- Signatory of the Sustainable IT Charter
Digital Services Companies
IT, telecoms
10 contributors
Ieper, Belgique
wim@ecubel.com
Presentation
Ecubel is een OVAM-gekeurd hergebruikscentrum die samenwerkt met partner Blancco om GDPR-conform data te verwijderen van hardware.
Als partner in ITAD (IT asset disposition) geloven we dat circulariteit dé weg is naar een betere samenleving. Door IT hardware maximaal te hergebruiken, maximaliseren we onze positieve impact.
Niet enkel omdat we waardevolle grondstoffen beschermen en verwoestende ontginning tegengaan maar ook omdat we zo kwalitatieve PC’s, laptops en andere toegankelijk maken voor iedereen. Want iedereen verdient het beste materiaal om aan zijn eigen toekomst te bouwen. En wie eerder andere zaken nodig heeft dan hardware, die kan je steunen via onze Ecubel Foundation.
Ecubel maakt deel uit van Groupe ATF, een Franse groep met vier spelers die elk actief zijn op de tweedehandsmarkt van refurbished IT. Samen werken we aan een inclusieve, digitale en duurzame economie. We willen niet alleen onze milieu-impact verkleinen door gebruikte hardware een tweede leven te geven, maar ook bijdragen aan meer inclusie.
Planned commitments and actions
Actions started
- Organise a Digital Cleanup Day
- 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
- Deployment of a security plan for its digital environments (antivirus, VPN, supplier audits, permanent monitoring)
- Evaluate the robustness of its infrastructures (regular tests) and prioritise European infrastructures
- 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
- Ensuring that its suppliers and service providers comply with their GDPR requirements or follow the principles of the GDPR in compliance with locally applicable data protection rules for other countries, environmental, social and diversity
- Encourage diversity among my service providers, particularly in relation to disability issues
- 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
- Measure the energy consumption and impact of my Information System (multi-criteria analysis)
- Avoid unnecessary energy consumption e.g. by switching off at night, weekends and holidays
- Favouring low-impact energy sources
- Measure the impact of its digital services (e.g. frequency of use or energy consumption) using a multi-criteria and global approach to the entire service (equipment, servers, networks, etc.)
- Ensure the development of useful and efficient digital services
- Make its digital services accessible to as many people as possible (even in the event of poor connection quality, disability, etc.)
- Facilitate the proper semantic understanding of its digital services in a clear and educational language
- Ensure diversity in the recruitment of IS teams (initial and continuing training, diversity of training, origins, disability status)
- Promote work-life balance by, for example, respecting the right to disconnect and arranging for teleworking measures
- Encouraging territorial innovations by testing and deploying social and environmental digital products and services