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The criterion 1.3 has been further developed during the draft period of TCO Certified, generation 8. It now includes a number of questions for data gathering, making it possible to measure today’s IT products towards tomorrow’s sustainability criteria.
The Sustainability performance criterion include a number of questions that will be answered as part of your regular application for TCO Certified: the sustainability performance indicators. Some questions require that a value is entered, while the majority ask for a yes/no answer. These are not pass/fail criteria and go beyond the scope of TCO Certified. There are no set levels required in order to qualify for TCO Certified.
The sustainability performance indicato