News in the Channel - issue #34

LENOVO TRUSCALE DAAS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

standard of refurbishment process and because of that, we really give that ‘as new’ experience, but with a refurbished device,” says James. “We also offer an OEM warranty – including on the battery – and all our other support services with these devices. “Co₂ offsets are also available, which is something which we’ve had in the market for five years, and those are linked to the device serial number, and all the information on that is available in the carbon impact portal. Companies can see how CO₂ offsets and carbon credits are being used to compensate for the emissions that are produced in the production and use of the devices.” James adds there are also asset recovery services at the end of life. “We have a brand agnostic asset recovery service,” he adds. “Lenovo has 15 years of experience around that, with more than a million devices retired over that time.” Wide aim TruScale DaaS for Sustainability is aimed at businesses of all sizes and across all sectors, James adds. “For example, a leading UK university was able to offset 225 tonnes of CO₂, save 40 hours of IT labour each week, and improve their device delivery with Truscale DaaS for Sustainability,” he says. “We’re seeing uptake from across the market now. We have some very large enterprises that use our service offering, but also SMBs where CapEx can be difficult to access.” TruScale DaaS for Sustainability is an OpEx model and subscription-based. “It’s easy to add in refurbished devices, offsets or carbon reporting,” says James. “You can make a first step very easily. For instance, if a company has a target by 2030 to have 20% of devices refurbished, you can start at 1% or 2%, and test it out, then work it up from there. We’ve worked with companies where we’ve done very small pilots to start with.

“With all of this, it’s about making it as easy as possible for the customer to be more sustainable. The key thing is being able to demonstrate the TCO and carbon reductions that they’re going to see, and give them the tools, which means they can report on their savings which they make as well. That’s the building blocks of what we’re doing here.” Importance of carbon impact James has an extensive background in environmental reporting, latterly with Lenovo, but previously also with Deloitte and the World Economic Forum and has seen first-hand how the importance of reporting carbon impact has grown over recent years. “We’re seeing reporting requirements globally becoming a more or less a universal requirement,” he says. “Whether that’s the big markets, like in Europe, where there’s the CSRD, which is a huge reporting obligation. But if you look at this year, there’s new rules that have come in place in Australia and the UAE. In January, there’ll be new rules in California around reporting and new rules across Latin America. In almost every market, we’re seeing these rules coming in around reporting carbon emissions. “Basically, if you’re a company where your main business model is people with

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In January, there'll be new rules in California around reporting and new rules across Latin America. In almost every market, we’re seeing these rules coming in around reporting carbon emissions.

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