SIGNATORY RECORD

AuContraire Consulting

Date of signature : 08/23/2022

  • Signatory of the Sustainable IT Charter

Micro Entreprise (1 to 10 employees)

Business services

5 contributors

LE MESNIL ESNARD, France

em@aucontraireconsulting.com

https://www.aucontraireconsulting.com/

Presentation

AuContraire! Consulting est une entreprise de l'ESS qui a pour mission d’aider les organisations normandes qui souhaitent avoir un impact positif sur leur écosystème à donner corps durablement à leurs projets et réflexions.
Nous avons 3 branches d'activité : 1. l'accompagnement de la transition positive (Facilitation de la mise en place d'une stratégie RSE) ; 2. la formation autour des thèmes de la RSE ; 3. l'accompagnement des démarches zéro-mégot, de la sensibilisation au recyclage.

Planned commitments and actions

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Organise a Digital Cleanup Day
  • Establish a Sustainable IT Working Group within the organisation
  • Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
  • Measure the lifespan of my equipment by type
  • Favour the purchase of sustainable equipment (reparability and durability criteria)
  • Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
  • Integrate environmental requirements in my calls for tender and establish a dialogue and measurement elements over the duration of the service with my suppliers
  • Use start-ups, associations and sustainable innovation projects to meet my needs for products and services, and participate in the structuring and improvement of these sustainable offers and services
  • Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
  • Favouring low-impact energy sources
  • Plan the archiving and cleaning of data with its teams to reduce their environmental footprint
  • Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services
  • Reduce the environmental impact of its services: weight of images, videos, plugins, by favouring simpler or less energy-consuming solutions
  • Promote work-life balance by, for example, respecting the right to disconnect and arranging for teleworking measures
  • Favour the use of local and European tools in order to encourage the consolidation of players who respect the sovereignty of European data

Actions started

  • Raise awareness on Sustainable IT (e.g. information workshop, MOOC, dissemination of good practice guides)
  • Communicate to its stakeholders on the actions taken
  • Implementing data governance of your organisation and GDPR compliance or by following the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules locally applicable data protection rules for other countries
  • Favour the purchase of sustainable equipment (reparability and durability criteria)
  • Engage with actors in the reuse sector and/or the social and solidarity economy in the management of the end-of-life of my equipment
  • Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
  • Plan the archiving and cleaning of data with its teams to reduce their environmental footprint
  • Reduce the environmental impact of its services: weight of images, videos, plugins, by favouring simpler or less energy-consuming solutions
  • Promote work-life balance by, for example, respecting the right to disconnect and arranging for teleworking measures
  • Participate in or encourage the co-construction/experimentation of Tech4Good