Ingram Micro to achieve e-Stewards certification worldwide

Information technology asset disposition (ITAD) services provider Ingram Micro, Irvine, California, and the Seattle-based Basel Action Network (BAN), the environmental advocacy organization responsible for e-Stewards certification standard, jointly announced that Ingram Micro has committed to certifying all of its IT asset processing facilities worldwide to the e-Stewards standard within three years. Once these certifications are complete, Ingram Micro ITAD will become the first e-Stewards-certified provider operating across five continents, the company reports in a news release.

Over the next three years, Ingram Micro says it plans to expand its e-Stewards certification beyond its three processing facilities in the U.S., adding 14 additional processing facilities in Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Peru, Singapore, Spain and the U.K., as well as three planned facilities in Australia, Mexico and New Zealand.

As part of this global program, e-Stewards has created a new designation—e-Stewards Committed—to brand company facilities that are on a strict path toward e-Stewards certification, BAN reports in a news release. This designation is expected to help global organizations better identify certified partners that are dedicated to responsible recycling, and it will also encourage e-Stewards Certified recyclers to expand certification to other countries.

“Ingram Micro ITAD is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of environmental and social responsibility everywhere we operate,” says Todd Zegers, vice president, ITAD, commerce and lifecycle services, Ingram Micro. “Over the years, e-Stewards has emerged as the gold standard for the industry, challenging ITAD providers to comply with the most rigorous criteria for international trade, performance verification and data security. This new agreement reflects our commitment to maintaining e-Stewards conformity everywhere we conduct ITAD operations.”

“We’re gratified that Ingram Micro has done the calculus and has chosen e-Stewards to certify its processing facilities. We’ve worked hard to become the premier standard for ethics and excellence,” says Jim Puckett, founder of BAN and the e-Stewards program, “and we’re proud to partner with an industry leader that seeks not merely to comply but to lead.”