Technology Forecasters, Inc.
Strategic Environmental and Manufacturing Consulting
We were delighted when the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) chose TFI Environment to write the consumer electronics industry’s first sustainability report. We invite your comments.
Read the full report.
We see this report as an opportunity to (1) showcase the industry’s best new practices for reducing its environmental impact, and (2) encourage the rest of the industry to meet and beat these vital achievements.
Given increasing concern over climate change, diminishing natural resources, and participation by more and more people in creating a healthy environment, we welcome the opportunity to highlight ways the consumer electronics industry is using fewer resources and mitigating its impact on the natural environment. This industry–whose role for decades has been to simplify tasks and provide entertainmen–also has a powerful and important role to play in protecting the environment. This report highlights leadership examples from the consumer electronics industry’s environmental responsibility, and it shines a light on upcoming technologies and business practices for a brighter future.
We have structured this report according to consumer electronics companies’ progress in five environmental sustainability practices: eco-design, energy efficiency, green facilities and manufacturing, clean delivery, and giving back. These five practices are meant to capture the progress being made from cradle to cradle all along the supply chain of the consumer electronics industry. Our hope is that the diversity of examples and breadth of coverage convey both the complexity of moving toward sustainability and the creative engagement of the industry with this challenge.
Special thanks go to our team: Co-Author Dr. Kim Allen, Interviewer Anne Feith, and Design Coordinator Cathy Dalton. Together with CEA we recognize that it will take all of us, with expediency, to sustain our planet.
If you haven’t yet heard, find out about the enhanced leadership of the Quarterly Forum for Electronics Manufacturing Outsourcing and Supply Chain. Douglas Kent and Kathleen Geraghty’s co-leadership starts with the October 22-23 Forum in San Jose, hosted by Extreme Networks and sponsored by Oracle and Sims Manufacturing Solutions. I’ll be there, and I look forward to seeing all current and new members. Members can receive an invitation to the event, and prospective members can inquire about this unique and valuable community, by writing to QuarterlyForum@TechForecasters.com.
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