Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced the weight of electronics going into the marketplace and available in households for recycling significantly. Personal computer weight decreased by 95% since the 1970s, phones by 94%, and televisions by 60%.
• Reduced, removed, and sourced safer materials in electronics products.
• Avoided approximately 82,300 tonnes of CO2 equivalents by recycling e-waste in 2015.
• In 2016, 96 percent of the electricity used at Apple’s global facilities came from renewable energy, reducing their carbon emissions by nearly 585,000 metric tons.

Social Achievements

• Extended product lifespan through refurbishment and repair services.
• Supported programs like Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) and Computers for Schools (CFS) to reuse and redistribute refurbished computers.
• Increased use of recycled materials in products (e.g., Dell using recycled carbon fiber, Canon using recycled and bio-based plastics).

Governance Achievements

• EPSC members support harmonized international regulations and voluntary phase-out of substances of concern.
• Manufacturers actively manage supply chains to inform procurement policies.
• Many companies have implemented their own product design criteria for recyclability.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Managing the end-of-life of industrial, commercial, and institutional (IC&I) electronics due to their high value and suitability for reuse.
• Balancing the value of reuse and refurbishment with the need for recycling.

Mitigation Strategies

• Advocating for separate treatment of IC&I electronics from consumer electronics in recycling regulations.
• Promoting reuse and refurbishment programs.
• Supporting the development of closed-loop recycling systems.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Actively managing supply chains to inform procurement policies.
• Supporting suppliers' transition to renewable energy (e.g., Apple's work with Ibiden).

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: EPEAT, TCO Certified, ENERGY STAR®

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced plastic waste generation by 1,080 tonnes (Sony)
• Avoided environmental costs of $2.26 million annually through closed-loop plastic system (Dell)
• Increased recycled content plastic in printers (HP)
• Used over 2,500 metric tons of closed-loop materials (Lenovo)
• Developed a new approach to recycling plastics (IBM)
• Used 42.6 million kilograms of recycled-content plastic and other sustainable materials in its products (Dell)
• Reduced emissions from aluminum in its products by 45% (Apple)
• Panasonic’s factories in Japan and Belgium became the world’s first zero-CO2 emission factories
• Dell reduced the energy intensity of its product portfolio by 64 percent from a 2012 baseline

Social Achievements

• Launched Galaxy Upcycling program (Samsung)
• Cisco’s Connected North initiative empowering youth in Canada’s Indigenous communities
• HP’s 3D printing providing resources to fight COVID-19
• Apple launched a tool revealing changes in travel behavior to help with social distancing
• Panasonic providing air purification and sterilization equipment to medical institutions

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Regulatory landscape challenges with arbitrary collection targets and lack of harmonization for reporting (electronics recycling)
• Complex global supply chains with risks from government policies, natural disasters, and labor availability

Mitigation Strategies

• Strong supplier contractual requirements, Supplier Codes of Conducts, sustainable procurement policies, and regular auditing and monitoring of supplier activities and performance (to address supply chain challenges)
• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Strong supplier contractual requirements, Supplier Codes of Conduct, sustainable procurement policies

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 14.1 (conserve and sustainably use the oceans)

NextWave Plastics goal to divert plastic from entering the ocean

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Environmental Leader Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency (Samsung)