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Today is the launch of TCO Certified generation 9, a significant next step

toward more sustainable IT products. IT purchasers get access to a wide range

of certified computers, displays and other products – proven to comply with

stricter criteria for socially responsible manufacturing, circularity and safer

chemicals.

Today's launch of TCO Certified, generation 9 [

https://tcocertified.com/generation-9/ ]intensifies global efforts for more

sustainability, accountability, and transparency in IT supply chains. Updated

sustainability criteria help purchasing organizations select the most

responsibly designed and manufactured product models, as verified by

independent experts.

"Moving toward a future where IT products are truly sustainable requires

constant improvement. TCO Certified, generation 9 deals with some of today's

most crucial sustainability challenges. Purchasers gain more influence in the

supply chain and can prove their impact," says Soren Enholm, CEO of TCO

Development, the organization behind TCO Certified.

TCO Certified, generation 9 comes with new Sustainability Performance

Indicators (SPIs). Data is gathered and is verified by independent experts

which reduces the risk of greenwash. The SPIs also help organizations make more

informed purchasing decisions and measure the true sustainability impact of

their IT products.  

Updated social responsibility criteria require transparency about which

sub-suppliers manufacturers use, allowing purchasing organizations to get their

voice further into the supply chain. Criteria for safer chemicals are expanded

to also cover process chemicals. This helps purchasers protect the health and

safety of workers.  

Generation 9 also builds on the progress of previous generations to enable

circular IT solutions, now with more ambitious criteria aimed at extending the

life of IT products and reducing e-waste.

"Purchasers specifying TCO Certified in procurement get access to brand new

ways of influencing their supply chains, and the impact is measurable. More and

more purchasers demand sustainably manufactured IT products and we've already

seen a great interest in TCO Certified, generation 9," Soren Enholm concludes.

The first certified products will be presented at a digital launch event today

[

https://tcocertified.com/webinar/sustainable-it-event-and-the-official-launch-of-tco-certified-generation-9/

], and are listed at TCO Development's Product Finder [

https://tcocertified.com/product-finder/ ].

Toward sustainable IT products

TCO Certified is the world-leading sustainability certification for IT

products. It is an easy-to-use tool that helps you get environmental and social

sustainability right. Criteria are mandatory, tough, and apply globally.

Compliance is always independently verified.

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Contact: Soren Enholm press@tcodevelopment.com, +46 8 525 097 01

Source: TCO Development