CEA 2010 Sustainability Report - Consumer Electronics Association

Growth in Sales of Green Electronics
The CE industry is also designing products to be
certified to the Electronic Product Environmental
Assessment Tool ® (EPEAT) criteria. EPEAT evaluates
electronics products relative to 51 total environmental
criteria. Products are then ranked in
EPEAT according to three tiers of environmental
performance — Bronze, Silver, and Gold based
on the number of criteria met. Procurement
professionals and individual consumers can then
evaluate, compare and select electronic products
based on their environmental attributes.
48,532,667
EPEAT-certified products sold
in the United States in 2009
According to the Green Electronics Council —
which manages the EPEAT program — global
demand for sustainable electronics has increased.
U.S. sales of EPEAT-certified desktops, laptops,
and displays grew nearly 10 percent in 2009, to
a total of 48.5 million units (see Figure 2). Outside
of the U.S., there were nearly 8,500 EPEAT
registrations of products. The Green Electronics
Council claims that EPEAT purchases in 2009
alone saved more than 10 billion kWh of electricity,
which is equivalent to the energy needed to
power 900,000 U.S. homes for a year. It will also
reduce use of primary materials by 19 million
metric tonnes, equivalent to the weight of more
than 148 million refrigerators.
By designing sustainable products from the
beginning, CE companies get a head start on
the road to sustainability.
E N V I RO N M E NTA L
PERFORMANCE
SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCT DESIGN
SUSTAINABLE
PACKAGING DESIGN
SUSTAINABLE
FACILITIES
SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORT
& DELIVERY
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
ECYCLING
SOCIAL
PERFORMANCE
SOCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
EPEAT-REGISTERED PRODUCTS SOLD IN UNITED STATES (MILLIONS)
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10
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E P E AT S A L E S G ROW T H
CORPORATE
SUSTAINABILITY
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2006 2007 2008 2009
Figure 2: Growth in EPEAT-registered products sold in the U.S.
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