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LG Electronics set its vision and
policies for a cleaner environment by selecting the global environmental
issue as an improvement task for management. The company, in
particular, is focused on developing green products fitting
to its stature as a global player.
LG Electronics announced "LG Declaration for a Cleaner
Environment" in 1994 and made it one of its cornerstones
in business operation. The Declaration not only identified economic,
but also environmental and social factors as the main standards
in the decision-making process in business activities at LG
Electronics and has become the foundation for LG Electronics
's environment-friendly business operation.
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| Vision of
LG Electronics Environment&Safety |
| LG Electronics Inc. exerts every effort to offer
the best services to customers and to hand over safe and clean
environment to our next generation through constant technology
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| LG Electronics
Environment First Business Operation |
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LG Electronics is operating an environment
management system that meets international standards (ISO14001)
at all its business sites in Korea. The system is integrated
with safety and health management system to maximize operation
efficiency. With the aim of realizing continuous improvement,
LG Electronics is also conducting 3 EESH (Energy, Environment,
Safety, Health) inspection every year using its own internal
specialists to solidify its prevention mechanism. At the same
time, it is offering an IBL (Internet Based Learning) course
to management supervisors at its business locations and established
courses to training international inspectors to develop EESH
(Energy, Environment, Safety, Health) professionals that can
inspect environment management systems like ISO14001 and OHSAS18001.
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| LG Electronics’s
Environment-Friendly Products |
LG Electronics has been adopting
the concept of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) since 1996 where
the impact on the environment from the product development stageis
assessed. LCA identifies and quantifies pollutants emitted throughout
the different stages of product development for scientific analysis
to explore any room for improvement.
Along with the LCA activity, LG Electronics has also implemented
phased development of environmentally friendly products to consider
waste output from the design stage. Environmental protection
has also become the top concern in parts supply.
With waste created from shortened life cycle of electronics
products emerging as a hot environmental issue, LG Electronics
is proactively reducing waste even from the design phase with
staged implementation of DfE (Design for Environment)-based
development of environmentally friendly products.
By opting for green materials from the product design phase,
LG Electronics is reducing sources for waste output from the
get-go.
Moreover, with the aim of recycling home appliances
that have reached the end of their life cycle, LG Electronics
opened Home Appliance Recycling Center in Chilseo, Gyeongsang
Namdo, a province in the southern part of Korea in August 2001.
The Center is helping LG Electronics fulfill its social responsibility
as an electronics producer by recycling more than 250,000 units
of used home appliances a year.
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