ERI Publishes Annual 2025 Impact Report, with Focus on Innovation, Circularity and Materiality

FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ERI, the leading international material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company, has announced the release of its sixth annual Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2025, which can be accessed on the company’s website at ERIdirect.com.

The report summarizes the impact of ERI’s achievements, innovations and highlights from the previous year and demonstrates the company’s commitment to exceeding its sustainability, circularity and materiality goals and benchmarks.

Among other notable accomplishments, ERI remains the world’s only ITAD/electronic recycling company to have achieved carbon neutral status while maintaining certification of all U.S. facilities by NAID, e-Stewards, and R2. ERI is also the first e-waste recycler/ITAD services company globally to achieve SOC 2 certification and ISO 27001 for Information Security & Data Protection. ERI is also certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 standards.

The report also highlights ERI’s unique focus on innovation. The fully illustrated document provides descriptions of a number of sustainability- and circularity- related highlights from last year, including:

• Details of the company’s groundbreaking partnership with ReElement Technologies Corporation, a leading U.S. innovator in rare earth element and critical mineral refining;
• ERI being named a founding member of Global ITAD Alliance;
• The company’s work in sharing best circularity practices with Amazon;
• Information about the company’s free consumer recycling search engine, RecycleNation becoming the world’s top-rated online recycling resource;
• ERI’s game-changing and information-sharing work with Japanese dignitaries and tech leaders;
• Multiple honors and awards, including ERI receiving the #1 Compliance Standards ranking for ITAD companies;
• Continued improvements in ERI's technology designed to increase transparency, provide better services for customers while continuing to push sustainability and data security forward through innovation;
• New R&D focused on enhanced double materiality and genuine circularity;
• and much more.

“Last year was ERI’s most successful year to date on multiple levels,” said ERI CEO/Chairman John Shegerian. “It was certainly our most accomplished year in terms of sustainability and circularity programs and innovation, and perhaps most excitingly, it set the framework for 2026 – which is shaping up to be a year of even more significant and impactful transformation, with even bolder innovations, global expansion and meaningful partnerships. As our new Impact Report clearly demonstrates, we look forward to continuing to grow shareholder value – all while making the world a better and more sustainable place.”

ERI is the leading international material resource recovery, ITAD and tech reuse and recycling company. ERI is certified at the highest level by all leading environmental and data security oversight organizations to de-manufacture, recycle, and refurbish every type of electronic device in an environmentally responsible manner. It is the first company in its industry to achieve ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications for security and data protection. ERI has the capacity to process more than a billion pounds of electronic waste annually at its eight certified U.S. locations, serving every zip code in the United States, with facilities and partners serving over 50 countries. ERI’s mission is to protect people, the planet and privacy. For more information about circularity, ITAD services and e-waste recycling at ERI, call 1-800-ERI-DIRECT or visit https://eridirect.com.