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September 6, 2025 · Peter Bernscherer · Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter

Your strategic CSR partner for sustainable IT solutions

Show responsibility. Promote digital participation. Protect the environment.

PCs for All combines corporate social responsibility with measurable impact: As your CSR partner, we enable your company to meaningfully recycle old IT hardware, improve your environmental footprint, and actively promote digital inclusion in Austria.

Sustainability that pays off

The partnership with PCs for All strengthens your ESG compliance in all three areas:

Environmental

Extending the product life cycle of your IT equipment

Significant reduction of electronic waste and CO₂ emissions

Measurable improvement of your environmental balance through circular economy

Contribution to a resource-saving circular economy

Social

Promoting digital participation for low-income families

Supporting educational opportunities for children and young people

Strengthening social cohesion in Austria

Concrete help for people on the margins of digital society

governance (corporate management)

Professional, data protection-compliant processing of your hardware

Transparent documentation for your CSR reporting

GDPR-compliant data deletion 

Official donation receipt for your accounting

For your sustainability reporting, we provide you with detailed key figures: CO₂ emissions saved, electronic waste avoided, and the number of families supported. This data strengthens your ESG rating and your position in sustainability rankings.

For your employees: Show your team that discarded work equipment can have a meaningful second life. This strengthens identification with your company values ​​and awareness of responsible business practices.

To enhance your image, position yourself as a responsible company that goes beyond greenwashing and achieves genuine social impact. Your partnership with PCs for All is a prime example of corporate citizenship in action.

This is how collaboration works

Contact us : Together we will define your requirements

Hardware collection : We collect your IT equipment free of charge.

Professional preparation : Data erasure, maintenance and reinstallation

Distribution : To needy families, social institutions and schools

Documentation : You will receive all the documents for your CSR reporting.

Together against digital exclusion

In Austria, thousands of families lack access to digital infrastructure. Without a computer or laptop, homeschooling, online applications, or digital government procedures are virtually impossible. Your donated hardware enables education, social participation, and professional opportunities.

Become part of the solution

Companies like yours can make a difference. With every piece of hardware donated, you invest in Austria's digital future while simultaneously meeting your sustainability goals.

Contact us for a non-binding discussion about your CSR partnership.

PCs for All – Where social responsibility meets digital inclusion.

I asked Claude - www.claude.ai - to calculate the CO² savings resulting from our work. Here are the results:

CO₂ emissions from new production:

Complete desktop systems (20.000 units):

Computer tower: ~200 kg CO₂

Screen (LCD): ~300 kg CO₂

Keyboard/mouse: ~10 kg CO₂

Per system: ~510 kg CO₂

Total: 10.200 tons of CO₂

Laptops (12.000 units):

Per laptop including power supply: ~250 kg CO₂

Total: 3.000 tons of CO₂

Smartphones (1.500 units):

Per device: ~55 kg CO₂

Total: 82,5 tons of CO₂

Tablets (1.000 pieces):

Per device: ~130 kg CO₂

Total: 130 tons of CO₂

Printers (500 pieces):

Per device: ~150 kg CO₂

Total: 75 tons of CO₂

Network equipment (1.000 pieces):

Per device: ~50 kg CO₂

Total: 50 tons of CO₂

Transport & Logistics:

Avoided transports:

Production in Asia → Europe: ~15-20% of production CO₂

Estimated: 2.150 tons of CO₂

Recycling/disposal avoided:

Energy-intensive recycling: ~50 kg CO₂ per desktop system

Estimated: 1.450 tons of CO₂

Total CO₂ savings: ~17.140 tons CO₂

This corresponds to:

2.140 flights from Vienna to New York and back

137 million kilometers driven by car (average passenger car)

Driving around the Earth 3.425 times by car

The annual CO₂ emissions of 1.714 Austrians (~10 t/person/year)

2.850 hectares of forest that would have to bind CO₂ for one year

The electricity consumption of 5.700 households for one year (Austria)