Tech firms and their clients can earn credits towards membership of football fundraising initiative The Big Goal under a new tech amnesty scheme.
‘The Big Green Goal’ enables businesses to unlock value from unwanted technology, recycle it responsibly and use any recovered funds towards their annual membership of The Big Goal.
The Big Goal brings together businesses from across the technology channel and other sectors to help tackle youth homelessness.
Its circa 60 members include big names such as Zoom, Sky Business and Virgin Media Business and MSPs such as Air IT, ANS, CloudClevr, Elite Group, inTEC, Redsquid, Utilize and Zenzero.
It also counts among its members ICT Reverse, an IT asset recovery firm which is delivering the Big Green Goal.
In a video, ICT Reverse MD Sophie Gray emphasised that the process is “really simple”, with customers required only to complete a short form on The Big Goal website.
“We are very invested at ICT Reverse in the Big Goal,” she said.
“For Big Goal customers, we will come out to you without any upfront charges, we’ll do your processing, and if there’s any profits in the end, we’ll pop them into your Big Goal pot. “
In a statement, Keith Mabbutt, Founder and CEO of The Big Goal organiser the Street Soccer Foundation, said: “Most organisations have redundant technology sitting unused somewhere in their business, and they already have a responsibility to dispose of it properly. The Big Green Goal gives them a simple way to turn that obligation into something positive.
“By recycling unwanted technology responsibly, businesses can reduce electronic waste, create measurable social value and build credit towards their future membership of The Big Goal. It is what we believe is the UK’s simplest ESG action: one straightforward decision that helps businesses, helps the environment and helps create life-changing opportunities for young people.”
Terry O’Brien, CEO of Big Goal headline sponsor Giacom – which was among the organisations involved in the Big Green Goal ahead of its launch – characterised it as a “smart and practical initiative” that “every technology business should be making use of”.
