The cloud is a black box for energy consumption and CO₂. Your own IT environment does not have to be.
The call for sustainability within IT is getting louder and louder. Organisations want to reduce their environmental footprint, work towards ESG targets and prepare for CSRD reporting obligations. At the same time, getting the right information is proving challenging.
According to a recent analysis by ABN AMRO, the lack of reliable data is one of the biggest obstacles to making IT sustainable. Particularly within the cloud, transparency is limited: figures on energy consumption or CO₂ emissions are not always shared, and if they are, then in different and difficult to compare ways.
Laws and regulations lag behind in this regard. Meanwhile, data centre energy consumption is growing sharply, partly due to increasing use of cloud applications and AI.
Insight starts with your own IT environment
This is precisely why it is advisable to start with that part of the IT infrastructure where direct influence is possible: your own hardware. Think of laptops, smartphones, workstations and servers - devices that are used daily within the organisation, and whose purchase, use and processing can all be measured.
Reuzado supports organisations in understanding the carbon footprint of their IT fleets, including clear reports on workstations, mobile devices and servers. Exactly the kind of information often lacking in the cloud - but crucial for underpinning sustainable policies.
Reuse as key to sustainability
An important moment for impact is the end of a device's life cycle. Reuzado enables reuse through secure and certified data destruction with Blancco software. This internationally recognised solution ensures that all sensitive data is permanently deleted, without the need for physical destruction.
Reuse not only leads to less e-waste, but also to a significant reduction in overall carbon footprint. Moreover, it can provide a financial residual value that often fully covers the cost of disposal.
If physical destruction is nevertheless necessary, this is done at Reuzado in accordance with the strictest standards (DIN 66399, class 5), including material analysis and CO₂ reporting.
Embedding sustainable choices in policy
Besides data disposal, Reuzado offers support in lifecycle optimisation through solutions such as DaaS (Device as a Service). This makes the entire life cycle of hardware - from purchase to disposal - manageable, sustainable and efficient.
By combining actual CO₂ data with a strategic policy for device usage and end-of-life processing, concrete handles are created to make IT structurally sustainable. As a result, sustainability does not become a separate ambition, but an integrated part of policy and practice.
From ambition to realisation
As long as the cloud remains a black box, it pays to start where transparency is indeed achievable: your own IT fleet. Reuzado offers insight, control and practical solutions to take immediate steps towards a more sustainable IT policy.
With concrete reporting, safe processes and circular choices, we help organisations to operate not only compliant, but also future-proof.