Founded 2005 the Green Electronics Council (GEC) is a mission-driven non-profit that promotes

green computing Green computing, green IT, or ICT sustainability, is the study and practice of environmentally sustainable computing or IT. The goals of green computing are similar to green chemistry: reduce the use of hazardous materials, maximize energy effic ...

and works towards the adoption of environmentally friendly practices.

EPEAT

GEC operates the

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) is a method for purchasers (governments, institutions, consumers, etc.) to evaluate the effect of a product on the environment. It assesses various lifecycle environmental aspects of a dev ...

(EPEAT) system, which assists in the purchase of "greener" PCs and displays, imaging equipment and televisions. The EPEAT system evaluates electronics on more than 50 environmental criteria, some required and some optional, that measure a product's efficiency and sustainability attributes. Products are rated Gold, Silver or Bronze depending on how many optional criteria they meet. On 2007-01-24, President

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

issued Executive Order 13423, which requires all United States Federal agencies to use EPEAT when purchasing computer systems. President

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issued a similar Executive Order in 2009. In 2012 EPEAT was launched in India. By 2015, the number of registered green devices had risen by 108%. In partnership with the Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Engineering, in Sept. of 2008 GEC held a Forum for Sustainable Information and Communication Technologies ( ICT) at

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Catalyst Award

Green Electronics Council hosts and presents the annual Catalyst Award for "practical projects whose impact can inspire further innovation in the electronics space." In the 2015 Dell received an award for their innovations in environmental safety of electronic production. During the 2014 calendar year Dell used 5000 tons of recycled plastic in its production of 34 products. Other notable nominees included Hewlett-Packard,

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, and

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Emerging Green Conference

Emerging Green Conference is an annual event organized by Green Electronics Council, where technology leaders meet to discuss "advances, challenges and future of sustainable electronics." The latest gathering happened in September 2015 where over 30 companies and organizations attended a two-day event at The Nines Hotel in

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Board of Directors

Mark Buckley - Founder, One Boat Collaborative Jean Cox-Kearns, M.SC - Managing Director, Sustainability Care Ltd. Richard Crespin - Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer, Collaborate Up Victor Duart - Former Manager Environmental Policy and Programs IBM EMEA, ASEAN, Japan Daniel Kreeger - Co Founder & Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers JaNay Queen Nazaire, PhD - Chief Strategy Officer, Living Cities Jeanne Ng, PhD - Chairman, Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals Carl Smith - Chair, President Emeritus,

Call2recycle Call2Recycle is a rechargeable battery and cellphone collection program. History The program launched in the U.S. in 1996 (1997 in Canada) as ''Charge Up to Recycle!'' to collect and recycle Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries. In 2001, the progra ...

Trisa Thompson - Vice Chair, Former Senior Vice President and Chief Responsibility Officer, Dell Kathrin Winkler - Secretary, Former Chief Sustainability,

EMC Corporation Dell EMC (EMC Corporation until 2016) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and Round Rock, Texas, United States. Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, clo ...

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