The EPEAT Program makes policy and procedural updates periodically and is proposing revisions to GEC Criteria Development and Revision Process (P74) and GEC Selection of Product Categories (P75). A separate stakeholder comment period regarding proposed revisions to the EPEAT Policy Manual (P65) and EPEAT Conformity Assurance Implementation Manual (P66) was initiated November 25, 2025.
GEC Criteria Development and Revision Process (P74) identifies the process followed by the Global Electronics Council (GEC) to develop, revise, and evaluate criteria for use in the EPEAT Program. GEC Selection of Product Categories (P75) describes the process GEC follows to identify new product categories.
Stakeholder feedback and insights are an essential part of GEC’s management of the EPEAT Program. As such, GEC is holding a comment period and welcomes stakeholder feedback on proposed revisions to these documents.
Stakeholders interested in providing comments should contact Katherine Larocque for copies of the proposed revisions, which are identified using tracked changes in each of the respective documents.
The comment period is open through March 8, 2026. Comments must be documented using the EPEAT Public Comment Form and submitted electronically in Word format to epeat@gec.org.
Please note that stakeholder feedback unrelated to the proposed changes will not be considered in this round of revisions but will instead be examined for consideration during the next revision cycle.
All comments received that pertain to the proposed revisions will be made publicly available in a stakeholder comment report, summarizing comments received and attributing the comments directly to the submitter. All comments pertaining to the proposed revisions will be considered before the documents are finalized and published.
GEC reserves the right to not consider comments received after 11:59 pm North America Pacific Time on March 8, 2026.
GEC proposes to publish the revised documents by April 8, 2026 and new policy changes are proposed to become effective as of May 1, 2026.
Please direct any questions about this public comment period to epeat@gec.org.
