New Generation TCO Certified • Available for all product categories • Displays • Notebooks • Tablets • Smartphones • All-in-one PCs • Headsets • Projectors Update purchasing document to: “Latest version of TCO Certified”
Major news in the new TCO Certified Environment • Unknown substances assessed before being used • Key sustainability aspects measured and declared Socially responsible manufacturing • Greater brand engagement and proactive work verified • Brand conflict minerals policy and due diligence
Unknown substances assessed before used Of the 84,000 chemicals on the market today -- many of which are in objects that people come into contact with every day -- only about 1 percent of them have been studied for safety. US Senator Frank Lautenberg to . Senate Subcommittee on Toxics and Environmental Health, 2015
Unknown substances assessed before used Issue TCO Certified Non-halogenated • Many substances with flame retardants must unknown health and be assessed and environmental effects benchmarked ≥2 with are used in IT products. Green Screen before being used.
Measure sustainability impact of IT Issue TCO Certified Verified key figures: • Purchasers want to • Recycled plastic (%) measure and reduce the sustainability • Total product weight impacts IT hardware. • Energy consumption
Socially Responsible Manufacturing Issue TCO Certified • Implementation of • Code of conduct code of conduct and • Communication of code corrective actions in • Audit of implementation the supply chain • Corrective actions lacks leadership. • Proactive work • Responsible person
Conflict minerals in IT products Issue TCO Certified • Limited control and • Conflict minerals policy knowledge if conflict • Due diligence process minerals are used in or part of initiative in IT-products. DRC • Risk of boycott of DRC.
New Generation TCO Certified • Available for all product categories • Displays • Notebooks • Desktops • Tablets • Smartphones • All-in-one PCs • Headsets • Projectors Update purchasing document to: “Latest version of TCO Certified”
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