Environmental Requirements and International Trade © The Centre for Sustainable Design (2002) The Centre for Sustainable Design The Surrey Institute of.

Environmental Requirements and International Trade

© The Centre for Sustainable Design (2002)

The Centre for Sustainable DesignThe Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University CollegeFalkner Road, FarnhamSurrey, GU9 7DSTel: +44 (0)1252 892772Fax: +44 (0)1252 892747Email: [email protected]: www.cfsd.org.uk

Professor Martin CharterThe Centre for Sustainable Design

UNCTAD Expert Meeting2nd - 4th October 2002GenevaSwitzerland





• Globalisation• Rapid technological change• Systems integration• Complex supply chains• Outsourcing (contract manufacturing)• Component supplier shifts

Manufacturing trends



• Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

• Restruction of the use of Certain Hazaedous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RosH)

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE)

• Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

• Home Appliance Recycling Law (HARL)

• Law for thr Promotion of Effective Utilisation of Resources (LPEUR)

• Green Purchasing Law (GPL)

Drivers





• 2002 - 28%• 2005 - 70%• 2010 - 90%

National/Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Group)

Source: National/Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Group),Environmental Sustainability Report (2001)



NEC

"Environmental consciousness is a strong selling point for a

product…..if a product is not environmentally sound, consumers

will not buy it” Koji Nishigaki, President, NEC Corporation NEC

Corporate Environmental Report 2002

NEC aim to make all newly developed products must be

environmentally sound (from April 2004 onwards)

- FY2001 target: 60%

- FY2001 result: 72%

Source: NEC, Annual Environmental Reports (2001 and 2002)



Hitachi

• As of March 2002, Hitachi had developed 240 eco-designed products, including 1504 different model types. These

products represent 22% of Hitachi's overall sales volume.

Source: Hitachi, Environmental Sustainability Report (2002) and Hitachi, Environmental Report (2001)





China 1

• E-waste ban (2000)

- Televisions

- Computer displays

- Photocopiers

- Video cameras

- Telephones

Source: SEPA



China 2

• US

- 80% e-waste to Asia

- Non-compliance with Basel Convention (1989)• Report: BAN, GPC and SVTC (Feb 2002)

- unlicensed workshops

- water pollution

- health issues

Source: BAN



Five focal areas• Materials reduction• Energy efficiency• Increased recyclability• Packaging reduction• Hazardous material reduction

Philips





• Short- term

- awareness raising

- legislation (HARL/WEEE/ROSH)

- corporate eco-design trends• Medium-term

- awareness raising

- legislation (HARL/WEEE/ROSH)

- corporate eco-design trends

- pragmatic training

- simple eco-design tools

- eco-design management: ISO TR 14062

- information systems

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Professor Martin Charter

Co-ordinator

The Centre for Sustainable Design

The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College

Falkner Road

Farnham

Surrey

GU9 7DS

Tel: 01252 892772

Fax: 01252 892747

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