Gartner®: Best practices for device sustainability in end-user computing

Endpoint devices make up a significant portion of IT’s overall GHG emissions footprint and waste production within most enterprises. With the global, rapid acceleration of digital business and the introduction of new compute capabilities, such as a neural processing unit (NPU) for local AI workloads, the demand for new endpoints and peripherals is continuing to grow at exponential rates. All of this consumption comes at a steep environmental and financial cost. As a consequence, managing the environmental sustainability of endpoint devices is increasingly becoming a core responsibility and priority for I&O leaders.

Sustainable device selection and governance maximizes valuable resources and contributes to enterprise sustainability goals. I&O leaders must use the IT circular economy to continually rationalize, retain and restructure the complete device life cycle to equally serve the planet, engage employees and support the business.

We believe IT leaders can use this research from Gartner to determine where and how to optimize for the circular economy at every stage of the device life cycle.

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