At the City of Vetlanda, Sweden, environmental, social and ethical criteria are an important part of our purchasing program. These priorities are reflected in our current purchasing policies. In our latest Chromebook tender, we decided to use TCO Certified to bridge the gap between our limited resources as a public entity and the expertise required to set relevant criteria and verify IT product compliance.
For many years, we’ve been purchasing TCO Certified monitors. And now, we’ve decided that other IT equipment we purchase, such as computers, should also be certified.
On Tuesday, May 9 the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council presented TCO Development with an Outstanding Case Study Award. The case study outlined achievements in improved social responsibility in the IT manufacturing supply chain where certified products are made, making it easier for IT purchasers to make more sustainable choices.
IT brand HP has joined Dell and Lenovo in achieving the TCO Certified sustainability certification for a range of notebook computers.
When applying for TCO Certified, a brand owner manufacturing TCO Certified products at a factory covered by the EICC VAP Recognition Program may now send the following documentation directly to TCO Development for review, instead of going through the designated external social reviewer
We have a number of resources available to you with information about TCO Certified and how to certify your products.
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.