EPEAT Program
Continuous Monitoring Outcomes Report
Televisions
TV-2022-03
March 20, 2023

1.0 Background
EPEAT® is a comprehensive voluntary sustainability Type 1 ecolabel that helps purchasers identify sustainable
technology products and services. Central to EPEAT are conformity assurance activities that meet the technicalrigor and credibility needs of the institutional purchasers who rely upon EPEAT. The EPEAT Program ensures
the ongoing conformance of EPEAT-registered products through an ongoing surveillance process known asContinuous Monitoring. Continuous Monitoring activities occur throughout the year and test the ability ofParticipating Manufacturers to prove conformance with EPEAT Criteria on an ongoing basis.
Some Continuous Monitoring activities require that Investigations be conducted in discrete timeframes calledRounds. The EPEAT Program develops an individual plan for each Continuous Monitoring Round, which
specifies the EPEAT Criteria to be investigated, the method of investigation that GEC-approved Conformity
Assurance Bodies (CABs) must use and the specific dates when the Investigation activities must be completed.
The EPEAT Program also selects the Participating Manufacturers and EPEAT-registered products and assigns
Investigations to CABs, which must fully participate in and are responsible for implementing Continuous
Monitoring Round activities with their Participating Manufacturer clients. Participating Manufacturers are
required to cooperate fully with their GEC-approved CAB during Round activities.
To maintain the level of transparency relied on by purchasers, the EPEAT Program publishes an Outcomes
Report at the conclusion of each Round to summarize the activities conducted and to identify the products andParticipating Manufacturers that received nonconformances and the actions taken to restore accuracy of theEPEAT Registry.
This document summarizes the activities and results of Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-03 conductedfor the Televisions category.

2.0 Overview of Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-03
2.1

Investigation Activities

As per the published Round Plan, Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-03 used Level 1 Investigations(documentation review activities to determine Participating Manufacturers’ conformance with specific EPEAT
Criteria). Participating Manufacturers had a discrete time period to provide their CABs with evidence
supporting conformance with the selected EPEAT Criteria. GEC-approved CABs reviewed the documentation,
made recommendations on conformity based solely on the evidence provided by Participating Manufacturers,
and sent Investigation Reports to the EPEAT Program. The EPEAT Program made the final decisions on
conformity for the Investigations.

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Criteria InvestigatedBoth the products and Criteria for investigation in Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-03 were selected
randomly using a random number generator. All Participating Manufacturers were assigned two investigations,and any manufacturers who received a nonconformance in a 2021 televisions Continuous Monitoring Roundwere assigned one additional investigation.
Table 1: Criteria Investigated in Round TV-2022-03
Criteria NumberCriterion Title

4.1.1.1

Compliance with provisions of European Union (EU) RoHS Directive

4.2.2.1

Declaration of biobased plastic materials content

4.8.1.1

Elimination of intentionally added heavy metals in packaging

4.8.3.1

Recovered content in select fiber-based packaging materials

3.0 Summary of Investigations and Final Decisions on Conformity for TV-2022-03
Highlights from this Continuous Monitoring Round are:•4 investigations completed•

2 decisions of Conformance•

2 decisions of Nonconformance

Further details provided in Section 4. All nonconformanceswere due to CAB inaction or delay not attributable to theParticipating Manufacturer.

Figure 1: Final Conformity Decisions for TV-2022-03(shown as percentage of total investigations)

4.0 Further Details on Nonconformances for TV-2022-03
Table 2 below provides a further breakdown of the nonconformances by Criterion. All nonconformances must
be categorized as either a minor error, nonconformance, or nonconformance due to CAB inaction or delay not
attributable to the Participating Manufacturer. All nonconformances in this Round were due to CAB inaction ordelay not attributable to the Participating Manufacturer.

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Table 2: Breakdown of Nonconformances by Criterion for TV-2022-03
Criteria NumberCriterion Title

4.2.2.1Declaration of biobased plastic materials content

1

4.8.1.1

Elimination of intentionally added heavy metals in packaging

1

4.1

Total Nonconformances

Minor Errors Versus Nonconformances

All nonconformances must be categorized as either a minor error, nonconformance, or nonconformance due
to CAB inaction or delay not attributable to the Participating Manufacturer. Minor errors are non-critical or
clerical in nature and do not materially affect the validity of conformance with EPEAT Criteria. Allnonconformances that do not meet the definition of minor errors are categorized as nonconformances (unlessthey are due to CAB inaction or delay).
All nonconformances in Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-03 were nonconformances due to CAB
inaction or delay not attributable to the Participating Manufacturer.
4.2

Minor Errors

For Level 1 Investigations, nonconformances may be categorized as minor errors for the following reasons:•••Minor human error in data entry (e.g., value cited for EPEAT-product registration is insignificantly
above or below the actual value).
Minor administrative errors (e.g., broken URLs, reports/certificates marginally outdated).
No documentation provided by a Participating Manufacturer where the Participating Manufacturer
indicated the product has reached end-of-life and is no longer available on the market.

