Sustainable IT that doesn't cost the earth.
Helping you adopt sustainable IT solutions.
Today, we’re facing an emergency on an unprecedented scale. The climate crisis threatens every part of our world and tackling it means coming together to create real, lasting change.
None of us can tackle the climate emergency single handedly, but we believe every small step each one of us takes is a powerful, positive thing.
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is an approach to economic development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.“
World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987.
(Put simply, sustainability is about how society can grow and sustain itself without exhausting the planet's finite resources).
What is Sustainable IT?
Sustainable IT, also known as Green IT, refers to the manufacturing, use, and disposal of information technology in a way that minimizes the impact on the environment. It means using less energy and other precious resources, and reducing waste.
Working towards cleaner tech
As a tech company, we’re committed to facing the tough facts, making responsible decisions and taking action.
Whether you’re working towards specific sustainability targets, or improving your organisation’s green credentials, we want to help you make meaningful, affordable choices.
Smarter, greener choices
Refurbished tech
Sustainable IT starts with the tech you buy. Since 2018, we’ve supplied refurbished devices. Expertly refurbed to give good-as-new performance at a great price. They help tackle the tons of e-waste that are generated every year.
Cloud computing
By helping you switch to cloud computing, it's possible to cut your IT carbon emissions, while making your business more agile and future proof. With the support of our straight-talking team, it’s a seamless, stress-free switch.
Print Management
We can help you integrate powerful print management software that helps you monitor what you print. It’s a smart, simple way to make more responsible choices, reduce your bills – and track the number of trees you save.
Practising what we preach
We’re committed to continually cutting our own environmental impact, so we never stop looking for changes we can make. We’ve implemented the green IT measures we offer in our own business, but that’s not all.
From the big things like switching to 100% renewable energy in the office and reducing our travel carbon emissions to the little things like choosing eco-friendly cleaning products, we know every decision has an impact and we’re constantly striving to do more.
Learning and development
We're taken part in the following courses and programmes to broaden our knowledge and understanding, and to help us put sustainability into practise in our business.
- Sustainability and Inclusive Leadership Course - Nottingham Trent University, 2020
- Carbon Literacy Certificate - Carbon Literacy Project, 2020
- Sustainability in Enterprise Carbon Management Programme - Nottingham Trent University, 2022
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
At Cultivate.IT, we support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, 'the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.' (un.org, 2022). The 17 Goals are a series of inter-connected targets that address global challenges such as poverty and hunger, inequality and injustice. Read more about the SDGs.
Sustainability issues we target
All the SDGs are important, but we have prioritised 2 areas where we believe we can make the biggest positive impact in our business.
Goal 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
We are supporting this goal through our commitment to purchasing refurbished computers and recycling old equipment.
Goal 13 - Climate Action
We are contributing to goal 13 by promoting circular models of production that limit greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reducing the carbon emissions of our business operations.
