Improving employee experience through sustainable Technology Lifecycle Management
12.19.2024Managed budgeting and financing
Simple management of large device fleet
Fleet upgrade and disposal using circular principles
With more than 30 years of experience in claims management, Stelliant Group provides companies and insurance professionals with a range of services dedicated to consulting and prevention.
Central to Stelliant’s ethos is its adaptability to evolving market trends, a culture of innovation, and a steadfast dedication to providing top-tier service to not only its customers but also its valued staff members.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is part of the Group’s raison d’être as a natural component of their strategy and company culture.
In 2020, Stelliant needed to renew over 1000 of its employees’ smartphones.
True to Stelliant’s commitment to contributing to the ecological transition and promoting responsible choices, Sheinoor Thuillier, General Counsel of the Stelliant Group and part of the DAF (administrative and financial department) team reached out to BNP Paribas 3 Step IT to look into more sustainable ways to deliver the project.
As part of the collaboration, Stelliant was able to finance 1,200 state-of-the-art smartphones and onboard them to BNP Paribas 3 Step IT’s circular Technology Lifecycle Management services, ensuring the devices would have the best possible chance of a second life after the leasing period.
The project involved identifying and deploying smartphones across Stelliant’s 12 subsidiaries, requiring outstanding asset management capabilities to ensure control and monitoring of new devices regularly added to the fleet. As part of the collaboration, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT’s Asset Management platform also enabled Stelliant to have more visibility on the lifecycle of every device to plan and budget for replacement cycles easily and automatically.
According to Stelliant, “It was fantastic to be able to count on an expert partner like BNP Paribas 3 Step IT when looking into upgrading our large device fleet following circularity principles. BNP Paribas 3 Step IT supported us through the entire process, helping us finance the devices and manage the lifecycle of all the assets across the Group.”
Since the launch of the project, Stelliant has been able to simplify device acquisition and management, improve the employee experience, increase staff productivity, and decrease the cost and the complexity normally associated with device acquisition cycles. All while adopting circularity principles and managing their technology more securely and sustainably.
Following the successful deployment of the smartphones, Stelliant decided to expand the project to include charging stations for its electrical vehicle (EV) fleet, which represents the vast majority of cars provided by Stelliant to its employees.
To help employees access EVs with fewer restrictions, Stelliant worked with BNP Paribas 3 Step IT to finance charging stations at employees’ homes, making adoption easier and more cost-effective – resulting in wide adoption by Stelliant staff.
Challenges:
- Need for state-of-the-art smartphones and mobility solutions to respond to claims swiftly
- Commitment to prevent emissions and e-waste as part of its sustainability journey
- Make electric vehicles more accessible and easier to use for employees
Solution:
- Upgrading smartphone fleet through BNP Paribas 3 Step IT to reduce costs
- Additional leasing of charging stations to support the transition to an all-electric fleet of vehicles for all staff
- Reduced upfront costs and higher employee experience
Our happy client – In their own words
“We operate in a fast-paced world where change is the only constant. As a result, we need a partner who is as adaptable and reactive as we are, and who values listening as much as we do. BNP Paribas 3 Step IT not only provides us with a great quality of service and access to the latest technology that we can lease as and when we need it; it also does so in the spirit of our sustainability journey, enabling us to respond to our staff’s appetite for innovation without compromising on our ESG commitments. This is a must-have for highly regulated industries such as ours, where you really have to practise what you preach.”
