Analysis of critique directed at the certification of Samsung Galaxy S4
In June 2013, a group of organizations working with workplace environment, worker rights and environmental issues criticized Samsung’s smartphone Galaxy S4 for being certified according to TCO...
View ArticleReport – increasing Post Consumer Recycled Plastics in IT products
Almost all IT products contain plastics. But, the use of new or “virgin oil” plastics is connected to a number of sustainability problems. Co2 emissions, high resource use in manufacturing and the...
View ArticleReport – The State of Socially Responsible Manufacturing in the IT Industry
Summary of the report ”The State of Social Responsibility in Manufacturing in the IT-industry” Increasingly, IT-using organizations are looking for computer products that are environmentally preferable...
View ArticleReport – Bank’s Successful Model for Sustainable IT Purchasing
Swedbank’s values-based, risk assessment approach to IT purchasing led to choice of TCO Certified as sustainability criteria in their purchase of 10 000 notebook computers. A new report describes the...
View ArticleReport: Sustainability lacking in public purchasing
All too often, public funds are used to purchase goods and services that are selected without regard for environmental or social responsibility. In Europe, the new EU Public Purchasing Directive offers...
View ArticleProgress report: Both improvements and challenges in IT factory working...
In our 2016 progress report, our most recent follow up verification rounds reveal both progress and challenges in IT factory working conditions. The report, Impacts and Insights, measures the most...
View ArticleReport presents keys to solving sustainability issues in the IT industry
The demand for IT products that have been manufactured in a fair and environmentally sustainable way is growing, but many sustainability issues in the IT industry are difficult to solve. The new...
View ArticleReport: Impacts and Insights – Circular IT Management in Practice
In this year’s edition of Impacts and Insights, we’re deep-diving into circularity. What does this actually mean for IT products — and how can the circular economy be implemented on the ground, when...
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