Our CSR Commitments: Implementing environmentally responsible procurement policies for our equipment and services

Monitoring supplier ethics

At Sixense, we pay close attention to the ethical practices of our suppliers. We want them to contribute to a more equitable supply chain. With such an approach, we aim to fulfill our role in reducing our environmental impact, as well as our commitment to build socially responsible partnerships.

By favouring partners that help us improve

We intend to create relationships with partners who enable us to progress, favouring those who provide us with solutions to:

• Keep your IT equipment as long as possible (more than 4 years)
• Choose reconditioned rather than new equipment
• Enable the reuse of equipment

Favouring the procurement of refurbished smartphones and the second-hand approach

We favour the procurement of refurbished smartphones in most of our business units. We also use a recovery service for our IT equipment. Our service provider repairs the equipment or, if it is no longer functional and cannot be repaired, ensures proper end-of-life management: data erasure, recycling of recyclable materials. Repaired equipment is resold and reused on the secondhand market.

–> 100% of mobile phones purchased by Sixense Engineering in 2023 were refurbished

 

Finding compromises to optimise our consumption

Partnering with environmentally and socially responsible service providers

In France, Sixense Monitoring and Sixense Engineering work with ELISE, a waste collection and recycling service provider that helps protect the environment while creating local and sustainable jobs. By promoting recycling and avoiding the incineration of a large proportion of corporate waste, this service provider helps us reduce air pollution and conserve natural resources. The majority of ELISE’s employees are people with disabilities or integration challenges.