The American College of Greece (ACG) was announced as a Leader in Sustainable Electronics Procurement with a 2024 EPEAT Purchaser Award winner for a second consecutive time. This year, ACG has been recognized as a winner in more categories than last year, including Computers & Displays, Imaging Equipment, and Servers.
ACG has been recognized as a 2024 EPEAT Purchaser Award winner, celebrating leaders in sustainable electronics procurement. The award comes from the Global Electronics Council (GEC), the non-profit organization that manages the EPEAT ecolabel. EPEAT allows our College to efficiently address the lifecycle impacts of the electronics we purchase, including computers, displays, printers, copiers, network equipment, mobile phones, servers, photovoltaic modules, inverters, and televisions.
We use EPEAT in purchasing contracts to require that our vendors only provide electronics that meet strict sustainability criteria. These products are more energy efficient, less toxic, longer lasting, and easier to recycle than products that do not meet EPEAT criteria while addressing labor and human rights issues along the entire supply chain. Buying these sustainable products moves us closer to achieving our goal for a more sustainable future.
As a winner, we received a calculation of the environmental and cost benefits associated with our EPEAT registered purchases, as demonstrated in this infographic provided by GEC.
Rania Assariotaki, ACG Sustainability Director, stated:
Thank you, Global Electronics Council, for recognizing us as one of the 2024 EPEAT Purchaser Award Winners! We are honored to receive it for the second year in a row! This recognition underscores our ongoing dedication to advancing sustainability across our campus. By embedding sustainability criteria into our purchasing policy and supplier code of conduct, we not only mitigate our environmental footprint but also address social issues and enhance the well-being of individuals and communities. Moreover, choosing sustainable IT products allows us to save money, which is then reinvested into enriching our students’ academic experiences.
ACG is proud to have received this recognition and is committed to procuring sustainable electronics!
Because ACG Cares!
The EPEAT Purchaser Awards recognize excellence in the sustainable procurement of IT products. This year’s ceremony will be held virtually to encourage maximum participation from all GEC stakeholders! We’ll showcase leaders in healthcare, education, government, finance, and other industries as we celebrate the collective impacts institutional purchasers are making in global sustainability.
The Global Electronics Council (GEC) is a mission-driven non-profit launched in 2006 and dedicated to creating a more just and sustainable world. GEC acts as the fulcrum point between the institutional purchasers who buy electronics and the manufacturers who produce them. We support large-scale public and private purchasers with tools and resources. Institutional purchasers leverage their purchasing decisions toward creating a more sustainable and just world by deciding to buy sustainable technology.