There were no minor errors found in Round TV-2022-03.
4.3

Nonconformances

All nonconformances in Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-03 were nonconformances due to CAB
inaction or delay not attributable to the Participating Manufacturer, because the CAB failed to submit theInvestigation Report.

5.0 Actions to Restore Conformance
Where the final conformity decision is nonconformance (including minor errors and those due to CAB inactionor delay), Participating Manufacturers must make corrections to restore the accuracy of the EPEAT Registryduring the Corrective Action Phase. These activities may include providing additional evidence to demonstrate
conformance with the criterion or unselecting the criteria in the EPEAT Registry. Where the product was foundnonconformant and is no longer available in the marketplace, the product must be archived.
During the Corrective Action Phase, Participating Manufacturers must also develop Corrective Action Plans forother EPEAT-registered products that may be affected by the same underlying issue causing thenonconformance but were not the subject of investigation (called “similarly affected products”).

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The following actions were taken to restore accuracy to the EPEAT Registry as a result of Continuous
Monitoring Round TV-2022-03:•2 investigations

Products archived by Participating Manufacturer

Table 3 in Section 7 identifies the Participating Manufacturers and products that received nonconformances inContinuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-03.

6.0 Key Findings
6.1

Conformance with Criteria Requiring a Conformance Assurance System

If a Criterion requires the use of a conformance assurance system (CAS) to demonstrate conformance,
Participating Manufacturers and CABs are reminded to review the definition of a CAS in the Criteria Document,
as well as supporting Conformity Guidance Materials, to ensure they provide sufficient evidence to address allelements and requirements of a CAS.
6.2

Environmental Packaging Requirement for 4.8.3.1 Recovered Content in Select Fiber-Based
Packaging Materials

Participating Manufacturers are reminded that this Criterion requires both proof of the minimum total
recovered fiber content in applicable packaging materials and a copy of the Participating Manufacturer’s
environmental packaging requirement which states a preference for the use of postconsumer content inpackaging.

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7.0 Identification of Nonconformances and Corrections Made by Participating Manufacturers
In the interest of transparency, the EPEAT Program identifies the Participating Manufacturers and products that received nonconformances and the actions taken to restore accuracy of the EPEAT Registry.
Minor errors are generally clerical in nature and do not materially affect the validity of products in the EPEAT Registry. As such, these are not identified in the table below.

Table 3: Summary of Nonconformances and Corrections Made by Participating Manufacturers
Participating Manufacturer

ProductProduct TypeCountry

Criterion Number

Criterion Title

LG

75UR340C9U
DLG 32LV760M

TV

United States

4.2.2.1

Hospital Grade TV

United States

4.8.1.1

Declaration of biobased plastic materials
content
Elimination of intentionally added heavy
metals in packaging

LG

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Required
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Underlying Reason for Nonconformance

Corrective Action Taken

CAB inaction or delay not attributable to
the Participating Manufacturer
CAB inaction or delay not attributable to
the Participating Manufacturer

Participating Manufacturer archived
product
Participating Manufacturer archived
product

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Document Control and Change HistoryIssue
1Revision
0Owner
EPEAT Conformity
Assurance Manager
EPEAT Conformity
Assurance Manager
Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

112021Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

22Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

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ApproverDirector, EPEAT
ProgramDirector, EPEAT
Program
Senior Director,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources
Vice President,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources
Vice President,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources

Description
Initial release

Approval Date

Effective Date2018 Dec 112018 Dec 11

Reformatting of document. Addition ofstandardized text.

2021 Mar 252021 Mar 30

Updated terminology fornonconformances to include“nonconformances” and “minor errors”,
in alignment with revisions to P66.
Updated to reflect new nonconformance
category for CAB inaction or delay

2022 Sep 152022 Sep 30

2023 Mar 92022 Mar 13

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