Softcat offices A Marlow-based IT company is running its headquarters exclusively off renewable energy.
Softcat has offices in London, Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol and Manchester offices but their Marlow office is the first to run on renewable energy. The company now aims to implement this in all their offices around the UK by 2024. Achieving its commitment to become a carbon-neutral organisation Alastair Wynn, Operations Director at Softcat, hope that these sustainability actions can “protect the planet for future generations. He said: “Social responsibility isn t a particular programme, it should be what we do every day, maximising positive impact and minimising negative impact.
The tech industry continues to be a major contributor of e-waste and emissions from manufacturing.
In response to this, Softcat is focusing on sustainability within its operations in line with science-based targets, working to drive and develop a more efficient and reduced carbon organisation and IT industry. Most recently the company has:
Become a carbon neutral organisation, a year ahead of schedule in 2021
Is a FTSE 250 company committed to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and receive a 5-star rating
Reduced Co2 emissions by 37 percent over the past five years while growing revenue (162%) and expanding its workforce (49%)
Removed 2.5 tons of paper waste
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Acknowledging the carbon footprint and e-waste generated by IT industry, Softcat yesterday unveiled an industry leading set of sustainability commitments.
Having achieved carbon neutrality as of earlier this year, the Marlow-based reseller giant now has its sights set on migrating to renewable energy across all its office locations by 2024, and - by 2040 - becoming carbon net zero.
It will strive to achieve the latter by carrying out a full supply chain review including all vendors, suppliers and partners, as well as introducing a sustainability scoring system for IT solutions and services it offers customers, among other measures. It is a monumental challenge that we cannot solve ourselves, Wynn said, before urging people not to underestimate just how much you can influence others in terms of the behaviour, the action, the impetus and the priority you attach to this topic .
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