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Update to Schedule for EPEAT Sustainability Impact Modules
GEC provides a quarterly update on the schedule for criteria development and implementation for EPEAT’s new criteria by sustainability impact modules. Of note this quarter, we’ve made some updates to the development schedule, including notification that at this time...
Public Comment Period Open: Draft EPEAT Criteria on Corporate ESG Performance, Closing January 9, 2023
GEC released its draft Corporate ESG Performance criteria for public comment on November 10, 2022. The public comment period — open for 60 days — is an opportunity for all interested stakeholders to provide technical comments on the draft criteria. These criteria are...
Outcomes Report Published for Continuous Monitoring Round MP-2022-01
The EPEAT Program ensures the ongoing conformance of EPEAT-registered products through a surveillance process known as Continuous Monitoring. Continuous Monitoring activities occur throughout the year and test the ability of Participating Manufacturers to prove...
Purchaser Guidance – 11 November 2022
The 2023 EPEAT Purchaser Awards Season is Coming! If your organization is purchasing EPEAT-registered electronics, you may qualify for this award. Eligible organizations have procurement policies and contract language that require or prefer EPEAT and can report the...
EPA Recommends EPEAT Ecolabel for Additional Federal Purchase Categories in Response to Executive Order 14057 and the Federal Sustainability Plan
As of November 1, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its Recommendations of Specifics, Standards, and Ecolabels (Recommendations) page with new purchase categories of Photovoltaic Modules and Inverters, Power Purchaser Agreements, Energy Saving...
Conformity Guidance Group Meetings – December 8 and 9
GEC would like to thank attendees for their participation in the ongoing Conformity Guidance Group meetings to discuss technical requirements in EPEAT Criteria and the Transition to Sustainability Impact Module Criteria. GEC will be holding Conformity Guidance Group...
Publication of 2023 EPEAT Continuous Monitoring Schedule
The 2023 Schedule of EPEAT Continuous Monitoring Rounds is now available on the EPEAT Registry. The EPEAT Program ensures the veracity of EPEAT-registered products through an ongoing surveillance process known as Continuous Monitoring. Continuous Monitoring activities...
Corporate ESG Performance Criteria Updates
Coming Soon: Public Comment on Draft Corporate ESG Performance Criteria GEC’s draft Corporate ESG Performance criteria will be released for public comment on November 10th. The public comment period, open for 60 days, is an opportunity for all interested stakeholders...
Public Stakeholder Comment Period Extended for EPEAT Policy Manual, EPEAT Conformity Assurance Implementation Manual, GEC Criteria Development Process, and GEC Selection of Product Categories
The EPEAT Program makes policy and procedural updates on an annual basis and is proposing revisions to the EPEAT Policy Manual (P65), EPEAT Conformity Assurance Implementation Manual (P66), and GEC Criteria Development Process (P74). GEC has also released a new...
EPEAT Program Monthly Transparency Report Issued for September 2022
To continue balancing the credibility of EPEAT with the reality of ongoing global impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, in December 2021 GEC authorized the EPEAT Program to issue new temporary conformity assurance modifications. The modifications took effect on January...
