FRESNO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ITAD—ERI, the nation’s leading (and only truly circular) recycler of electronics and ITAD services provider, has announced the release of its fifth annual Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2024, which can be accessed on the company’s website at ERIdirect.com.
The report summarizes the impact of ERI’s achievements, innovations and highlights from the previous year and demonstrates the company’s dedication to exceed its sustainability, circularity and material goals and benchmarks. Among other notable accomplishments, ERI remains the world’s only ITAD/electronic recycling company to have achieved carbon neutral status.
The report also highlights ERI’s unique focus on innovation. The fully illustrated document provides descriptions of a number of ESG-related highlights from last year, including:
- Details of the company’s new state-of-the-art proprietary alkaline battery recycling process;
- The company’s ISO 27001 certification;
- ERI’s critical role in CEP’s groundbreaking global consumer electronics design guide;
- ERI’s game-changing collaboration with Staples to establish heightened consumer opportunities to recycle electronics and batteries;
- Multiple honors and awards, including ERI receiving the SustainableIT Impact Award and ERI’s Chairman/CEO John Shegerian being named to City & State New York’s “Responsible 100” list;
- Continued improvements in ERI’s technology to become more transparent, provide better services for customers while continuing to push sustainability and data security forward through innovation;
- New R&D focused on enhanced double materiality and genuine circularity;
- and much more.
“Last year was yet another successful year on multiple levels for ERI,” said Shegerian. “It was our most accomplished year in terms of environmental programs and innovation, and perhaps most excitingly, it set the framework for 2025 – which is shaping up to be a year of even more significant and impactful transformation, with more bold innovations and meaningful partnerships. As our new Impact report clearly demonstrates, we look forward to continuing to grow our shareholders’ value – all while making the world a better and more sustainable place.”
ERI is the largest fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and responsible hardware destruction company in the United States. ERI is certified at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish every type of electronic device in an environmentally responsible manner. It is the first and only company in its industry to achieve carbon neutrality at all its facilities nationwide, and the first to achieve ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications for security and data protection. ERI has the capacity to process more than a billion pounds of electronic waste annually at its eight certified locations, serving every zip code in the United States. ERI’s mission is to protect people, the planet and privacy. For more information about ITAD services and e-waste recycling at ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit https://eridirect.com.
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