PARTNERSHIPS & PORTFOLIO: Amplifying Our Collective Impact
CDW believes in the power of partnerships, access and technology to create lasting and transformative impact. We continue to expand our portfolio of environmentally certified products and collaborate with our partners and customers on shared ESG priorities.
As a member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable, we continue to increase our multibillion-dollar spend with certified, small, diverse vendor partners. Through our global social impact strategy, we work with our partners to address digital equity in schools and communities – based on our belief in the transformative power of technology.
Download individual sections of our 2023 report, including our comprehensive Partnerships & Portfolio section, our Business Diversity section and our Social Impact section:
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ESG at CDW
Our ESG journey is focused where CDW can make the greatest impact and sustainably add value for our stakeholders.
People
We use our reach, scale and capabilities to create opportunities for people and communities.
Planet
We strive to be sustainable and efficient in our operational practices and seek to positively impact the environmental performance of our value chain.
Partnerships & Portfolio
We help others advance their own ESG efforts by providing products that address environmental and societal needs, and collaborate to amplify the collective impact of the technology sector.
Practices
With every interaction, we strive to inspire trust and confidence in CDW among all our stakeholders.
ESG in Action
Access our library of case studies demonstrating the tangible impact of our ESG program.
ESG Disclosures
Explore our library of ESG resources including our 2023 ESG Report, 2023 Executive Summary, TCFD and SASB disclosures.
- Case Study: CDW Hosts 2023 Billion Dollar Roundtable Summit
- Case Study: CDW and CUNY Launch Mentor Protégé Program
ESG PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS
CDW continues to mobilize internal teams and elevate collaboration with our customers and technology partners to meet increasing demand and growth for environmentally certified and socially responsible products. Our goal is to be able to offer customers a full stack of solutions to help them address their ESG priorities, primarily through an extensive portfolio of environmentally certified products (ENERGY STAR Certified, TCO Certified, and Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Compliant), and a broad range of cloud-based solutions that improve energy efficiency.
The Sustainability Solutions section of our website showcases CDW’s sustainability offerings and enables customers to search for and order ESG products and solutions. In add to the e-commerce capabilities, the site includes links to ESG-related services, including our IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) program for proper device wiping, removal and recycling services for devices that are no longer in use.
CDW’s ITAD services address the three key core components of an effective asset disposition program:
- Redeployment of devices that are still functional and meet the organization’s requirements that can be allocated to other employees or for different uses.
- Remarketing retired IT assets to be resold to the open market or donated.
- Recycling by breaking down IT equipment into its basic components to extract valuable materials, which can be recycled into the manufacturing of new goods.
RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY CHAIN
CDW’s vendor partners and suppliers are a critical extension of our company and vital to our success. Our relationships with more than 1,000 leading and emerging vendor partners enable us to provide customers with access to over 100,000 products and services, combined with CDW’s technical resources and logistics capabilities.
Implementing and adhering to comprehensive policies, conducting regular audits and engaging in ongoing dialogue are crucial to our continued success. Our Gold rating from EcoVadis places CDW within the top 3% of all assessed companies, and top 5% of assessed companies within the category of sustainable procurement.
Our expectations for honesty, integrity and ethics are defined in The CDW Way Code, our Partner Guide and our Position on Human Trafficking and Slavery (California Supply Chains Act and UK Modern Slavery Act).
Strategic Partnerships at CDW
We invest time building partnerships with our suppliers and working side-by-side with them to serve our customers.
A successful strategic partnership program seeks to provide suppliers access to purchasing opportunities and promotes supplier participation reflective of the community and customers; optimizes your supply chain; creates revenue, jobs and wages; builds stronger communities; unleashes economic growth and raises the competition as a corporation needs to meet a supplier spend.
Visit our Strategic Partnerships page to learn more about how CDW invests time building partnerships with our suppliers and in working side-by-side with them to serve our customers.
SOCIAL IMPACT: PARTNERSHIPS
We are committed to building new and expanding existing nonprofit partnerships throughout the world that align with our purpose and values. Consistent with our belief in the transformative power of technology, we have focused our social impact commitments to address digital opportunity by:
- Providing Access: We help ensure people have access to the technology they need, including computers, software and internet connectivity.
- Supporting Education: We power initiatives that excite learners about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as well as computer science and digital literacy.
- Building Our Workforce: We're committed to a welcoming and respectful culture and are actively creating a technology industry that reflects the world we live in.
We are working to scale social impact efforts globally and provide the best experience possible for our customers, partners and stakeholders.
To learn more about our digital opportunity efforts, visit our Social Impact webpage.
