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LCA of an Ecolabeled Notebook - GreenDeltaTC

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Annex<br />

Subcategory Indicator Status<br />

Social benefits/<br />

social security<br />

250<br />

Social security expenditures<br />

<strong>of</strong> the country/sector<br />

List <strong>of</strong> social benefits provided<br />

to workers<br />

Evidence <strong>of</strong> violations to<br />

laws <strong>an</strong>d employment regulations<br />

Stakeholder group local community:<br />

the promotion <strong>of</strong> the occupational health <strong>an</strong>d<br />

safety m<strong>an</strong>agement system. 737<br />

Taiw<strong>an</strong> spends around 3% <strong>of</strong> GNP to social welfare.<br />

738<br />

Examples <strong>of</strong> benefits: 739<br />

� Life insur<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

� Labour insur<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

� Health insur<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

� Pension program<br />

� Disability/invalidity coverage<br />

� Group medical insur<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

� Bonuses for special holidays<br />

� Fin<strong>an</strong>cial aid for emergency, celebrations, etc.<br />

� Scholarships for employee’s children<br />

� L<strong>an</strong>guage classes<br />

In the frame <strong>of</strong> the division <strong>of</strong> ASUS in ASUS,<br />

Pegatron, <strong>an</strong>d Unih<strong>an</strong> in 2008, all former pensions<br />

were c<strong>an</strong>celled. All employees with right<br />

to a pension are treated as if they were recruited<br />

on 1 J<strong>an</strong>uary 2008. 740 This is admittedly<br />

no right infringement, but it is questionable<br />

behaviour.<br />

Table 67: S-LCI table laptop design by ASUSTeK stakeholder local community<br />

Subcategory Indicator Status<br />

Access to<br />

material<br />

resources<br />

Extraction <strong>of</strong> material resources<br />

<strong>an</strong>d level <strong>of</strong> industrial<br />

water use<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> population with<br />

access to improved s<strong>an</strong>itation<br />

facilities<br />

Existence <strong>of</strong> projects to<br />

improve community infrastructure<br />

Presence <strong>of</strong> certified environmental<br />

m<strong>an</strong>agement<br />

737 http://csr.asus.com/english/index.aspx#24<br />

No information <strong>of</strong> country data available.<br />

The design process does not cause high resource<br />

consumption.<br />

n.s.; it is assumed that the majority <strong>of</strong> the population<br />

has access to improved s<strong>an</strong>itation facilities<br />

None.<br />

738<br />

DGBAS (2009), p. 150<br />

739<br />

ASUS (2009b), p. 76 <strong>an</strong>d ASUS (2008a), p. 32<br />

740<br />

Kubicki (2008)<br />

741<br />

ASUS (2007), p. 26 <strong>an</strong>d http://csr.asus.com/english/index.aspx#26<br />

Several sites <strong>of</strong> ASUS are certified according to<br />

ISO 14001. 741

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