Focus on the responsible management of its IT assets with the reconditioning of obsolete or out-of-service equipment!
To accelerate its ecological and social transition, KEDGE is deploying the KEDGE IMPAKT strategy around 3 pillars:
- CARE FOR PEOPLE: To be a school committed to a more inclusive society,
- ACT FOR THE PLANET: Acting to preserve the climate and biodiversity,
- INNOVATE FOR TOMORROW: Reinventing our businesses to accelerate the social and ecological transition.
As part of this strategy, the school is committed to a "responsible digital" approach.
An initiative to promote responsible digital
Being at the cutting edge of technology and having high standards in terms of IT equipment is a prerequisite.
But while innovative equipment is a necessity to meet the needs of students and their nomadic, connected lifestyles, it should not be purchased at any price: all IT equipment has a significant social and environmental impact.
KEDGE is therefore committed to "digital responsibility» and has taken concrete steps to manage its IT assets responsibly.
Reconditioning is one of the answers.
Have a look at the refurbishment operation set up at KEDGE with the Transition and Impact and Tech & Data departments.
Setting up the "reconditioning" channel
We used to talk about IT equipment recycling, which ultimately meant "final destruction". But that was before! A lot of renewed devices are in fact still in working order and can be reconditioned.
The Transition and Impact Department and Tech & Data Department teams therefore set up a reconditioning process for a stock of almost 5 tonnes of equipment: computers, screens, servers, projectors, fixed-line telephony, nothing was left out. Everything has been entrusted to an approved reconditioner, who is responsible for repairing the equipment and returning it to the market whenever possible.
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And to kill two birds with one stone, all the money raised from the resale will be used to buy... refurbished computers! These will go directly to students in precarious digital situations, through the Wellness program, as well as to high-school students in need from disadvantaged neighborhoods, supported by the Cordées de la réussite (with KEDGE associations: Phoenix égalité des chances in Marseille and Archi'maide in Bordeaux).
According to Backmarket: “The average smartphone contains 130 grams of ores and rare earths. On average, 44 kg of rock must be extracted and destroyed to obtain these materials. The manufacture of a computer, on the other hand, requires an average of almost 200 kgs of raw materials. “
According to Green IT and Ademe, “manufacturing a computer in China emits around 950 kgs of CO2”. Reconditioning it, and therefore using it for longer = equipment whose carbon footprint is reduced by 80%; only the use phase consumption (24 x less per year than the energy needed to manufacture it) and the energy needed for reconditioning, is attributable to this equipment once back on the market".
