From everyday items such as phones and jewellery, to astronauts’ visors and the equipment the network industry uses, gold is vital to modern day economies. But sourcing this raw material does not come without a cost.
Black markets still fuel a large part of the global gold consumption. Methods used to extract gold can cause health issues and severe environmental hazards (1).
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A growing number of companies want to make their business model more sustainable. That is a great development and we see more and more companies adapting and working towards that. But apart from the obvious how do you know what is best to do? How do you know what the actual impact is? Because in the end it is about traceable actions and insights and less about a statement on a page.
Luckily all around the industry tools are beginning to pop up. Below we list a few of those tools that might give you the bit of guidance you are looking for.
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Doesn’t everyone like to start off the new year better than the previous one? You know what we are talking about? Almost all of us have them.. Stop smoking, going to the gym, start recycling, loose some weight, pick up that one special project… That’s right: New Years resolutions!
January traditionally is filled with them, that is why we are focussing this month on sustainability and being a bit nicer to this big green and blue globe we live on.
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In this episode we talk to Michael Oghia about why it is so important that the ICT sector becomes sustainable and what are the things we can change to achieve that.
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We have once again put together a summer playlist with all of the EmXcore team members favourite summer tunes. With life slowly coming back to normal and Covid restrictions being lifted all around the world, more than ever it is time to celebrate the summer!
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Important news: We’re not changing our name this time…
but we kind of are!
Two and a half years ago we changed our name to EmXcore which we all know and love today. But things are about to get shaken up again! As a company and as individuals, we are always looking to make improvements to ensure that you can get the best possible service and products.
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In this episode we talk to the managing director of Integra Multi Vendor Services, Maarten Folmer about the benefits of multi vendor service, IT lifecycles and sustainability
Physically moving servers and network gear, closing buildings, traveling and opening new locations is more complicated in the COVID-19 world. Luckily a lot can be done remotely but not every job can be done from a distance.. Many of our customers were not able to install and travel to their data centers to install or upgrade their network equipment during the pandemic.
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The outbreak of Covid-19 makes this summer a little bit different then usual. Travelling might be harder or even restricted, there are no big music festivals and going places just isn’t the same.
We came up with something to make this summer a little bit more fun. In July and August we are giving away four Bang & Olufsen H9 3rd generation Noise cancelling Hi-Fi headphones!
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We are living in strange times, suddenly a large part of the world’s population is staying at home. Social distancing, quarantine or even complete lockdowns are the measurements taken all over the world due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
Now, more than ever, the internet has become a crucial part of our lives to make sure we can continue as much of our day-to-day life as possible.
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