We love IT, and it shows in the way we think and work. We love helping our clients get more out of technology and their IT budget. And we enjoy making the whole process as enjoyable as possible.
But, without wanting to get too existential about it, there’s more to life than bits, bytes and business, which is why we make time to do the right thing by our community, as well as our clients.
From raising and donating funds, through to sponsorships and pro bono work, we encourage and enable our people to support various community and charity initiatives, including:
We are proud to be the Naming Sponsor of Youth Futures flagship fundraising event,Office Solutions IT Pipeline Challenge. As a team, we also participate in the epic five-day mountain biking adventure which traces WA’s iconic Golden Pipeline, raising funds for the Nest Program which supports young mums and bubs escaping homelessness or domestic violence. You can support our OSIT Team at PipelineChallenge.com.au and help make a difference to young families in need.
We sponsor and participate in the Youth Focus Hawaiian Ride for Youth – a 4 day charity bike ride travelling from Albany to Perth to raise funds and awareness for Youth Focus. While cycling through towns in WA’s South West, our riders visit high schools to engage and inform students on issues of youth suicide, depression, anxiety and self-harm, as well as the services that Youth Focus provides.
Each year we try to improve our community, and improve our environmental footprint. Here are some of the projects we have completed over the last several years:
Recycle aluminum cans
Replace all halogen lights with LED lights at our Perth Office
Solar Panels
Co-Mingle waste bin
Recycle decommissioned e-waste
Started measuring our carbon emissions with an aim to reduce our carbon intensity (per $1m in revenue) by 45% by 2030
Offset our entire carbon footprint and certified as Climate Active Carbon Neutral
Achieved recognition as a Certified B Corporation
Offset our entire carbon footprint and renewed Climate Active Carbon Neutral certification
Office Solutions IT is committed to reducing absolute emissions wherever possible and practical, and aims to reduce CO2-e intensity per $million revenue by 45% by 2030, from our 2022 base year.
To facilitate this, we are seeking to:
We will continue proactively working to identify further opportunities to reduce our carbon emissions.
Emission category | Sum of total emissions (tCO2-e) |
---|---|
Accommodation and facilities | 5.33 |
Bespoke | 0 |
Cleaning and chemicals | 5.65 |
Climate Active carbon neutral products and services | 0 |
Construction materials and services | 1.76 |
Electricity | 44.96 |
Food | 0 |
Horticulture and agriculture | 0 |
ICT services and equipment | 47.20 |
Machinery and vehicles | 0 |
Postage, courier and freight | 39.39 |
Products | 0 |
Professional services | 81.08 |
Refrigerants | 1.97 |
Roads and landscape | 0 |
Stationary energy (gaseous fuels) | 0 |
Stationary energy (liquid fuels) | 0 |
Stationary energy (solid fuels) | 0 |
Transport (air) | 91.23 |
Transport (land and sea) | 217.57 |
use for duplicates | 0 |
Waste | 6.67 |
Water | 0 |
Working from home | 4.24 |
Office equipment and supplies | 11.49 |
Total | 558.55 |
Uplift for unquantified emissions | 5.59 |
Total including uplift | 564.13 |
Emission category | Sum of total emissions (tCO2-e) |
---|---|
Accommodation and facilities | 3.94 |
Air transport (fuel) | 0 |
Air transport (km) | 25.81 |
Bespoke | 0 |
Carbon neutral products and services | 0 |
Cleaning and chemicals | 5.47 |
Construction materials and services | 7.91 |
Electricity | 72.07 |
Food | 0 |
Horticulture and agriculture | 0 |
ICT services and equipment | 13.60 |
Land and sea transport (fuel) | 216.38 |
Land and sea transport (km) | 0 |
Machinery and vehicles | 0 |
Office equipment and supplies | 14.62 |
Postage, courier and freight | 11.78 |
Products | 0 |
Professional services | 117.78 |
Refrigerants | 0 |
Roads and landscape | 0 |
Stationary energy | 0 |
Waste | 5.69 |
Water | 0 |
Working from home | 4.66 |
Total | 499.72 |
As part of our ongoing commitment to the community, we donate money to worthy causes or chose to sponsor events or teams. Here's what we've donated recently:
The National Youth Mental Health Foundation: $300
Youth Futures: $500
Autism West Support Inc: $340
The Movember Group Pty Ltd: $101
Lifeline WA: $1050
Youth Focus: $34,500
Youth Futures: $22,000
PCITP Tour of Margaret River: $2,318
Youth Futures - Naming Rights Sponsor Pipeline Challenge 2023: $16,500
The Children of Joy Foundation-Philippines: $2,000
PCITP Chrismas Appeal for Salvation Army: $159
PCITP Kit Sponsorship: $2,800
Wanneroo B.M.X. Raceway Club - 40th Anniversary Bash Rider class Sponsorship: $400
PCITP Tour of Margaret River: $5,260
Youth Futures - Pipeline Challenge 2023 - James Sutherland & Dan Pavic: $742
Base Resources - Rhino Charge 2023 Sponsorship: $2,000
MACA Cancer 200 2023: $2,000
Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) Perth: $20,000
Dry July Foundation: $60
Fight Cancer - Footy Colours Day!: $518
PCITP Tour of Margarent River: $2,272
Youth Futures Ltd - Naming Rights Sponsor Pipeline Challenge 2024: $17,000
Lion Cancer Institute - Donation: $600
Australian Foundation for Fostering Learning in the Philippines: $1000
The Children of Joy Foundation - Donation: $1000
Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) Perth: $10,000
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