Sustainability and Our Community
At Arinco and the wider Connetico group, we acknowledge the imperative on businesses to create positive change for the planet. We are committed to taking action to minimise our footprint, understanding that the choices we make today have a lasting impact on our future. Our vision is to create a responsible sustainability-driven organisation for our people and to become advocates for change to help inform and inspire others.
At the centre of our vision is to be an enabler and supplier of choice for our customers and their economic, social and governance (ESG) aspirations using a cloud native capability. This extends to our customers’ end-users and has an impact that spans across our planet.
We work with technology partners whose purpose and methodology are vital to environmental sustainability and who have publicly announced their own targets and practices. Arinco, is a Microsoft partner. Microsoft has also publicly committed to building a sustainable business for their customers and the world “by 2030, we’ll [Microsoft] be carbon negative, and by 2050, we’ll [Microsoft] remove our historical emissions since our founding in 1975.” By working with Microsoft, Arinco will be on a path to enabling our end user customers powering operations with 100% renewable energy by 2030, as part Microsoft’s commitment to eliminate carbon emissions by 2025.
Microsoft’s renewable investments help power data centres throughout the world. By working with Microsoft, we enable our customers to minimise their environmental footprint when making cloud technology choices, as partners like Microsoft are committed to purposefully engineer carbon out of their value chain.
Our partners’ values align closely with ours and we work together:
Using cloud technology where our consultancy teams innovate and deliver more sustainable solutions with our customers
To advance AI solutions for business including those with greater climate impact
To create tools that advance emissions measurement and compliance
Arinco is Australia and New Zealand based, and we take our local ESG responsibilities standing behind the government’s plan for Australia achieving Net Zero by 2050 and equally, New Zealand’s commitment to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our approach is founded on adopting standard ‘measure, reduce and contribute’ practices in our collective journey towards Net Zero and ensuring authenticity and transparency as we can adapt and uplift our practices.
Our work centres around cloud migration and capability, which, by definitions allows us to enable our end user customers to reduce their environmental impact.
Where possible, our offices are situated in highly efficient buildings, with minimum 5* NABERS ratings.
Our people may work remotely which reduces traffic into the office. Our offices are located in low emission transport sites with employees and visitors able to walk, ride or take public transport to work.
We use centralised waste management systems to allow greater uptake of recycling and composting.
We ensure our people work in a diverse, safe and respectful environment with active corporate governance oversight. In 2023 we reviewed and updated our people policies and training to reflect changes to regulations and the evolving workplace post-pandemic.
We minimise and, where possible, offset all air travel.
As a paperless office, we leverage cloud-based solutions to minimise our paper consumption and promote a sustainable working environment. We utilise reputable providers who share our commitment to sustainability and prioritise responsible practices.
We understand we are experts and caretakers of critical information in the work we do. In 2022, we initiated a Cybersecurity Steering Committee to provide education and safeguards to employees on this important initiative covering not only our business and our people, but awareness and protection of our customer’s personal information and data security.
Our Community
At Arinco, our passion for applying technology for positive change has always been part of who we are. From partnering with our customers to create meaningful outcomes that contribute to our society, to helping to grow a diverse IT workforce in Australia and New Zealand, we stand by our commitment to play a part in addressing the challenges facing our community and society today.
Giving back to the community that supports us is important. Our people are involved in various initiatives that provide a direct connection with our community through contributing the lives and wellbeing of Australian and New Zealand people.
