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Professor Martin Charter The Centre for Sustainable Design

UNCTAD Expert Meeting 2nd - 4th October 2002 Geneva Switzerland. Professor Martin Charter The Centre for Sustainable Design.

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Professor Martin Charter The Centre for Sustainable Design

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  1. UNCTAD Expert Meeting2nd - 4th October 2002GenevaSwitzerland Professor Martin CharterThe Centre for Sustainable Design The Centre for Sustainable DesignThe Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University CollegeFalkner Road, FarnhamSurrey, GU9 7DSTel: +44 (0)1252 892772Fax: +44 (0)1252 892747Email: mcharter@surrart.ac.ukWeb: www.cfsd.org.uk

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

  3. Drivers • 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)

  4. National/Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Group) • 2002 - 28% • 2005 - 70% • 2010 - 90% Source: National/Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Group),Environmental Sustainability Report (2001)

  5. 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)

  6. 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)

  7. China 1 • E-waste ban (2000) - Televisions - Computer displays - Photocopiers - Video cameras - Telephones Source: SEPA

  8. 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

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

  10. Priorities • 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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  12. Contact Details 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 email: mcharter@surrart.ac.uk web: www.cfsd.org.uk

  13. www.cfsd.org.uk

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