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Our impact

Technology moves.
Opportunity follows.

Across the ERA network, retired devices become secure business outcomes, measurable environmental value and technology for communities.

See the numbersMeet the recipients

Network results, with impact now growing in Aotearoa New Zealand

The network in numbers

Proof that reuse can scale.

ERA tracks devices placed, organisations supported and demand still waiting to be met. These network results show the opportunity New Zealand is joining.

Since 201811,400+

devices donated across the ERA network

Real technology placed with schools, charities and community organisations.
A student holding a refurbished ERA laptop
One device. A new next step.
500+organisations supported since 2004
~900devices placed in the first five months of 2026
1,000+organisations on the network waitlist

Device breakdown

What 11,400+ second lives look like.

Approximate donated-device totals across the ERA network since 2018.

68%

of placed devices are laptops, the most requested tool for learning, work and connection.

Reuse starts with the device people can use anywhere.
  1. Laptops~7,700
  2. Desktops~1,900
  3. Monitors~700
  4. Projectors~420
  5. Phones~310
  6. Tablets~230
  7. Printers~200
ERA technicians preparing devices at a community technology event
Community technology event

One defining day

550devices

Four time zones. Twenty-eight organisations. One day.

On Giving Tuesday 2018, the ERA network delivered more than 550 devices in a single day. The campaign showed what coordinated reuse can accomplish.

  • Laptops for First Nations schools in northern British Columbia
  • 107 smartphones for CNIB Calgary
  • 80 computers for the Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth
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How we measure

Impact you can put in a report.

ERA connects operational evidence with environmental and community outcomes. Your organisation sees what moved, where it went and what value stayed in circulation.

01Diversion

Material totals by weight and type.

02Reuse

Asset-level reuse and recycle ratios.

03Community

Recipient summaries and available photos.

04Reporting

ESG-ready impact statements.

See how we work
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Every asset accounted for

Impact stories

Where the technology goes next.

Schools, not-for-profits and community partners turn refurbished devices into learning, access and connection.

Charity staff using a donated ERA laptop together
Aotearoa New ZealandApplications are open for schools and charities.Read the story →
 Students and teachers at a partner school in Chile
Futed, ChileA student computer room built from five laptops.Read the story →
 Students and staff at a partner school in Madagascar
MFT, MadagascarLaptops and a projector reach the Bongolava Region.Read the story →

Recipient network

500+

organisations supported since 2004.

A small selection of the schools, charities and community organisations reached through the ERA network.

  • CNIB
  • YWCA
  • The Salvation Army
  • Team Rubicon
  • Bow Valley College
  • Centre for Newcomers
  • Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver
  • Saulteau First Nations
  • Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation School
  • Futed, Chile
  • MFT, Madagascar
  • Kompjuteri Nade, Bosnia
  • Isa Mundo Foundation, Mexico
  • Rainmaker Enterprise, South Sudan
  • Felana Maintso
  • Kid’s Hope Orphanage
  • Lycée Andohalo
  • Tsuut’ina Nation schools
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For businesses and IT leaders

Put retired technology to work.

Secure IT asset disposition with certificates, reporting and measurable community value your organisation can stand behind.

  • ISO 9001 Quality Management
  • ISO 14001 Environmental Management
  • ISO 45001 Health and Safety
  • ISO 27001 Information Security
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