How the Tech Data Circular Economy Helps the Planet and Profits

This article was submitted by Michele Butler, GTM Manager Services at Tech Data.

Joining the sustainable circular economy with is a win-win proposition where all those involved benefit by helping the environment while also driving growth by tapping into a significant area of market demand. Here’s a quick summary of what’s what and how partners can offer sustainability as a service to their customers.

Everyone’s super keen these days to do their bit for the environment and make their business more sustainable. There are some great opportunities for IT Channel partners to offer recycling and renewable options to their customers and end users. But like any new market, it’s not always easy to gain access and customers are looking for support from their IT channel partners and distributors to help them get involved in the circular economy.

What is the circular economy?

The circular economy is a new and refreshing approach to product lifecycles. Instead of the making a product, using it, and then disposing it lifecycle we’ve got so used to the old traditional linear economy, we use that product again in the circular economy.

Using a product again — getting more ‘out of it’, if you like — keeps it in the economic cycle, hence the term ‘circular economy’.

Before we look at your sustainability options, take a moment to appreciate Tech Data’s level of commitment to sustainability

At Tech Data, we recognise that a healthy and sustainable environment is critical to our society, economy, business and people. We believe that our business should be conducted in a manner that embraces sustainability, recycling, and the use of renewable resources to the extent possible consistent with the achievement of our goals for shareholders, business partners and staff.

This includes:

• helping our customers achieve their sustainability goal by recycling their devices in accordance with ISO 14001
• partnering with accredited asset disposal and data sanitisation providers ensuring your devices and data are disposed of in full compliance to all UK and Global regulations
• achieving zero waste to landfill by refining the method of dismantling devices, ensuring every element is disposed of correctly.

Indeed, we’re committing to a 78 per cent reduction in carbon by 2035.

New consumption and usage models to help businesses grow as a partner in the circular economy

With subscription and IT-as-a-service models, partners and customers can take advantage of the latest technologies and asset lifecycle management services. With Tech Data Services’ Tech-as-a-Service, your customers can enjoy the latest hardware, software and services, paying monthly, and using capital for business growth, recruitment etc.

Find out more about Tech-as-a-Service for you as a partner and your customers

Tech Data sustainability summary of recycle and renew and services available to you as a partner

We’re all in this together, adapting to new business models to reduce our carbon footprints and help the environment.

The backbone of this aspiration is trading in old or end-of-life gadgets and devices to be refurbished, recycled and reused. It’s actually a great opportunity for partners to get even closer to their customers by helping them trade in their end users’ gadgets and devices. Tech Data Renew is a programme partners, customers and their end users can use for simple, secure and sustainable device trade in.

Find out more about Tech Data trade in services

Take the next step to joining the Tech Data circular economy

If you’re ready to make your business more sustainable and accordingly enhance your offering to your customers for mutual benefit that helps the environment, get in touch with your Tech Data account manager to explore your options in more detail.