ESG and E-Waste Management are now core priorities for corporate sustainability teams. With increasing regulation, disclosure expectations, and material recovery opportunities, organizations must build structured programs that integrate compliance, circularity, and reporting.
Why this matters now:
Today, sustainability teams aren’t just fighting for compliance — they’re fighting to protect brand trust, investor confidence, and supply resilience. Every discarded device represents not only a waste management problem, but also a strategic opportunity to recover value, reduce emissions, and build responsible circular business models.
This is not just about e-waste.It’s about building a corporate future where sustainability is not a reporting exercise — but a business advantage.
Key requirements for enterprises
Define oversight and traceability
Maintain an e-waste risk register
Conduct quarterly compliance reviews
Align with EPR and state regulatory norms
Procurement plays a central role in ESG and E-Waste Management:
Life-cycle-based sourcing
Supplier ESG scorecard
Recyclability and take-back clauses
Organizations should embed the 9R Circularity Actions across procurement, operations, recovery, and reporting (Refuse → Recycle → Recover).
Each 9R action supports BRSR Principle 2 on responsible product lifecycle management and Principle 6 on environmental stewardship.
Recommended ESG and E-Waste Management metrics include:
Material circularity indicator
Recovery efficiency
Scope 3 emissions avoided
% of devices recollected and refurbished
Insights from corporate sustainability leaders:
Closed-loop plastic chains (Dell)
Global take-back and refurbishment (HP)
Policy volatility
Informal-sector leakage
Greenwashing/ verification failures
Q1: Baseline + EPR registration
Q2: 25% collection through pilots
Q3: 100% routing to authorized recyclers
Q4: Publish BRSR-aligned disclosures
Corporates that embed a structured ESG and E-Waste Management program unlock regulatory confidence, material recovery savings, Scope 3 reductions, and stronger investor trust.
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E-waste management directly influences the Environmental and Governance dimensions of ESG by reducing toxic waste, improving material recovery, and ensuring regulatory compliance and responsible disposal.
Regulators and investors now expect transparent disclosure on waste handling, circularity, and recovery. Strong e-waste governance improves sustainability ratings, compliance scores, and investor trust.
Yes. When electronics are disposed or recycled, the emissions associated with resource extraction, new product manufacturing, and transportation are considered Scope 3. Recovering materials helps reduce Scope 3 footprints.
The E-Waste (Management) Rules 2022 mandate producer and bulk-consumer responsibilities, EPR registration, documentation, collection targets, and authorized recycler engagement.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requires companies to ensure safe recycling and recovery of discarded electronics. This drives better product design, formal recovery channels, and reduced landfill dependency.
Common KPIs include % of e-waste collected formally, % of material recovered, circularity index, energy/emissions avoided, and authorized recycler traceability compliance.
Informal recyclers can be included only through formalization initiatives — safety training, PPE, certified dismantling hubs, and recycler partnerships. Unregulated informal processing violates compliance.
Procurement teams can reduce e-waste by adopting life-cycle-based sourcing, requiring recyclability and take-back clauses, and evaluating suppliers using ESG scorecards.
Recovering metals like copper, aluminium, and gold reduces raw-material dependency and supports cost savings. Companies also benefit through better ESG scores, reduced risk exposure, and stronger stakeholder trust.
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