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LG Electronics is well aware that joint efforts are essential to the reduction of hazardous substances in product. Through its Green Program. LG Electronics purchases environmentally friendly raw materials and parts. LG Electronics and its partners vow to provide environmentally conscious products to customers and take environmental responsibility as a global company in the global market. The Green Program aims to:


- Comply with national and global hazardous substance-related regulations and provide environmentally friendly products to customers.
- Prevent the use of hazardous substances reduce environmental loads and improve environmental performances from raw material and part production phase.
- Realize that LG Electronics and our suppliers are environmental conscious.


The Green Program has – since January 2005 – targeted domestic and overseas firms supplying LG Electronics with products, parts parts, raw materials, and supplemental materials. To get a Green Program certification, a company must score more than 80 points, including compulsory 42 points. Also, Green Program consists of Environmental Management System, Environment-related Substance Management System and Materials and Product Management System. The criteria are shown below.

Table 1. LG Electronics’ Green Program certification criteria

Description

Environmental
Management
Systems

Management
Systems

Effective Term

Environment-related
substances

Materials and products

Follow-up
control

Renewal
examination
Total 30 points 40 points 30 point    
  100 points    
Certification criteria Maximum of 80 points, compulsory 42 required 1 year 2 year
Target firms All firms supplying products, parts, raw materials and
supplementary materials to LG Electronics.

Target firms must submit related documents for review and certification as shown in the following figure.

Table 2. LG Electronics Green Program documents

 

Version

Korean

English

Chinese

Japanese
Manuals for Preparation
Environmental Regulations
3.0
Analysis report of
environment-related substances
3.0
Green Program Checklist 3.0
List of Level A-I substances
(The six hazardous substances
specified in RoHS)
3.0
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