Certificate appendix update
We have solved a problem with the certificate and will once again include critical components, adapters and batteries in the appendix of the certificate.
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Industry: Certification documents
This is where you find all criteria documents, along with required questionnaires, reference documents and other materials that you need when applying for TCO Certified.
ISO 14024: rules for a third party certification
The ISO 14024 standard establishes the principles and procedures for ecolabels and certifications that include indpendent verification, ensuring that consumers and professional purchasers are given accurate, comparable information.
Reuse IT products — make a difference on #CircularElectronicsDay!
#CircularElectronicsDay highlights the fact that 50 million metric tons of IT products and other electronics are discarded around the world every year. The waste contains both valuable metals and hazardous substances that are often released into nature and affect human health.
25 years of innovation, a global milestone for sustainable IT products
For over 25 years, TCO Certified has developed solutions for driving social and environmental responsibility in IT products and their manufacture.
The Story of TCO Certified
25 years ago we introduced the world’s first user-centered certification for IT products - beginning with the first energy saving sleep mode for computer displays in 1992, to groundbreaking work in hazardous materials reduction and human health and safety. Today TCO Certified is the world’s most comprehensive and established sustainability certification for IT products.
Webinar: Impacts and Insights – TCO Certified 2016 progress report
On February 28 we released our 2016 progress report on environmental and social responsibility in the IT industry. Watch our webinar and learn more.
Report: Improvements and challenges in factory working conditions
In our 2016 progress report, our most recent follow up verification rounds reveal both progress and challenges in IT factory working conditions.
Progress report: Both improvements 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.
Impacts and Insights
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.
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to questions about using TCO Certified, the criteria and verification methods. If something isn’t covered, please contact us and we’ll gladly help you. Another way to stay up-to-date is to subscribe to our newsletters.
The list of flame retardants accepted under TCO Certified is growing
The next generation of TCO Certified only accepts non-halogenated flame retardants that have been reviewed by GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals.
Presentation: Niklas Egels-Zandén on Social Responsibility
We will be publishing on-demand versions of the presentations from Sustainable IT Summit 2015. In part 3, Niklas Egels-Zandén take a closer look at the issue of social responsibility in the supply chain.
Presentation: Introduction to GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals
We will be publishing on-demand versions of the presentations from Sustainable IT Summit 2015 in 3 parts. In part 2, Dr. Mark Rossi from US-based Clean Production Action provides an overview of GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals
TCO Certified aims to further reduce hazardous substances
TCO Development today launched the latest generation TCO Certified sustainability certification for IT products. The revision includes new criteria for reducing hazardous non-halogenated flame retardant substances and replacing them with safer alternatives. First to certify product include displays from Eizo, Dell, Lenovo, LG and Samsung, headsets from Plantronics and a notebook from Lenovo.