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December 16, 2025

How Assuralia helped Digital for Youth donate their 28,000th laptop to charity

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Through a long-term collaboration between Assuralia (the Belgian federation of insurers), Digital for Youth, and Circular IT group, thousands of end-of-life laptops are now powering digital opportunities for young people instead of becoming e-waste.

Now, Digital for Youth have officially reached their 28,000th laptop donation. Assuralia handed over the latest donation, which has been used to teach children and young people programming skills with CoderDojo.

Table of contents:

The partnership model
The social impact of donating laptops
The environmental impact of donating laptops
The business value of recycling laptops for charity
What other businesses can learn from Assuralia

The partnership model

Since 2020, Assuralia members have donated 6,319 laptops and 12,496 other IT devices (think screens, tablets, and printers) to Digital for Youth.

This has already given more than 20,000 young people access to a PC and digital skills.

Circular IT group sits behind the scenes as the ITAD partner that facilitates the donation:

Assuralia members decide to donate decommissioned laptops and other devices rather than treating them only as waste.

Circular IT group, collects the hardware, securely wipes the devices, and ensures the ITAD process adheres to strict data protection requirements. All certified, secure. and auditable.

Digital for Youth distribute laptops to schools and youth organisations (non-profit associations) in Belgium. Youth organisations submit an application to the King Baudouin Foundation for their project on digitisation for young people. After approval by our independent jury, they receive the laptops (just like CoderDojo).

CoderDojo Belgium and other social organisations then use these donated laptops in their programmes to support disadvantaged youth.

Our presence alongside Digital for Youth at the handover of the 28,000th laptop makes it clear that the efforts of the insurers, like those of the other donating companies, are making a real and concrete difference for the new users of the IT equipment.

Hein Lannoy, CEO of Assuralia.

According to the 2024 Digital Inclusion Barometer (King Baudouin Foundation), 32% of Belgian youth aged 16–24 remain digitally vulnerable. Single-parent families have become more digitally vulnerable over the past two years. More than 4 in 10 individuals (42%) who live alone with children are now in this situation (+4% since 2021).

Thus, by working with Digital for Youth and forward-thinking companies, we tackle this head-on. Closing the digital gap for all youth.

Together, we are stronger than ever. In 2024 alone, Digital for Youth supported more than 16,455 young people in accessing a laptop.
Data wiping, certified processing, and secure logistics, handled by Circular IT group, ensured that no security trade-offs were made. Businesses partnering with Digital for Youth are assured that all data protection policy requirements are stringently followed when donating hardware.

For CoderDojo Belgium, donated laptops are not a “nice to have”; they are essential. The charity is organising free coding clubs for children aged 7 to 18 across the country. Without these laptop donations, they wouldn’t be able to teach the IT skills that are becoming increasingly relevant in our fast-paced world. Skills unlock doors. The more skills young people learn, the more opportunities they can access.

For many young people, having their own laptop is a vital starting point for discovering and developing digital skills. Thanks to these donations, we at CoderDojo can give every child the same opportunity to experiment, create, and confidently enter the digital world.

Virginie Dardenne, Communications Manager of CoderDojo Belgium.

The environmental impact of donating laptops

The partnership has a clear environmental dimension as well.

By donating and reusing IT equipment, Assuralia members have together avoided the emission of 2,725 tonnes of CO₂-equivalents, comparable to the annual emissions of 584 cars.

It all contributes to their CSRD scope 3 emissions reduction. It demonstrates concrete circularity in IT and shows how social and environmental goals can reinforce each other.

Our part is to ensure the data wiping and secure ITAD impact is traceable, defensible, and certified. We partner with Digital for Youth to provide documented refurbishment routes and reporting that connects devices, emission savings, and social outcomes in a way that auditors and stakeholders can follow.

Digital for Youth is very pleased with the important social and environmental impact that the Assuralia members have achieved together and looks forward to working even more closely with various insurers.

Hans De Backer, General Manager of Digital for Youth.

The business value of recycling laptops for charity

Traditional ITAD is often seen purely through a risk lens.

Is the data gone?

Is the hardware destroyed?

Are we compliant with policy?

But the world has changed. Industry-leading businesses must work smarter with the resources they already have, including old hardware. Our collaboration shows how a broader and more strategic donation-based ITAD approach can create value for both society and business.

Assuralia benefits from the CSRD impact of the donation while responsibly managing its retired hardware. Instead of simply destroying it, the equipment is reused, and they gain value from that reuse. Members Assuralia have already leveraged their hardware for its primary purpose: powering their work. Now, through donation, they also capture a second benefit.

In addition, businesses can take advantage of potential tax incentives for donating hardware, offering financial benefits for organisations that choose reuse over destruction.

What other businesses can learn from Assuralia

Assuralia’s model shows that ITAD can be far more than a compliance exercise.

Here are the key lessons any organisation can take from their approach:

Laptops for charity create real circularity
Security and social impact can co-exist
Circularity strengthens CSRD reporting
One industry can drive national impact

When insurers acted collectively, the impact multiplied.

Their members’ donations supported more than 20,000 young people, proving that when a sector aligns behind digital inclusion, the effect reaches far beyond individual companies.