afb group hosted a Lunch & Learn series featuring Alexander Rau discussing the company's evolution over the past 25 years.

afb is the first non profit IT Asset Recovery Solution Provider in Europe. Since 2004, our mission is to generate place of works for disable people while delivering a professional solution for electronics waste. We provide our customers with a very efficient solution for maximizing return and minimizing the risks associated with data security and improper handling of end of life IT assets. Our concept is based on a strong cooperation with large and medium size companies, as well as public institution, which use to provide us with their no longer used IT equipment. We are able to pick up the equipment anywhere in Europe and provide them with a web based secure track reports to inform about asset recovery, computer disposal, computer recycling and a full data eradicated certification on all equipment. We first concentrate on the best way of recycling by reselling the equipment through our afb shops offering a 12 months warranty on each equipment. For the non recoverable assets, we have an electronic waste scrap center to recycle the raw materials. With 660 employees, among them 48% are people with severe disabilities, we have managed in 2023 more than 660,000 IT units. With our electronics recycling process, afb is not only acting as a social responsible contributor but it is also offering an important ecological benefit to the planet. With afb, be assured, your electronic waste is being handled socially and responsibly. In the past afb has been granted with several awards: - Special Award German SDG Award in the category "Company" 2022 - Business Award of Baden-Württemberg Schwarzer Löwe in the category "Diversity Human Resources" 2023 - IT-BUSINESS Distri-Award in the category "Refurbishing & Remarketing" - DEKRA Award in the category "Sustainability" 2023 - Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise for Yvonne Cvilak