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21st August 2009.
15:23

Environmental data

We have got some questions related to how we secure data and improvement of environmental performance. We have many ways of tracking our perfomance and securing our products.

To conduct the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) we work together with both parent companies, a large number of our suppliers and we also get information from Universities and institutions around the world. The LCA on the phone is based on several LCA’s from suppliers as well as acknowledged data on emissions and environmental impact from transports, raw materials extraction and energy production in different parts of the world. The basis and data input to this study is in fact extremely big.

Other than the LCA we also collect other environmental data for other purposes for example:

  • Materials declarations are collected for all components covering all included materials.
  • Before any product is launched analysis are conducted for different materials and assemblies at an external accredited lab to make sure we meet our requirements.
  • We gather data from transport companies on fuel consumption, distances and emissions
  • We measure emissions, waste generation or energy consumption at our factories and major sites pending location and size.
  • We collect information on numbers and weights of products collected and recycled in our own collection systems.

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  • By Saad
    27th August 2009.
    09:50

    Hi!

    Im a student of Sustainable Development and im curious to know if you make any of your LCAs public? I think it would be a huge boon to sustainability student such as myself in striving to understand impact of products over their life.

    I have tried to find LCAs on mobile phones in general, with not much success. Im guessing that this is more private than public information. If this is the case, dont you think that it makes more sense to make it public in order to increase stakeholder involvement?

    In any case, I hope there are some Life Cycle studies for mobile phones that you could point me out to. Looking forward to a reply!

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  • By Wan Ping
    13th September 2009.
    04:12

    HI there,

    I would like to asked about the products of Green Heart , when will this products be sell out to the market?

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  • From ECO labeling — Greenheart blog
    12th September 2011.
    11:07

    [...] We get the question why can you not have a label on the mobile phone for carbon footprint, or substances or why not Fairtrade. The complexity of electronic products and their supply chain makes it virtually impossible to have 100% control of the situation and status of all suppliers and their sub suppliers. To compare products based on a label without the possibility to provide full guarantees neither from the manufacturer nor from the one issuing the label creates great risks. The difficulty to get comparable data has been described on this blog before. [...]

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