Green Electronics Council

Update to ITI

March 13, 2018

Update topicsGEC• GEC Annual Report• Purchaser Guide Series

– Labor and Human Rights in IT Procurement

– New: Sustainable Development Goals

– New: Circular Economy

• Further GEC Activities– NASPO Sustainable

Procurement Chapter– April 16 GEC & Georgetown

Univ. Seminar on Standards

• Dynamic Standards Development Framework

EPEAT• EPEAT Program Update

Webinar – March 21 at 9am Pacific

• EPEAT Registry and Launch of new EPEAT product categories– Servers– Computers – Photovoltaic modules (?)

• EPEAT Standards Development Processes– Common Criteria – Network Infrastructure:

Enterprise Routers & Switches

• EPEAT Benefits Calculator

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GEC’s Annual Report

• GEC stakeholders desire increased transparency

• GEC desires a user friendly and public mechanism to highlight its mission, share its accomplishments, and report its financials

• The UN Global Compact requires all NGO signatories to submit a report on activities that support the SDGs called the Communications on Engagement (COE)

Meeting stakeholders, GECs and UNGC needs!

In July 2018, GEC will issue the first combined GEC COE and Annual Report.

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GEC SDG Communications on Engagement

The GEC “Green Team” set out to answer the following:

1) Help GEC understand how its projects and programs align with the SDG targets and indicators

– How do current GEC projects and programs support the SDGs, and organizations that want to support the SDGs?

2) Integrate SDG materiality analysis results with GEC Annual Report content

– How do we determine materiality of alignments between SDG targets and indicators and GEC’s work?

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Top SDG Targets, Indicators, Principles and relevant GEC programs and initiatives

Responsible Consumption & Production: Indicators 12.1, 12.5, 12.6. 12.7

Partnerships for the Goals: Indicators 17.14, 17.16

Climate Change: Indicator 13.3

Sustainable Cities and Communities: Indicator 11.6

Decent Work and Economic Growth: Indicators 8.2, 8.7, 8.8

Principle 8 & 9: Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility & diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Principle 4: The elimination of all forms of forced labor

Principle 5: The effective elimination of child labor

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GEC Annual Report Overview

Annual Report Content 20171) Letter from CEO2) Statement from GEC Board of Directors3) Our people (GEC Staff)4) Overview of GEC Programs and Projects

– EPEAT, Purchaser Awards, Purchaser Guides, Case Studies, Standards and SDGs in India

5) Stakeholder Engagement– Catalyst Awards & Key Strategic Partnerships (ITI, CTA, NASPO, UNEP)

6) Looking Forward – Dynamic Standards Development Framework,

Benefits Calculator, ASU/Cloud Computing project, EPEAT Purchaser Pledge

7) Financial Report Out

SDG Alignment

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What is the GEC Purchaser Guide Series?

• Guidance for public and private institutional purchasers

• Addresses purchasers desire to put their procurement spend behind sustainable IT products based on aspects not covered by EPEAT ecolabel

• Addresses frustration felt by both purchasers and IT companies:

– Purchaser uncertain on what questions and supporting documentation they should ask for from their suppliers

– Producers receive confusing and duplicative surveys and questionnaires from purchasers

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GEC Purchaser Guide Addressing Labor & Human Rights Impacts• Identifies institutional purchasers’ expectations of

how IT companies are addressing labor and human rights impacts in their supply chains

• Provides procurement questions with examples of baseline and best practice performance– Baseline expectations = what companies are currently

doing

– Best practices = what companies can and should be doing

• Describes supporting documentation purchasers can expect– Supporting documentation is specific, credible and can be

reasonably provided by IT companies

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What is included in the “Labor and Human Rights Impacts” Purchaser Guide

Ten procurement questions addressing purchasers expectations relating to:

Commitment to addressing labor and human rights

Supplier risk screening

Assessing suppliers

Corrective action

Continuous improvement

Capacity building ReportingExternal

collaboration

Responsible sourcing

Raw materials extraction

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GEC Purchaser Guides

Purchaser Guide to Labor and Human Rights Impacts in IT Procurements

• Webinar March 15th 1pm – 2pm Eastern

• SPLC conference panel in May

• Release updated version November 2018

2018 GEC Purchaser Guides in development

1. Sustainable Development Goals

2. Circular Economy

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Further 2018 GEC Activities1. GEC to assist National Association of State Procurement

Officials (NASPO) in revising and editing the Sustainability Chapter in NASPO State & Local Government Procurement: A Practical Guide (2nd

Edition)

2. April 16th 2 – 4:30pm seminar on Role of Standards in Sustainability

Confirmed Speakers:

• Kathrin Winkler, GEC Board member

• Cate Berard, DOE

• Kevin Cassidy, Director and Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations

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Goals of Dynamic Standards Development Framework

• Impact/Relevance: Ensure the process is driven by environmental & social impacts, and the purchaser voice

• Efficient: 22-month process to ensure multiple and diverse stakeholders participation in the process to support maintaining balance

