The Global Electronics Council is undertaking a multi-year initiative to revise its EPEAT criteria to align with priority sustainability impacts, including Climate Change Mitigation, Sustainable Use of Resources (or Circularity), Reduction of Chemicals of Concern, and...
The State of Sustainability Research for Corporate ESG Performance provides an overview of key labor and workforce concerns and current practices in social auditing in the electronics supply chain. This research then provides thoughtful and practical strategies to...
The State of Sustainability Research for Chemicals of Concern identifies the impacts of chemicals of concern within and for the manufacturing of ICT products on human health and the environment and illustrates the need to shift to safer, more sustainable substances in...
The State of Sustainability Research for Sustainable Use of Resources provides an overview of the environmental impacts associated with the production and consumption of ICT devices — from raw material extraction and processing to end of life — with a focus on...
Concerns about the chemicals used in electronic products are related to the potential exposure risks throughout the product’s lifecycle. Heavy metals and hazardous chemicals contained in electronic products not only pose a risk to workers in the manufacturing process,...
The State of Sustainability Research for Climate Change Mitigation identifies priority contributors to climate change across the life cycle of ICT products and illustrates the need to decarbonize the supply chain in order to make significant progress in reducing...
The State of Sustainability Research for Health and Wellbeing Wearable Electronic Devices presents science-based evidence and data about the life cycle social and environmental impacts of this category of electronic products. It is the basis for a new EPEAT category...
Over the past year, the Global Electronics Council has hosted rigorous workshops with an esteemed group of stakeholders to revise the Purchaser Guide for Addressing Labor & Human Rights Impacts in Technology Procurement – we are thrilled to officially announce the...
Public- and private-sector institutional purchasers are increasingly procuring “cloud” services. Clouds are essentially virtualized data centers, infrastructure, platforms, and applications offered as services on a subscription basis. Purchasers buy cloud services to...
