Avoided Emissions Reporting
The KPIs behind responsible electronics — built on science, not estimates
Bloom helps ITADs and enterprises quantify the environmental benefits of refurbishing and reusing IT hardware — using a standardised methodology, verified data, and a calculator powered by e-Stewards.
A Clear View of the Impact of Circular IT
Refurbishing and reusing IT assets reduces the need for new manufacturing and prevents devices from entering the e-waste stream. Bloom provides verified environmental impact metrics that help organisations:
Demonstrate the benefits of circular IT programs
Communicate impacts to stakeholders
Support procurement decisions with data rather than assumptions
Our methodology quantifies the avoided emissions and resource impacts when existing IT equipment is kept in use longer.
Our Methodology
Bloom’s impact quantification follows ISO-aligned standards, device-level data where available, and industry-accepted models for refurbished IT hardware.
This includes:
Lifecycle assessment baselines for common device categories
Standardised assumptions based on peer-reviewed global datasets
Independent verification by accredited third-party auditors
Transparent system boundaries and emissions factors
This approach ensures consistency and comparability, whether you process 200 devices or 200,000.
Read more about our methodology here.
What we Measure
Bloom ESG develops and maintains the quantitative frameworks that sit beneath credible environmental impact reporting for electronics recyclers, ITAD operators, and their corporate customers.
Our methodology is built from the ground up — drawing on device-specific component data, physical material analysis, and smelter-derived outputs — rather than industry-average proxies. The result is a set of KPIs that can withstand regulatory scrutiny and meet the disclosure expectations of major corporate clients operating under frameworks like the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
Avoided carbon emissions
Calculated at the model level, using manufacturing embodied carbon data specific to the devices processed — not generalised estimates. Designed to support Scope 3 supplier reporting and net zero commitments.
Critical metals conserved
Material-level tracking across copper, steel, aluminium, gold, silver, and palladium, with lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements in active development. Tied to the specific assets your operation handles, not fleet-wide approximations.
Refurbishment and reuse impact
Unit-level quantification of the environmental benefit of extending device life — structured to feed directly into customer ESG disclosures and procurement sustainability requirements.
We believe robust calculation is the baseline, not a differentiator. The ESG data landscape is crowded with shortcuts. Ours isn’t one of them.
What You Receive
Every calculation and report outputs:
Total environmental benefits (GHG emissions avoided, materials recovered, e-waste diverted)
Device-category breakdowns
Clear, audit-ready documentation
Attribution tracing for ITAD partners or corporate programs
These outputs can be used in reporting, sustainability communications, procurement documentation, and ESG strategy progress updates.
Why This Matters
Circular IT has measurable climate and resource benefits — but most organisations cannot quantify them accurately. Bloom provides:
- A standardised way to measure those benefits
- A system that connects real IT asset activity to verifiable impact data
- Tools that help sustainability and IT teams collaborate using a common language
With Bloom, the environmental contribution of refurbished IT hardware is no longer hypothetical — it’s measurable and reportable.
The Environmental Benefits Calculator
Bloom’s Environmental Benefits Calculator, endorsed by e-Stewards, enables device-level and batch-level environmental benefit calculations.
The calculator provides fast, standardised estimates for:
- Emissions benefits from reuse
- Emissions reduction from responsible recycling
- Hazard avoidance and material recovery
- Proper end-of-life handling outcomes
It is the same engine used behind Bloom’s verified certificates and reports, ensuring alignment and trust across all outputs.
What our clients are saying
“Finally, our industry will have the missing link to individually show our worth to our customers and the world in terms of avoided emissions—the elusive Scope 4.”
Todd Zegers
CEO, CXtec
“Large corporations rely on our reporting to quantify the benefits of responsible recycling and refurbishment. e-Stewards’ endorsement of Bloom ESG methodology validates the environmental impact that is so important to our customers.”
Bob Houghton
CEO, Sage Sustainable Electronics
See how much your IT program can achieve.
Run your numbers through the Environmental Benefits Calculator or speak with our team about verified benefit reporting.