Free ICT Manifesto publication
At the Sustainable leaders conference in Dublin we have launched the 2024 Manifesto with our Policy Recommendations!
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IMPORTANT:Action to list Networking Equipment & Software on ESPR (Ecodesign) – deadline May 12, 2023! Being part of the aftermarket industry we ask you all to respond! The new extended EU Eco-design for Sustainable Products (ESPR) aims to make products sold in the EU more sustainable. The scope of the ESPR list is expanded to…
On October 1,2019, the launch of the Free ICT Europe / Deloitte report was done with a press conference in the Press Club in Brussels. The report reveals the impact of the ICT aftermarket to the European Economy and the Environment. Nurturing the ICT aftermarket, critical for hitting European environmental goals and economy The growing…
“Reduce, Re-use, Recycle” are set as the Waste Hierarchy.. Yes recycle the things you can recycle. BUT instead of seeing recycling as ‘job done’ and feeling like we’ve done your bit to save the planet, we should all be looking a little bit deeper than that. We should be looking to Refuse, Reduce and Re-use…
Presented as ground-breaking laws forcing manufacturers to make products more easily repairable and durable: a huge win for the consumers’ Right to Repair. The EU Parliament approved a solid ban on contractual, hardware or software techniques obstructing repair. Lawmakers also approved obligations on fair pricing and accessibility of spare parts. However, this is applicable only…
COP28: Regulation needed for ‘invisible’ world? ICT enterprise technology has become crucial for our digitally-connected, worldwide economy. Big Tech is visible in the form of Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Facebook from our desks. But how transparent are the vendors that make all this possible through the connected networks, data storage, and software applications that…
Free ICT Europe (FIE) established to support industry expected to be worth €90bn, providing an additional 100,000 European jobs by 2017 A group of independent European IT services operators have announced the formation of an international alliance, established in order to champion the growth of the secondary IT market in Europe and to raise awareness…