SocialBox.Biz Partnership For Business Social Impact
Companies are increasing their corporate impact by supporting our Community Interest Company as part of your sustainability and impact strategy. Partnering with SocialBox.Biz offers a unique opportunity to enhance your company’s social impact and tangibly reduce your Scope 3 emissions.
How your company can make a difference
Reduce Scope 3 Emissions through Reuse: Instead of sending old but functional corporate tech for recycling or disposal, donate it to SocialBox.Biz. Research shows that reusing a computer can save a significant amount of CO2 compared to recycling it. This directly contributes to a circular economy and significantly reduces your upstream Scope 3 emissions (indirect emissions from your value chain) linked to the manufacturing of new equipment and the disposal of old.
Measurable social impact, business benefits & other ways to partner include:
Donating usable technology or purchasing one of the impact plans below for companies with no access to qualifying items.
Purchasing commercial services from our social enterprise.
Financially supporting impact plans, labs, and training programs listed below.
Joining the Business Heroes campaign. SocialBox.Biz
How to maximise Corporate Impact & Reduce Scope 3 Emissions with SocialBox.Biz
- Include us in the annual report.
- Opportunity for your corporate volunteers to be involved in our computer classes and IT training.
- Receive our poster on how to best separate usable items for donation reducing scope 3 emissions due to increase in local reuse and donations and a report on reduced scope 3 emissions after qualifying substantial ongoing participation.
- Get an impact report from us with pictures and case studies, press releases and a personal handover of devices with a photo/video opportunity. In addition, you will receive up to two days from our experienced PR consultant to prepare for your approval and distribute a press release and speak with the media.
- Your contribution will also go towards our tech labs or training room, training consultant, trainee expenses and exams for CompTIA A+ and similar. This means more corporate projects translates into more opportunities for those who need them the most.
- Site tour of our tech lab or donation centre and training classes for a photo opportunity.
Corporate Impact Plan For Ongoing Participation & Impact Increase.
Because change starts at the top, we encourage you to consider joining initiative by SocialBox.Biz, a commitment by business leaders ( something we originally named ‘Board / CEO Pledge’ ) to create social impact by re-using large quantities of their company’s old but still functional tech equipment on an ongoing basis with SociaBox.Biz. What other companies are also doing is supporting our self-sustaining social enterprise by paying for some of our commercial premium services.
Please call SocialBox.Biz first to reuse usable items before sending everything for recycling so we can check what can still be reused and collected – often at no cost. We offer compatibility with existing Recycling Contracts. SocialBox.Biz complements any existing recycling by assisting companies with meeting ESG goals, reducing Scope 3 emissions, and making a significant social impact by reusing items before recycling all of them with measurable impact reports and case studies. With our expert assistance: SocialBox.Biz offers guidance on assessing IT inventory to identify reusable items and can assist with secure data wiping and collection logistics. By embracing the reuse before recycling model with SocialBox.Biz, companies can go beyond traditional disposal methods to maximize their positive impact on both society and the environment, without disrupting their existing recycling processes.
Contact Today: CEOPledge (at) SocialBox.Biz
Corporate Impact Plans – Premium services
If you would like to participate in our initiative on an gonging basis and currently do not have access to qualifying tech items such as laptops please consider supporting our community interest company and increase corporate social impact by purchasing of one the plans below:
Reused SocialBox.Biz laptops at Age UK Westmister and C4WS Homeless Project in Central London.
If you would like to participate in our initiative on an gonging basis and currently do not have access to qualifying tech items such as laptops please consider supporting our community interest company and increase corporate social impact by purchasing of one the plans below:
- For £500-£5000 contribution you receive our collection & impact certificate, data removal certificate and one collection of other reusable items apart from laptops. The cost is dependent on the quantity of items and complexity of the project requirements. Please contact us with the information about your project and items.
- 5k-10k – We’ll provide up to 10 re-used and upgraded laptops using open source innovation and re-home them to those in need with a picture, a press release approved by your PR team and where possible follow up case study after donations.
- Receive our poster
- Participation certificate
- A draft press release to be approved by your PR team.
- Up to 3 collections of reusable tech each year of participation.
- 10k-15k – If you do not currently have tech items to contribute and are committed to reusing with our initiative, we can prepare reused devices with open source innovation.
- Computer distribution up to 20 reused laptops computers.
- Up to 2 case studies and photographs with laptops with our formerly homeless tech consultant/tech lab/donation/training facility/laptop donation handover/corporate volunteers or a similar picture.
- A draft press release or a success story for your linked-in page to be approved by your PR team.
- Receive our poster to place onto donation boxes or display in the reception.
- Participation certificate
- Receive session(s) with our PR consultant to prepare and distribute a press release.
- Up to 5 free collections of other reusable tech each year of participation.
