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EPA Recommends EPEAT Ecolabel for Additional Federal Purchase Categories in Response to Executive Order 14057 and the Federal Sustainability Plan
The US EPA recommends the EPEAT ecolabel in response to Executive Order 14057 and the Federal Sustainability Plan.
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...
Public Stakeholder Comment Period Launched 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 is also released a new...
Global Electronics Council Joins CIRPASS To Lay the Ground for the Deployment of European Digital Product Passports
Global Electronics Council (GEC) joins the CIRPASS consortium on October 6, 2022, bringing together a core network of leading organizations in building the European vision for a unified Digital Product Passport (DPP) approach across multiple value chains.
Accepting Nominations – GEC & ERA EU Public Procurement Law & Sustainability Online Courses for Private Sector
The public sector course is already in progress, but space is still available for the private sector course on November 8-10, 2022.
Webinar Recording – GEC at CEP’s “Circular Electronics System Map: An Industry Blueprint for Action” Virtual Event
Watch the report roll-out event recording to hear from the CEP members and partners who developed the blueprint, and engage in the multi-stakeholder debate with industry, academia, and policy experts.