Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) has entered into a partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business’s Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL).
ERI and IGEL will jointly develop advanced sustainability solutions integrating with best business practices in the field of electronic recycling.
In addition, Wharton and IGEL team will take part in an open knowledge exchange with ERI regarding sustainability, industry and community leadership.
This kind of collaboration is expected to bring out practical solutions for issues like eliminating the glut of e-waste entering the waste stream and digital security to electronic recycling best practices.
For ERI, the IGEL partnership will offer access to an excellent faculty and research team in addition to an opportunity to share the experiences and best practices with experts.
Among other aspects of the partnership, ERI will discuss and analyze unique innovations in the electronic waste industry with IGEL.
John Shegerian, chairman and CEO of ERI has also been given a seat on the IGEL Advisory Board.
Collaborative reports will be published at Wharton journal regularly.
Last month, during holiday season ERI announced its plan to hire 205 new employees at five of its fast-growing locations.
The sustainable activities of ERI are led by the guidelines developed by the Basel Action Network and they are the founding member of the e-Stewards program.
ERI is also a member of the National Center for Electronic Recycling, Environmental Entrepreneurs and Environmental Media Agency.
Sabeena Wahid
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