Blue Connections IT has been certified carbon neutral for our business operations against the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard for the financial year ending June 30, 2024. This is the third consecutive year that the organisation has achieved this certification, assessed by Pangolin Associates and certified by Climate Active against the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard, fortifying our commitment to operating more sustainably.

As part of this assessment, we collated information on the carbon produced from the entire value chain of our operations, including:

Climate Active is an ongoing partnership between the Australian government and Australian businesses that aims to promote and drive legitimate climate action. It’s a voluntary program that ensures every company is measured to the same standard, providing best practice guidance on how to measure, reduce, and report emissions data. The carbon neutral certification offered by the program is widely regarded as one of the most rigorous in the world.

To achieve carbon neutral certification, which is certified by Climate Active, organisations must complete a greenhouse gas assessment that accounts for the carbon produced from the entire value chain of the business’s operations.

During the assessment process, companies are required to develop a strategy to reduce their carbon emissions rather than relying solely on offsetting. This strategy ensures that organisations are actively working towards avoiding and reducing their carbon emissions.

By being carbon neutral certified by Climate Active, we recognise the threat of climate change and are wholly committed to reducing our impact on the environment by establishing more sustainable operating practices and achieving a sustainable value chain and operating ecosystem.

Blue Connections IT partners with like-minded businesses that are equally committed to achieving more sustainable practices and recognises that its environmental impact goes beyond its operations and extends throughout its supply chain.

Through partnerships with leading vendors, Blue Connections IT is dedicated to achieving a sustainable value chain and operating ecosystem. It is actively engaging with suppliers to help them reduce their carbon emissions.

See how our some of our device partners are reaching their sustainability goals:

Urbis, an organisation dedicated to shaping cities and communities for a better future, recently worked with Blue Connections IT and Lenovo to upgrade its ageing device fleet and enhance its end-to-end lifecycle management.

Lenovo also offers sustainability processes and a device offset program that makes it easier for businesses to offset the carbon emissions associated with each Lenovo end-user device over an average lifecycle at the point of purchase. This assisted in helping Urbis achieve its goal of becoming a carbon neutral certified organisation by the end of the 2022-2023 fiscal year.

Urbis not only met its target, but also surpassed it by six months, a testament to the company’s dedication to reducing its carbon footprint and leading the way in creating sustainable and environmentally friendly communities. Blue Connections IT has also provided Urbis with device lifecycle management, making it easier to manage devices and become more sustainable, secure, and economical.

” When Urbis went to market with Blue Connections IT, the business was looking to upgrade its current ageing laptop fleet with an end-device solution that offered more flexibility and could free up employees’ resources to focus on higher-value tasks. As part of this partnership, Urbis also became the first customer of Blue Connections IT to engage in a device carbon offset program. “

Michael Fugaro, Director of Technology, Urbis

Blue Connections IT has demonstrated its commitment to reducing its carbon emissions by taking tangible actions such as:

Caribbean Park’s office precinct, where Blue Connections IT’s head office is located, has attained carbon neutral building certification certified by Climate Active.

The achievement of carbon neutral certification is the perfect complement to our development, already regarded as the finest location for staff amenity and staff performance.

Caribbean Park works to establish meaningful results, such as being awarded a 5-star green rating by the Green Building Council Australia representing Australian excellence in building design. In addition to the design, the inclusion of solar arrays and the commitment to reducing power usage has contributed to a 5-star energy rating by the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS).

” We are delighted to have achieved a carbon neutral building certification on all rateable office buildings at Caribbean Park and will continue our efforts of improvement and maintaining the commercial office buildings in a manner befitting of our natural environment and the needs of our occupant partners into the future. “

Tim Rubio, Asset Manager, Caribbean Park

Asset recovery is a core service within the device lifecycle management offering. Blue Connections IT is a Blancco certified Silver ITAD partner, providing transparent tracking of equipment that allows full visibility on organisations’ equipment and where it ends up. We aim to provide businesses with the best return on retired and end-of-life hardware through the re-sale of decommissioned equipment while complying with environmental best practices.

We make all attempts to resell or reuse hardware and IT equipment as it’s the most environmentally friendly option while still aiming to get organisations a financial return on their investment. We repair and refurbish hardware where feasible, to bring it up to a standard for resale.