Sustainable business practices are a key step to stopping the damage to our planet. Eco-friendly businesses like ours have a chance to minimise climate change and its damaging influence on the environment, economies, and our everyday life.
We reduce our levels of waste across all our sites. For example, as a paperless office, printing is only done when necessary and notes are taken digitally. We also limit single-use items like plastic bottles by providing our team with reusable items.
We’re strong advocates for a circular economy that extends the usable life of everyday items, rather than simply sending them to landfills. As part of our commitment, we partnered with the BBC to launch our “Laptops for Schools” initiative.
Providing our team with flasks can avoid 7,630 single-use coffee cups
ITVET recycle up to 30 tonnes of waste per year
ITVET has donated over 1,000 digital devices to local schools and charities
We are extremely grateful for the laptops which will make a huge difference to our cohort.
Allan ParkerHarris Academy
Old laptops are collected from local businesses.
All information & settings are confidentially destroyed.
A destruction certificate is issued. The certificate is worth £50, but we provide one completely free of charge.
The laptops are fully refurbished & tested.
The laptops are distributed to local schools and charities.
We understood the challenges of digital exclusion for young and vulnerable people across the UK. Our Laptops for Schools scheme helps break down the barriers to digital inclusion by placing laptops and digital devices into the hands of the people who need them most. Many students may not have access to digital devices, so donating working laptops to schools enables them to become digitally included.
Our Laptops for Schools Campaign was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable children to continue distance learning from home. We’ve already helped many schools around the UK, but the technology shortage is ongoing.
Find out more about laptops for schools
When a section of the population, particularly minority groups, have unequal access to Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).
Digital technology has transformed how we work, how our children are taught, and how our lives function now. Technology has had an amazing impact on what we can now achieve, but not everyone is connected. This prevents everyone from having the same opportunities and living fulfilled lives in our digital world.
In 2013, we installed a free public WiFi service in Bishop’s Stortford town centre. This has been a huge success, giving everyone access to the internet when they’re in town.
During the COVID-19 crisis a lot of children didn’t have access to a laptop or PC at home to allow them to continue their education. This led to the launch of our Laptops for Schools campaign.
Our company blog is an educational resource for everyone with articles on topics such as the digital divide, cyber security advice, technology updates, and more. We avoid unnecessary jargon, ensuring that anyone can learn from it.
We provided free IT support to our 2021 Charity of the Year, Wiggly Willow. This included a new website and social media training, enabling them to spread the message about their incredible work.