• Innovation: Maintained through continuous maintenance and cyclical process

• Dynamic, Iterative Process: No longer linear, or static

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Dynamic Standards Development Framework

1) Pre-Launch : Research, Scoping & Outreach (3 to 5 months)• State of Sustainability Scoping

and Research Packet o Lifecycle and social

impacts/hotspotso Existing criteriao Regulatory requirements

• Purchaser needs captured• Identification and outreach to

committee participants

2) Voluntary Consensus Criteria Development Process (18 months)• 18-month process (12 months pencils

down)• Focus on major sustainability impacts• Include flexibility to promote innovation• Use technical task groups to resolve

challenging issues• Defer criteria to continuous maintenance

process, as needed, for further development

Environmental and Social Impacts

Stakeholder/ Purchaser

Engagement and Communications

Completed Voluntary Consensus Developed

Criteria

Stakeholder Update

Requests

Reflect Market

Innovations

Address Deferred Criteria

Insights from EPEAT

Registry

3) Continuous MaintenanceProcess for criteria additions & edits to maximize product availability and sustainability leadership

Deferred Criteria to Continuous Maintenance

Deferred Criteria to Technical Task Groups by Topic

Assessment of Criteria Indicates Need for Full Revision

Copyright draft 2/13/2018

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EPEAT Registry Platform Transition 2018

Phase 1: Late March

Launch new registry with all product categories viewable to purchasers

Phase 3: Late August

• Launch Intake screens for 1680.1:2018• EPEAT Program workflow improvements

Phase 4: Late November

• 1680.1:2018 Computer category launched• New “Purchaser profile” functionality• API ready for use by third party

Phase 5: May 2019

• Archive of 1680.1:2009 Computer category• Archive product list searchable and provides

“EPEAT Registry Purchase Certificate”

Phase 1: Late March

Server product category Manufacturer Product and Criteria Intake Screens available

Phase 2: Late June

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EPEAT Registry Functionality Improvements

Manufacturers• Simplified user

screens• View investigation

reports, product conformance, etc.

• Ability to arrange under product families

CABs• Receive

investigation assignments from scheme

• Auditors can provide reports directly to the registry

EPEAT Program• Integrate most of

conformance workflow

• Enhanced data/metadata capture and analysis capabilities

Purchasers• Purchaser profile that records organization name, contact info, saved or

purchased products, auto registration for EPEAT Purchaser award• Archive product list searchable and provides “EPEAT Registered Product

Certificate”

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EPEAT Server Product Category

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Upgrade Training for CABs/Auditor

Desk Review begins

CAB Calibration Meetings

Registry Opens to Manufacturers(late March)

Conformity Packets Available(on track)

Registry Opens to public

Ongoing – Registry Software Development

Ongoing – Desk Review for ManufacturersSeveral Manufacturers undergoing Desk Review

Ongoing – Outreach to Manufacturers and Purchasers

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EPEAT Updated Computer Category

Ongoing – Desk Review for Manufacturers

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Energy Star 7.0 for Computers

• Effective November 16, 2018

• EPEAT will not require products in existing Computer

Product Category (1680.1:2009) to come into

compliance with Energy Star 7.0 Computers (but

4.5.1.2 is available for claiming)

– Issue of timing with EPEAT Registry transition

• Energy Star 7.0 Computers is applicable to updated

Computer Product Category (1680.1:2018)

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EPEAT Updated Computer Category Communications

▪ Advise not to designate an EPEAT “level”

▪ Recommendations on updating existing contract language

▪ Educate about product availability and timing of archival of

products

▪ Educate on new criteria

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GEC Communication Platforms

Messaging

Slip sheets/PowerPoints

• Overview of timeline and benefits for Purchasers (will be available on GEC website)

Webinars/Social Media

• Explain benefits of new criteria. Segmented by Purchasers, Manufacturers & CABs

Newsletters • Purchaser & Participating Manufacturers

Mtgs./Events • Presentations and targeted mtgs (US Federal & EU)

Initial UL/EPEAT Joint Certification Pilot for

Mobile Phones Category

• Extending through

July 2019

• Opening joint

certification

opportunity to all

CABs for all EPEAT

categories

– Applicable first to

Server category

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EPEAT Upcoming Product Categories

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Product Categories based on GEC Business Case Analysis

• PV Modules (inclusion of Inverters)

• Network Equipment (Enterprise Routers & Switches)

GEC Common Criteria Standard

• Finalizing MOU with NSF International

• Launch April 2018

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EPEAT Benefits Calculator

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GEC assuming responsibility of building out benefits calculator for new EPEAT Product categories.

• GEC will establish a technical review panel of experts to review the background data developed by the contractor.

• GEC will undertake an annual review of the background data and update it as needed.

• Every three years GEC will establish a technical review panel to assess the technical merits of the benefits calculator.

ITI March 2018

Category Expected Availability

Mobile Phones September 2018

Servers November 2018

NEW Computers Category December 2019

Thank you and any questions?

Nancy Gillis

CEO

Green Electronics Council

Mobile: 703.328.1493

Ngillis@GreenElectronicsCouncil.org