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New compensation program helps purchasers combat toxic e-waste

Thousands of tonnes of toxic e-waste is illegally dumped in vulnerable regions every year. A new addition to TCO Certified Edge will help solve the problem. By choosing to buy certified IT products, purchasers can make sure that an equivalent amount of e-waste is collected and recycled in a safe way.E-waste is an enormous human health and environmental problem. When it’s not handled in a responsible manner, hazardous substances may be released into the environment and potentially end up in the food we eat and the water we drink.  TCO Development, the organization behind the global

More IT brands focus on sustainability to meet strict criteria in TCO Certified

Purchasers increasingly include sustainability criteria in procurement. It motivates the IT industry to prioritize sustainability issues and the brands Ciara and Inforlandia are the latest to make adjustments to their production to meet the strict criteria in TCO Certified.Canadian public agencies have used TCO Certified in procurement for more than 20 years and in 2018, the Canadian Government announced that it would include additional product categories in their TCO Certified requirement. This led Ciara to apply for TCO Certified for its systems destined to the Canadian Government.

Unsafe working environments in the IT industry risk people’s health

Excessive working hours, forced labor and discrimination are some of the problems that risk workers’ health in the IT industry. Achieving a more socially sustainable industry requires long term investments, follow-up and clear consequences that encourage action.Much of the manufacturing of IT products is carried out in low-cost, low-wage countries, where workers are often less protected. Supply chains are complex and cover several countries. It is almost impossible for a purchasing organization to know which factories are used to manufacture specific products. Specialist expertise,

Certification tackles growing sustainability issues of data centers

The environmental impact of data usage is growing fast. Carbon dioxide emissions from data centers are now equal to those of the global air travel. To help tackle the problem, the sustainability certification TCO Certified will be expanded to include network equipment, data storage products and servers.As more of us use mobile devices, streaming services and cloud-based solutions, the number of energy-guzzling data centers is growing rapidly. If this trend is not reversed, data centers may use as much as 13% of global electricity in 2030, compared to 1% in 2010. As with other IT products,

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