Márcia Pereira, CEO,
“The consumption of refurbished products reduces their impact on the environment”
What is Itancia´s mission?
Inspire and guide each company to take a responsible approach to sustainable development and enjoy all the inherent benefits.
Offer each organization the most appropriate technology environment for their needs and use practices.
Guide and support companies in projects, through technical, logistics and industrial services tailored.
Itancia bases its business on 3 pillars. In a synthetic way, talk a little about the objectives/mission of each pillar.
As a committed and innovative partner, Itancia offers its customers the benefits of its 30 years of experience. Today, our strength is built around three solid, ethical and complementary pillars, in order to support all our clients’ projects: Itancia Technology, Itancia Factory and Itancia Again.
Itancia Technology is the group’s distribution business, selects and offers the best technology solutions from more than 90 leading brands.
Itancia Factory is the group’s services and consulting business, offering personalized services based on our technical, intellectual, logistics and industrial experience.
Itancia Again is the group’s ecological responsibility branch, manages and renews the life cycle of technological products, supporting companies in reducing their environmental impact.
The transition to green technology is a theme that is on the media agenda. How are Portuguese companies making this transition? What are there left/should be done? What about cybersecurity?
Being a responsible company means following a sustainable development approach, i.e. implementing dialogue actions and strategies that take into account the economic, social and environmental impact.
In 2022, more and more companies have adhered to a sustainable approach, implementing ambitious actions to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For example, the consumption of refurbished products offers equipment a second life and reduces its impact on the environment.
But before implementing large-scale actions, there are initiatives that all companies can easily integrate:
Improve the purchasing policy by choosing to equip customers and employees with refurbished products (PCs, smartphones, phones, etc.).
Recycle unused equipment in order to dispose of electronic waste responsibly and safely.
Resumption of products in order to renew the range of equipment of employees so that they keep up to date without prejudice.
Today, cybersecurity is a real problem for all businesses. To meet all business protection needs, it is essential to opt for the technology that best protects sensitive data through: strong authentication, secure access, data encryption, secure transmission, data protection, data backup, and post-incident recovery.
Since 2011, Itancia has a fund that supports local projects and initiatives to preserve the planet and its biodiversity.
a) What project(s) supports(m) in Portugal?
b) Talk a little about this project(s)
The Itancia Fund supports concrete and innovative international projects aimed at preserving our planet, from the protection of forest biodiversity, shelters in natural habitat conditions for endangered animal species, reforestation of areas affected by natural disasters or human action, the creation of a care center dedicated to injured wild animals, installation of hives for biodiversity in our production sites,among many other environmental projects. It was this sense of responsibility that created our group more than 30 years ago and we continue, today, to fulfill this mission of protecting the planet in all our actions.
What factors led Itancia to choose Taguspark – City of Knowledge to address?
The choice of Taguspark was motivated by its environmental responsibility and by identifying itself as a business center dedicated to technology and knowledge.
What highlights how more positive in Taguspark? And how negative?
Positive highlights: the image that Taguspark represents, its communication as a brand and the care of outdoor spaces.
Negative aspects: accesses, since Taguspark has only 3 inputs/outputs, makes it difficult to get through rush hour.
In Portugal, how does Itancia attract talent? How many nationalities are there in Itancia Taguspark?
Normally, in Portugal, we have used a direct hiring policy or advertisements through our LinkedIn page.
In a sentence, how do you define Itancia?
We combine innovation and responsibility.