Profile
Our service covers the broad spectrum of provisions expected from a responsible and ethical asset management organisation, with an emphasis on sustainable solutions that extend the life of redundant IT equipment as far as possible before we look for a recycling solution. Our operations include, but are not restricted to the following:

· Auditing and Reporting
Our ‘TMACS’ management information system provides accuracy, transparency and a clear and concise audit trail of all equipment processed, whether it is upgraded, remarketed or recycled. It allocates a unique bar code so that any item can be traced at any time during the Tier 1 process and a full work history provided, from point of collection to onward sale or recycling and includes a certificate of destruction where necessary.

· Recycling
Tier 1’s commitment to a sound environmental policy extends beyond what we undertake on behalf of our clients. We are a living, breathing example of practicing what we preach, and our ‘Green Garden’ project, an ambitious scheme to convert an unused concrete area of our site into a natural garden area for employees and customers to enjoy will contain benches and decking made of recycled computer plastics, as well as other sustainable and energy friendly features.

· Re-marketing
Your end of life IT assets may have run their natural course at a corporate level, but very often this same equipment has considerable worth in the second user IT market. We have well-established sales channels, both off- and online, with a highly respected and trusted brand identity and extensive range of customers, built up over the last ten years

· Data security
Tier 1 ensures that all data is permanently erased before any equipment is re-used, re-marketed or recycled. Our methods are scrupulously thorough, to a standard that meets international defence standards and INFOSEC 5. In cases where equipment is inoperable or cannot be wiped of data, hard disk drives are physically removed and are drilled in order to destroy the data and prevent any subsequent attempts to recover information. This process is witnessed by Tier 1 personnel and certified as such, before the equipment is recycled in our usual ethical manner.

· Re-deployment
As a cost effective and ethically friendly alternative to buying new equipment, Tier 1 can take potentially redundant IT equipment, cleanse data and refurbish where required and then upgrade the specification of hardware or software to the standard required.

· Testing
Tier 1 performs thorough testing on all equipment to ensure that a complete evaluation is carried out against a comprehensive checklist. This enables us to provide an accurate grading of the equipment with regards to functionality, product specification and cosmetic appearance.

· Charitable donations
Tier 1 can ensure that your donated equipment is tested and where necessary refurbished, to ensure that it is fit for purpose, ensuring a client’s worthy intentions are combined with a practical and secure result.

· Employee purchase schemes
Tier 1 can host and manage this process from start to finish, removing the complex benefit-in-kind concerns, data protection, and product safety and warranty issues.