33 practical tips for circular management of IT products
33 practical tips from our report Impacts and Insights – Circular IT Management in Practice, where we’re deep-diving into circularity.
Thank you for your commitment in 2022!
Now is the time to summarize 2022. Some of the highlights are a new generation of TCO Certified and record numbers of certified products.
How worker rights can help leverage the circular transition
Circular solutions help us tackle many of today’s sustainability issues, but a shortcoming is that it lacks a focus on social issues.
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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.
View all: GUIDANCE
New function makes it easier to buy sustainable IT products
Purchasers can now subscribe to the latest sustainability data for certified IT products in the database called Product Finder.
Circular IT management in practice: Starting simple yields results
Clare Hobby from TCO Development writes for Greenbiz on Circular IT management in practice: Starting simple yields results.
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.
Together we make a difference
Cooperation and innovative perspectives are keys to solving the broad range of sustainability challenges we face — from the climate crisis to the reduction of biodiversity and the growing problems associated with chemicals and e-waste.
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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.
“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.
Joost de Kluijver calls for circular solutions for e-waste
To follow-up on the many questions received during our e-waste webinar, we decided to let the panelists give you the answers. Read Joost de Kluijver’s blog post.
Sofia Nygård wants IT buyers to keep it simple and be brave
To follow-up on the many questions received during our e-waste webinar, we decided to let the panelists give you the answers. Read Sofia Nygård’s blog post.
The development of TCO Certified
Changing the direction of a global industry with thousands of different actors takes time. TCO Certified is constantly evolving to keep up with technology advancements and emerging sustainability hotspots. This way, we can continue to drive environmental and social sustainability throughout the IT product’s life cycle.
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New generation of TCO Certified helps purchasers get sustainability right
The new generation includes new and updated criteria for socially responsible manufacturing, hazardous substances, circularity, and more.
Record-breaking interest in more sustainable IT products
The first months after the launch of TCO Certified, generation 9 shows a record-breaking interest in more sustainable IT products.
Sören Enholm is one of Sweden’s most influential people in sustainability
Sören Enholm, CEO at TCO Development, is number 51 on the list of Sweden's 101 most influential people in sustainability.
New collaboration toward more sustainable data centers
For more sustainable data centers, TCO Development presents a collaboration with the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA).
Sustainability and data centers — more than just an energy issue
TCO Certified covers servers, storage products and networking equipment and helps you take environmental and social responsibility when storing your data.
Updated criteria give purchasers more influence in the IT supply chain
Updated criteria in TCO Certified help IT purchasers take another step in environmental and social sustainability.