people have been responsible for propagating devices – we think of devices in terms of device life cycle management – will use data to deliver a better experience without really sacrificing people or profit.”
This reseach also highlighted that a considerable share of carbon emissions in IT comes from devices and the offices as well. David Welling, IT Sustainability Governance Lead at National Grid said it well:
“Data from this study is transformational to control demand transformations in electric systems managed, more the relevance of such a vision concept within the framework of ICT is that such impacts can spread across the emission of entire power grids.”
In collaboration with its partners, Atos investigated 28 million devices and found that the remanufacturing possibilities of 76% of the laptops of large enterprises are lost while only 24% of them can be sold in a circular economy through technical refurbishment or recycling.
Such an idea provides a good basis for Atos’ attempts at being sustainable as it encourages businesses to self-evaluate and adopt a “measure and change” approach to achieve sustainability.
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