Atea Sustainability Focus

At the heart of Atea Sustainability Focus is a survey conducted among Nordic IT buyers. Its purpose is to identify the most pressing sustainability issues in the industry and to understand how sustainability is prioritized in IT procurement.

By participating in the survey, you help strengthen the industry's ability to meet sustainability requirements in purchasing processes. You also support your own efforts by gaining insights that help you formulate and follow up on relevant and effective sustainability criteria.

Want to make a difference?

One of the key initiatives within Atea Sustainability Focus is the annual ASF Report, which helps place IT sustainability firmly on the global agenda. The report is designed to capture insights, knowledge, and expectations from the Nordic markets, highlighting the path toward a more sustainable IT industry.

👉 Read the latest report here 

Some of the Nordic region’s largest companies and public organizations ensure that your insights and suggestions from the ASF Dialogue are transformed into effective and realistic actions through the ASF Advisory Board.

The Board’s mission is to formulate focused and relevant recommendations, which are then passed on to the industry via the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) – the global sustainability collaboration platform for the electronics sector.

Members

• Maria Faergemann Eg, Sustainable Procurement Manager, Nordea
• Cristian Brolin, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Södra Skogsägarna
• Ilka Baert, Director Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Vattenfall
• Peter Nohrstedt, Head of Sustainability, Adda
• Ching-Wen Cheng, Sustainability Leader, Ikea
• Tom-Kenneth Fossheim, Global IT Director, StormGeo
• Per Söderberg, Policy Advisor, Church of Sweden
• Maria Collin, Head of Sustainability, De Laval

The global non-profit organization Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) represents 140 member companies across various stages of the supply chain. Based on recommendations from Atea Sustainability Focus, RBA determines which sustainability initiatives to launch in the future. 

One of RBA’s key outcomes is the development of a shared industry reporting framework – the “Practical guide to transparency in procurement” 

👉 Download the Transparency Guide here 

At the annual Atea Sustainability Forum in Stockholm, the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) provides verbal updates to Atea, customers, and partners on the initiatives being implemented and how the organization is working with the recommendations from the Advisory Board’s annual report. 

To strengthen the dialogue between IT buyers and suppliers, Atea hosts the Atea Sustainability Forum – a day of talks and workshops addressing the industry's most pressing sustainability challenges. 

The event brings together IT decision-makers, procurement professionals, sustainability leaders – and anyone committed to making IT more sustainable – for a unique day filled with inspiration, dialogue, and practical tools to take back to their organizations. 

With success comes responsibility. The world is closely watching Sweden and the Nordic region’s leadership in IT sustainability. Nowhere else do consumers and procurement organizations place such high demands on environmental and social responsibility in IT. Atea aims to leverage this position to share the successful Nordic approach with the global IT industry. By doing so, we accelerate progress, facilitate collaboration, and help establish a strong global focus on sustainability. 

As the largest independent IT provider in the Nordics, Atea has the capacity, credibility, and industry connections needed to quickly gather and act on sustainability insights. 

At the beginning of summer, Atea invites all Nordic IT departments to participate in a customer dialogue. This gives them the opportunity to highlight the sustainability areas that matter most to them right now. 

 The responses are compiled by an Advisory Board made up of representatives from leading Nordic companies and organizations in sustainability and digitalization. 

 The Advisory Board then formulates a report, which is submitted annually to the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) – the global collaboration platform for sustainability in the IT industry – and other key stakeholders. 

 The report includes recommendations on the actions and commitments that can reasonably be expected from the IT industry. 

The aim is to help the global IT industry focus its sustainability efforts and accelerate progress toward a better world. The primary recipient of the report is the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), the global collaboration platform for sustainability in IT. However, other organizations working on sustainability are also welcome to use the report’s insights. 

By providing RBA with relevant processes and decision-making tools based on Nordic sustainability practices, we increase the likelihood of meaningful industry-wide change. We also hope to inspire other sectors to adopt similar approaches. 

The target audience includes professionals working in IT, procurement, and sustainability across companies and organizations throughout the Nordic region. 

The Atea Sustainability Focus Advisory Board consists of independent representatives from leading Nordic companies and organizations in IT and sustainability. Examples of participating companies include H&M and Ikea. 

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) is an industry organization that has worked for over twelve years to improve ethics and promote social and environmental responsibility in the IT sector. Founded by eight leading IT manufacturers, RBA now has over 110 members from all parts of the supply chain, collectively employing around six million people. 

 In 2016, Atea applied for membership in RBA, which was granted. 

RBA welcomes the opportunity to receive valuable input from the Nordic region – a global leader in sustainability. By incorporating insights from the Nordic market, RBA members gain a new approach to sustainability work, enabling faster progress and better results.