- £15k+ Tailor made Impact packages. For example: Your company name is featured in a short video or a press release distributed on major newswires for the above activities. Draft article for your linked-in page, CSR report or annual report. Scope 3 reduction report as a benefit for participation in our tech reuse innovation. Support will also go towards our tech lab or training room, training consultant, trainee expenses or exams for CompTIA A+ for a former homeless shelter resident. Receive an impact report from us for every year of participation with at least two pictures and two case studies, a press release approved by your PR team and a personal handover of devices with a photo/video opportunity for your board, IT team or volunteers. Opportunity for your corporate volunteers to be involved in our tech lab, computer classes and IT training. Receive our poster on how to best separate usable items for our donation collection and our participation certificate that you can display in your reception and share on social media and websites. Receive sessions with our experienced PR consultant to prepare and distribute a press release and a site tour of our donation centre / tech lab for a photo opportunity. Receive co-branded donation boxes for employee engagement at all your sites for colleagues to donate personal items. Up to 7 free collections with premium priority services and reports for reusable tech each year of participation.
- This also gives us the opportunity to provide more work experience to those disadvantaged people who need it the most. This impact plan could also be for you if you are aware of a specific community organisation that requires assistance, and where we can provide computer inclusion services and deliver items to them.
Other: Global Impact plans
Need a tech collection from your office outside of the UK ? Please contact us for our tailor made international impact package.
Items not included on the collected items list
Need a one-ff collection of items not on the impact initiative list?: https://www.socialbox.biz/about-us/what-we-collect/
Please contact us for a quote for our premium services.
Consulting services
Consulting services include, for example: strategic planning for IT reuse, secure laptop donation options, strategic marketing and impact reporting. Companies can qualify for enhanced services and marketing support by donating a percentage of profits, purchasing a social impact plan or consulting services.
Reuse vs. Recycling: What Your ESG Report Won’t Tell You
Your IT department is focused on security and compliance, while your CSR team tracks ESG metrics. The old way of handling retired tech—recycling—is often seen as sufficient. But what if there was a better way that delivered both unparalleled data security and a more powerful impact?
Traditional IT recycling is an energy-intensive process that can still contribute to your Scope 3 emissions. And once an item is shredded, its potential for social good is lost forever.
SocialBox.Biz’s secure reuse process offers a more strategic and impactful alternative.
| Secure IT Reuse (The SocialBox.Biz Way) | Traditional IT Recycling / Disposal | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Impact | Maximizes positive impact by extending device lifecycles. Dramatically reduces Scope 3 emissions—reuse saves more than double the CO2 of recycling. | Energy-intensive recycling processes consume resources and still contribute to emissions. |
| Social Impact | Supporting a Community Interest Company. Delivers measurable social good by providing tech access to vulnerable communities in the UK. Supports digital inclusion, job skills, and community empowerment. | No social benefit. Once a device is destroyed, its potential to help a person in need is gone. |
| Security & Compliance | Certified, on-site data wiping ensures complete GDPR compliance. Provides data removal certificates for full audit trails. WEEE-compliant partners are used for any non-reusable items, ensuring full end-of-life accountability. | Offers data destruction but often focuses solely on physical shredding, with no social value outcome. |
| ESG Reporting | Provides detailed impact reports and verifiable data for your annual ESG and CSR reporting, showcasing your commitment to a circular economy. | Reports focus on basic recycling rates, missing the opportunity to showcase a deeper social and environmental commitment. |
Key IT Reuse Before Disposal Terms Explained
- IT Asset Disposition (ITAD): The comprehensive management of IT assets throughout their lifecycle, from procurement to disposal. SocialBox.Biz’s service focuses on the most impactful part of this lifecycle: secure reuse.
- WEEE Compliance: The UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations, which mandate the proper collection, treatment, and recycling of e-waste. SocialBox.Biz’s process is fully WEEE-compliant, handling un-reusable items responsibly while prioritizing reuse.
- ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance): A framework used to measure a company’s sustainability and ethical impact. Our service provides quantifiable data for your ESG reporting, demonstrating a measurable commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
- Certified Data Destruction: The process of ensuring all sensitive data is permanently and irrecoverably removed from a device. Our certified process guarantees data security, a top priority for all IT managers.
- Scope 3 Emissions: Indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain. Reusing IT equipment instead of manufacturing new devices is a highly effective way to reduce Scope 3 emissions.
For All Above Impact Plans And Other Questions Contact: Info (at) SocialBox.Biz
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The items distributed via our computer initiatives may differ due to standardisation efforts and sourcing of the same models to minimse the tech support and training costs so that we can help more people in need. Premium service can only be provided for paid impact plans, where we would work to re-deploy the exact items collected where feasible.
More information: https://www.socialbox.biz/our-services/social-impact/
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