CEA 2010 Sustainability Report - Consumer Electronics Association

A B O U T T H I S R E P O R T
CEA’s 2010 Sustainability Report is the second
report profiling the environmental and social
leadership activities of our member companies.
This report addresses activities of the industry
during 2008, 2009 and 2010.
We have selected and reported on a number
of key indicators that provide a snapshot of the
sustainability performance of the industry. Where
appropriate, these indicators reflect those recommended
by the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI)
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. Due to the
size of our industry, it is not feasible to report
on the performance of all of our members. To
provide this snapshot on performance, we did
two things:
n Gathered industry wide data where feasible
for indicators such as total pounds (lbs) of
electronics recycled every year and total
number of EPEAT-certified products sold
in the U.S. and internationally, and
n Collected data from published fiscal year 2009
sustainability reports for the 10 largest CE
companies in our membership from a global
revenue perspective (Dell, HP, LG Corp.,
Microsoft, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung,
Sony and Toshiba), for indicators such as total
charitable contributions and total direct and
indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.
The top 10 consumer electronics
companies in CEA’s membership
(from a global revenue perspective)
employ approximately two million people
globally and had combined revenue
of around $750 billion in 2009,
according to public financial information.
We also invited all of our members to contribute
case studies for the report documenting their
environmental and social business practices
in areas such as Sustainable Product Design,
Sustainable Transport & Delivery, eCycling and
others. These exceptional stories are highlighted
throughout the report. Our hope is to drive
adoption of these practices widely across the
industry, including small and large companies in
our membership.
Additional details on each specific member’s
operations are available on their corporate websites
and within their own sustainability reports.
Give Us Feedback!
This report is available to stakeholders for
download on our website CE.org. Please
direct any inquiries or comments to:
Tim Doyle
Senior Manager, Environmental Communications
Consumer Electronics Association
tdoyle@CE.org
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