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2006-03-06
CKS Appointed to Take Care of Sagem UK?s Obligations
Sagem UK, one of Europe?s major companies in the Communications and Consumer industries and a leading Information Communications Technology (ICT) provider, has appointed CKS Group Plc (CKS) to take care of its obligations in relation to the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive.
Bracknell-based CKS will assume ownership of Sagem?s environmental obligations under existing legislation and the forthcoming WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Directive for the disposal at end-of-life of Electrical & Electronics assets. In addition, it will act to indemnify Sagem against other end-of-life disposal issues, including Data Protection and Data Privacy responsibilities.
In less than a decade CKS has established itself as one of the UK?s leading end of life IT asset management companies, focusing on the environmental and CSR (Corporate & Social Responsibility) issues of business users, from corporates, services providers to manufacturers.
Stuart Wright, National Service Manager of Sagem UK said of the appointment, ?At Sagem, we take our environmental and CSR obligations very seriously, which is why we have appointed a company like CKS. It has an excellent and long-standing reputation for extremely high standards within its business processes. We value CKS?s passion, straight forward approach and flexibility and as an IIP accredited company with ISO:9001 and ISO:14001 we know that CKS will be a trusted business partner.?
David Sutcliffe, Sales Director at CKS Group Plc commented, ?We?re very pleased to have been appointed by Sagem UK. With our holistic project approach and risk management skills, CKS are very well positioned to help Sagem UK traverse the complex compliance issues affecting supply chain costs, risks and asset value.?
ABOUT CKS GROUP PLC
Since 1997, CKS Group plc is one of the UK?s leading end-of-life IT asset management companies servicing: business users such as the Nationwide Building Society; leading ICT providers such as Getronics and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC); and, manufacturers such as Sagem.
CKS assume ownership of environmental obligations and indemnify socially responsible corporate customers against end-of-life IT asset disposal issues.
With a holistic project approach and their risk management skills, CKS are well positioned to help their customers navigate and balance complex compliance issues affecting supply chain costs, risks and asset value. CKS consultants facilitate strategic leadership in inventory management by eliminating in-life and end-of-life wastage in ways that benefit a range of stakeholders. In particular, CKS will develop a practical game plan to match the customer?s unique priorities.
CKS processes and processing facilities guarantee the security assured destruction of confidential data and return value on redundant assets to their customers through ethical treatment, deployment / redeployment, resale / remarketing, charitable donation, recycling and safe disposal.
CKS is an IIP accredited company and their customers value their passion, straight forward approach and flexibility.
The CKS vision is to be the trusted business partner for life cycle responsibility management.
ABOUT SAGEM UK
Established for over 80 years Sagem Communication UK (SAFRAN Group) is a major player in the Mobile and Broadband Communication Industry. With a workforce of over 56,000 employees, operations in 31 countries and sales of EUR 10 billion in 2004 - including 61% generated in Europe - Sagem are dedicated to pioneering affordable but superior solutions for you at work, at home and at leisure.
To see what Sagem can do for you go to www.sagem.com or visit your local retailer for more details.
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