New Report Helps IT Buyers Avoid Greenwash, False Claims
Almost half of environmental claims are found to be false
In complex product categories, such as IT, social and environmental risks run high. TCO Development, the organization behind the sustainability certification for TCO Certified IT products, launched the report, “Navigating the Sustainable IT Revolution — the Critical Role of Independent Verification,” to help buyers worldwide accurately verify the social and environmental aspects of their purchases.
“The millions of workers in the supply chain often face poverty wages, dangerous and unsafe working conditions, and stand without social protections,” said Parul Sharma, CEO of the Academy for Human Rights in Business and a contributer to the report. “This has clearly been identified within electronics and IT.”