We’ve received some questions about the "Optional Stand" remark on some certificates for displays and all-in-one PCs, specifically whether or not this remark should be added to the certificate.
Thin-clients, ultra thin-clients, workstations and small scale servers can all be certified, even though there is no category-specific criteria document.
A new compliance study by sustainability certification TCO Certified reveals major improvements in factories manufacturing IT products for 16 brands.
We have received some questions about how a wall mount function and stand are handled in TCO Certified Displays.
If you have certificates issued under the previous generation of TCO Certified, please remember to upgrade these to the latest generation before November 11, 2017.
We have seen some inconsistencies in acoustic noise measurements for TCO Certified Notebooks 5.0, TCO Certified All-in-one PCs 4.0 and TCO Certified Desktops 5.0. Therefore, we will include the following clarification (in red) in our next generation of TCO Certified. We are already using this principle:
A.4.1 (For Notebooks) A.4.3( For AIO
We have received some questions about how a wall mount function and stand are handled in TCO Certified Displays.
On February 28 we released our 2016 progress report on environmental and social responsibility in the IT industry. Watch our webinar and learn more.
In our 2016 progress report, our most recent follow up verification rounds reveal both progress and challenges in IT factory working conditions.
The report, Impacts and Insights, measures the most recent effects of the latest generation TCO Certified. The criteria focus on increased brand owner responsibility for supply chain working conditions and conflict minerals initiatives along with a new approach to identifying safer flame retardant chemicals. The current generation of TCO Certified, launched in November 2015, places greater overall responsibility for product and factory compliance on brand owners.