EPEAT Program
Continuous Monitoring Round PlanMobile Phones
MP-2022-04
June 6, 2022
BackgroundEPEAT® 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 arerequired to cooperate fully with their GEC-approved CAB during Round activities.
This document contains the individual plan for Continuous Monitoring Round MP-2022-04.

Continuous Monitoring Round MP-2022-04 Investigation Activities
Continuous Monitoring Round MP-2022-04 will use documentation review to determine the conformance ofproducts with specific EPEAT Criteria. The EPEAT Program assigns specific products and EPEAT Criteria forevaluation to GEC-approved CABs. Participating Manufacturers have a discrete time period in which they must
provide evidence that supports conformance with the selected criteria. GEC-approved CABs review thedocumentation, make recommendations on conformity based solely on the evidence provided by ParticipatingManufacturers, and send Investigation Reports to the EPEAT Program, which makes the final decisions on
conformity.

Continuous Monitoring Round MP-2022-04 Criteria and Product Selection
Continuous Monitoring Round MP-2022-04 will focus on corporate criteria with annual disclosure
requirements, to confirm that Participating Manufacturers are fulfilling annual reporting requirements for thecriteria investigated. Since one criterion is required, and one is optional, Participating Manufacturers received
up to two investigations. If a Participating Manufacturer was investigated for any of the selected criteria in
another 2022 Continuous Monitoring Round, the criterion was not assigned again in this Round, given theannual disclosure requirements. The products for investigation were selected randomly using a random
number generator.

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Overview of Criteria and Products Selected
Product Category

Mobile Phones

Number of Products Selected

6

Criteria Selected

13.1.1—Corporate sustainability (CS) reporting
13.2.1—Corporate sustainability (CS) reporting in the supply chain

Continuous Monitoring Round MP-2022-04 Schedule
Phase of Round

Date

Preparation Phase
CABs notified of Round schedule and activities by EPEAT

May 30, 2022

CABs receive Round assignments and materials from EPEAT

June 6, 2022Week of Round Training for CABs

Week of June 20

Investigation Phase (CABs performing investigations)
Investigative period begins

June 27, 2022

Investigative period ends

August 26, 2022

Deadline for CAB submission of Investigation Reports to EPEAT

September 9, 2022

Deliberation Phase (EPEAT making conformity decisions)
Deliberation period begins

September 10, 2022

CABs receive Investigation Reports with final conformity decisions from EPEAT

October 25, 2022

Corrective Action Phase (Participating Manufacturers restoring accuracy of EPEAT Registry)
Corrective action period begins

November 1, 2022

Corrective action period ends

December 1, 2022

Deadline for CAB submission of corrective action reports to EPEAT

December 15, 2022

CABs receive final Investigation Reports with correction decisions from EPEAT

January 16, 2023

Reporting Phase
Outcomes Report published

January 30, 2023

Process Details – Continuous Monitoring Using Documentation Review
Continuous Monitoring Rounds that use documentation review activities are conducted in accordance withEPEAT Policy Manual (P65) and EPEAT Conformity Assurance Implementation Manual (also called EPEAT
Requirements of CABs and Conformity Assurance Procedures) (P66) in effect at the time of the Round.
•The EPEAT Program downloads a list of all active EPEAT-registered products, select products from thelist for investigation and assigns EPEAT Criteria to products, as per the Round Plan.

•GEC-approved CABs receive the list of products and EPEAT Criteria selected for their Participating
Manufacturer clients but do not yet notify the Participating Manufacturers of the imminent
investigations.

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•The EPEAT Program publishes the Round Plan on the start date of the Round.

•On the start date of the Round, GEC-approved CABs notify the Participating Manufacturers that theirproducts have been selected for investigation and begin the evidence collection process.

•Participating Manufacturers have a discrete time period in which they must provide evidence thatsupports conformance with the selected criteria.

•GEC-approved CABs review the documentation, make recommendations on conformity based solelyon the evidence provided by Participating Manufacturers, and prepare an Investigation Report foreach product.

•GEC-approved CABs submit the Investigation Reports to the EPEAT Program. At the same time, CABs
forward these same Reports to the Participating Manufacturers.

•The EPEAT Program reviews Investigation Reports and makes the final decisions on conformity. The
EPEAT Program then sends the Investigation Reports back to the GEC-approved CABs.

•GEC-approved CABs send the Investigation Reports with the final decision on conformity to theParticipating Manufacturers.

•For decisions of nonconformance, Participating Manufacturers must make corrections within 30
calendar days to restore the accuracy of the EPEAT Registry.

•The EPEAT Program publishes an Outcomes Report identifying the nonconforming products andParticipating Manufacturers, as well as the actions taken to restore accuracy of the EPEAT Registry.

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Document Control and Change HistoryIssue1Revision01

1OwnerSenior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources
Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

Global Electronics Council

ApproverDirector, EPEAT
ProgramDescription
Initial release

Approval Date
2020 Aug 20

Effective Date
2020 Aug 23

Senior Director,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources

Updates throughout to match revisions toP66. Addition of Preparation Phase toschedule table.

2021 Feb 22

2021 Feb 26

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