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Electronics and ICT Hardware Question Set
In this section, you will find the list of 'Electronics and ICT hardware' questions that are used in the Electronics and ICT Hardware sector ranking matrices. Please first read General points of attention for Electronics and ICT hardware before proceeding to the questions below. The questions are categorized into three areas: Labour Conditions and Human Rights, Climate Change, and Ecology. Clicking on a question heading will provide you with more background information, guidelines and possible jurisdiction for this question.
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Questions about Climate Change
Electronics and ICT hardware Climate Change Question 1:
Does the brand (company) clearly support global mandatory cuts of carbon emissions of at least 50% by 2050 or 30% by industrialized countries by 2020?
Electronics and ICT hardware Climate Change Question 2:
Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' and of the supply / production chain ?
Electronics and ICT hardware Climate Change Question 3:
Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?
Electronics and ICT hardware Climate Change Question 4:
Has the brand (company) already reduced or compensated the carbon footprint of its own operations by at least 10% in the last 5 years?
Electronics and ICT hardware Climate Change Question 5:
Do all new products of the brand meet the latest Energy Star requirements (where applicable)?
Questions about Ecology
Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 1:
Has the brand (company) eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products? If not, does the brand (company) give a timeline for achieving this by 2012?
Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 2:
Has the brand (company) already eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products?
Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 3:
Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates) in all of its new products? If not, does it give a timeline for achieving this by 2012?
Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 4:
Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates)in all of its new products?
Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 5:
Does the brand (company) support the principle of Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR), meaning that brands are responsible for the entire lifecycle of their own products, including take back and recycling?
Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 6:
Does the brand (company) provide free and easy take back and recycling services for its discarded products in many of the countries where its products are sold?
WE HAVE PUT THIS QUESTION ON 'INACTIVE'Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 7:
Does the brand (company) provide easily accessible information to customers on what to do with their discarded products in most of the countries where its products are sold?
WE HAVE PUT THIS QUESTION ON 'INACTIVE'Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 8:
Does the brand (company) have targets to increase its intake of discarded products in relation to its sold volume?
Electronics and ICT hardware Ecology Question 9:
Does the brand (company) source at least 5% of its plastics from recycled plastic streams and does it give a clear timeline to increase this percentage to at least 25% by 2025?
Questions about Labour Conditions and Human Rights
Electronics and ICT hardware Question 1:
Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?
Electronics and ICT hardware Question 2:
Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?
Electronics and ICT hardware Question 3:
Does this CoC include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining?
Electronics and ICT hardware Question 4:
Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?
Electronics and ICT hardware Question 5:
Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?
Electronics and ICT hardware Question 6:
Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?
WE HAVE PUT THIS QUESTION ON 'INACTIVE'Electronics and ICT hardware Question 7:
Have the audits from the last 2 years included production sites that together account for more than 80% of the purchase volume?
WE HAVE PUT THIS QUESTION ON 'INACTIVE'Electronics and ICT hardware Question 8:
Is the brand (company) policy on labour conditions also applicable to indirect suppliers (such as spare part suppliers)?
WE HAVE PUT THIS QUESTION ON 'INACTIVE'Electronics and ICT hardware Question 9:
Are independent civil society organisations like NGO's and labour unions involved in implementing improved labour conditions policy?
