The Challenge: When Your Business Model Is Compliance
Tech for Good is redefining IT procurement. As a B Corp certified social enterprise, its core value proposition isn't just selling ICT hardware; it's enabling large corporations and government bodies to meet their complex ESG and social procurement mandates.
To deliver this level of credible compliance to its clients, Tech for Good must first rigorously manage its own. With a complex global IT supply chain and a commitment to offsetting all Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, the internal data management challenge was an existential risk.
The team’s passion for impact was outpacing its tools for measuring it. They needed a robust, auditable, and efficient platform to prove their carbon neutral claim—a claim that underpins their entire business model.
"Data for us... is the only way our business will survive with the massive amounts of data that we ingest and then have to produce cohesive reports to our customers to demonstrate compliance, particularly within the new frameworks. That's our biggest challenge."
— Stella Heesom, Founder of Tech for Good
The Solution: An Auditable Assessment in Under 10 Days
For the 3 consecutive year, Tech for Good has partnered with NetNada. The platform's ability to automate data collection and analysis delivered a credible, auditable outcome without an overwhelming time commitment.
NetNada's platform streamlined the entire process, ingesting complex data and turning it into a "published and credible" assessment that was ready for third-party auditing.
"I look at it in terms of the value of what you've done for me. I managed to give you all of my data within less than a week or 10 days. We turned it around. We've done that assessment and it's done in a published and credible way. I personally think that's great value... compared to the effort that I would have to have undertaken to do it myself."
— Stella Heesom, Founder of Tech for Good
This automation immediately freed up the team to focus on their core mission of delivering impact for their clients, rather than getting bogged down in complex carbon calculations.
The Outcome: A $4.74M Client Advantage
With an auditable carbon footprint powered by NetNada, Tech for Good can translate its credentials into massive, tangible value for its clients.
For one client on a $560 million Victorian rail contract, they were subject to Victoria’s Social Procurement Framework, which mandated a 3% spend on social procurement. The traditional approach of engaging numerous small suppliers was prohibitively complex and costly.
By switching their ICT procurement to Tech for Good, the client instantly satisfied multiple mandates through a single, certified vendor. This move saved them $4.74 million over the contract's lifecycle, avoiding the complexity of managing 148 separate small suppliers.
This is the Tech for Good advantage: transforming a complex compliance burden into a streamlined, cost-effective opportunity for its clients. Because NetNada delivered auditable data, Tech for Good can now confidently:
- Satisfy Government Mandates: Service clients on major infrastructure projects that have strict, mandated social and sustainable procurement targets.
- Offer New Value-Adds: Expand its services to include an ISO-certified e-waste recovery service, guaranteeing 98% diversion from landfill and providing clients with tangible proof of circularity.
- Focus on Strategy: Prepare for their 2027 B Corp recertification and develop new client solutions, knowing their data is managed and credible.
A Deeper Look: Powering Client-Centric Compliance
Tech for Good's success lies in its deep understanding that different stakeholders within a client organisation have vastly different needs. NetNada's platform provides the specific, auditable data Tech for Good needs to satisfy all of them.
- For IT Managers: Procurement is simple. Compliance is "baked in" to the supplier relationship, requiring no extra effort from them.
- For CFOs & Compliance Leaders: Tech for Good provides a strategic solution for a major emerging business risk: mandatory climate disclosure.
AASB S2 and the Power of a Carbon-Neutral Supplier
Tech for Good's verified carbon-neutral status (powered by NetNada) is a critical asset for its clients as they face Australia's new mandatory climate reporting.
"The new AASB S2 standards require large enterprises to identify and disclose climate-related risks and opportunities across their entire value chain. This includes their Scope 3 emissions, which are notoriously difficult to measure," explains NetNada CEO Afonso Firmo.
"A significant part of an enterprise's Scope 3 footprint comes from its procurement—the goods and services it buys. By switching their IT procurement to Tech for Good, a client instantly and credibly neutralises that entire category of their Scope 3 emissions. Tech for Good's auditable carbon-neutral certification, generated by NetNada, becomes a verifiable report they can use in their own climate-related financial disclosures."
A Partnership of Shared Knowledge
With NetNada, Tech for Good gained more than a software platform; they gained a strategic partner. The relationship evolved beyond simple measurement to one of proactive education and support, driven by NetNada's customer success team.
"Everything's actually worked very well... Maca [from NetNada], you've done a great job. I've seen a step improvement in terms of the way that you communicate. And I also feel that your knowledge helps me in terms of uplifting my knowledge. So I think that's really vital... your insights have been very helpful to me, so I'm very grateful for that."
— Stella Heesom, Founder of Tech for Good
This partnership gives Stella and her team the confidence to engage with third-party verifiers and large-scale clients, knowing their carbon neutral claim is backed by a transparent and auditable data trail.
"The compliance landscape is a minefield of constant change. Stella and the team at Tech for Good are not just solving a procurement problem; they are solving a critical business education and governance problem. They prove why it makes sense to partner with experts who can turn complex ESG mandates into tangible, cost-effective action. Our role at NetNada is to provide the credible data foundation that makes their entire model possible."
— Afonso Firmo, CEO of NetNada
Turn Your Climate Credentials into a Competitive Advantage
Like Tech for Good, your company's credibility is your greatest asset. NetNada provides the auditable, efficient, and expert-backed platform to turn your climate commitments into your biggest competitive advantage.
Book a demo to see how NetNada can power your compliance and impact.
