EPEAT Program
Continuous Monitoring Outcomes Report
Televisions
TV-2021-03
March 7, 2022

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 major nonconformances and the actions taken to restore accuracyof the EPEAT Registry.
This document summarizes the activities and results of Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2021-03 conducted
for the Televisions product category.

2.0 Overview of Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2021-03
2.1

Investigation Activities

As per the published Round Plan, Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2021-03 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 onconformity for the Investigations.

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2.2

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Criteria InvestigatedContinuous Monitoring Round TV-2021-03 focused on recycling-related Criteria. Manufacturers were assigned
one investigation per Criteria and the products were randomly selected using a random number generator.
Since both Criteria were Required Criteria, each Participating Manufacturer received two investigations.
Table 1: Criteria Investigated in Round TV-2021-03
Criteria NumberCriterion Title

4.3.2.2

Plastic markings

4.3.2.5

Restriction on materials not compatible with reuse and recycling

3.0 Summary of Investigations and Final Decisions on Conformity for TV-2021-03
Highlights from this Continuous Monitoring Round are:•4 investigations completed•

4 decisions of Conformance

4.0 Further Details on Nonconformances for TV-2021-03
All nonconformances must be categorized as either major or minor. Minor nonconformances are non-criticalor clerical in nature and do not materially affect the validity of conformance with EPEAT Criteria. Allnonconformances that do not meet the definition of minor are categorized as major.
There were no nonconformances of any kind identified in Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2021-03.

5.0 Actions to Restore Conformance
Where the final conformity decision is nonconformance (whether major or minor), Participating Manufacturers
must make corrections to restore the accuracy of the EPEAT Registry during the Corrective Action Phase. Theseactivities may include providing additional evidence to demonstrate conformance with the criterion or
unselecting the criteria in the EPEAT Registry. Where the product was found nonconformant 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”).
Since no nonconformances were identified in this Round, no corrective actions were taken.

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6.0 Key Findings
6.1

Review Plastic Material Markings on Plastics >25g.

Participating Manufacturers are reminded to ensure plastic parts greater than 25 grams are marked inaccordance with the requirements of ISO 11469 and ISO 1043, and if providing photographic evidence todemonstrate conformance, ensure photographs are clear so that all requirements of the marking code areshown, including brackets and hyphens.

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Document Control and Change History
Issue
1Revision01120Owner
EPEAT Conformity
Assurance Manager
EPEAT Conformity
Assurance Manager
Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

Global Electronics Council

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

Description
Initial release

Reformatting of document. Addition ofstandardized text.

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Approval Date

Effective Date2018 Dec 112018 Dec 112021 Mar 25

2021 Mar 30

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