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TCO CertifiedMakes it easy to choose IT products designed for both usability and the environment

2010-02-04 Sören Enholm

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TCO Development –the company behind TCO Certified• A company owned by TCO - The Swedish Confederation of

Professional Employees (a non-profit organization)

• Started in the 1980s based on increase in health problems among office employees due to poorly designed IT equipment

• Potential profit is reinvested in user studies, development of requirements and market outreach

• Presence in Europe, North America and Asia

• Member of theGlobal Eco-labeling Network (GEN)

Challenges for IT

The good…• Replaces less environmental

friendly activities

• Replaces less user friendly activities

• Helps spread information and democracy

The bad…• E-waste with hazardous

substances ending up in the third world

• Energy consumption adds to climate threat

• User safety and comfort

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Benefits for you

High performance • Image and sound quality

Ergonomic design• Physical

• Visual

Safety

• Electrical

• Electromagnetic fields

• Chemical

• Noise

Energy efficiency

Minimal use of hazardous substances

Designed for long life time and recycling

Manufactured with management systems for environment

Brand owner demonstrates active CSR

Benefits for the planet

TCO Certified products give

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Old labels:

Notebooks

Projectors

Desktops

Displays

NetbooksProduct categories

All-In-OneComputers

Headsets

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Leading brands carry TCO Certified

“Open Source” requirementdocuments

ManufacturersUsers / Purchasers

Researchers/Experts

Multi stakeholder dialogue influencing requirements and innovation

• Manufacturer sends the product to an independent test lab

• The test lab tests the product according to TCO Certified requirements

• TCO Development verifies the test result and issues a TCO Certified product certificate

• TCO Development performs after market testing of certified products

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Products independently tested and verified

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Some major achievements

• 50% of all monitors world-wide are TCO certified resulting in– Significant improvements in picture quality– Energy savings equal to four nuclear power

plants– Reduced hazardous flame retardants by more

than 50 000 tons

• Purchasers worldwide choose TCO Certified products– Public procurement in many countries in

Europe and most states in USA– Private procurement in companies like Shell,

SAS and AstraZeneca