CALL FOR PARTICIPATIONGEC CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CRITERIA
June 16, 2021
Technical Committee launching for Climate Change Mitigation criteria for EPEAT ecolabel– now is your opportunity to get involved!
The Global Electronics Council (GEC) is developing criteria to address climate change impacts throughout
the life cycle of electronic products. These criteria will be leveraged across all EPEAT product categories,
including computers and displays, mobile phones, imaging equipment, servers, and televisions. This Callfor Participation is to notify stakeholders of the opportunity to participate on the multi-stakeholder
Technical Committee that will evaluate and reach consensus on sustainability leadership criteria toreduce climate change impacts, GEC is partnering with NSF International, an organization with extensive
expertise in managing voluntary consensus processes, to convene and manage the TechnicalCommittee.
Scope of Climate Change Criteria
The State of Sustainability Research on Climate Change Mitigation provides the scientific-basis for EPEAT
criteria development. The criteria will address best practices for mitigating climate change impacts,
inclusive of criteria to address embodied carbon in the supply chain through manufacturing energy
efficiency and renewable electricity sourcing, product energy efficiency, reduction of high global
warming potential chemicals in manufacturing, carbon footprint analysis to identify product-specific hotspots, and manufacturer carbon reduction goals aligned with climate science. These Climate Change
Mitigation criteria are one of four criteria modules being developed by GEC for application across its
EPEAT product categories. Criteria are also being developed for Sustainable Use of Resources, Reductionof Chemicals of Concern, and Corporate ESG Performance.
Stakeholder Participation in the Technical Committee
The Technical Committee is the consensus body in the GEC criteria development process. The TechnicalCommittee is responsible for ensuring that proposed criteria address priority sustainability impacts
identified in the State of Sustainability Research and will move the industry and its supply chain to
innovate and adopt best practices that achieve credible, verifiable reductions in sustainability impacts
and increase transparency. This Technical Committee is expected to begin its work in September 2021
and continue for up to 6 months. Technical Committee meetings will occur monthly via teleconference.
Members are expected to review documents in advance of meetings, provide comments on criteria andactively engage in discussion (either on calls or by electronic means), and participate in the ballot
process to approve criteria and reconcile stakeholder differences.

Membership on the Technical Committee is open to all interested parties by submitting the TechnicalCommittee Application Form. The Technical Committee will include up to 21 voting members,
representing a balance of stakeholders from four categories:
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Manufacturer: Manufacturer of products or services covered by the scope of the criteria andtheir trade associations.
Other Industry: Other businesses commercially engaged with the products or services such as:− Suppliers and their trade associations.
− Recyclers, repair and refurbish companies, asset management service providers, andtheir trade associations.
− Other types of businesses commercially engaged with the product.
Sustainability Advocates and Government Policy: Individual from a public agency (local,regional, state, federal, or international) or represents a professional public/environmental
health/safety organization, data privacy and/or IT security, academia, or not-for-profit
environmental organization.
Purchasers and Ecolabel Criteria Users: An individual whose organization purchases, uses, orspecifies products or services covered in the scope of the criteria. User/consumers and theirtrade association representatives, institutional purchasers, third-party conformity assessment
bodies (e.g., testing laboratories), and retailers are included in this membership classification.

Technical Committee member applications will be reviewed and members selected by NSF using thefollowing considerations:• technical competency and qualifications of the applicant relevant to the criteria;• balance of stakeholder interests;• geographic and product representation;• date of receipt of application; and• participation in recent or concurrent processes.
If you are interested in applying to participate on the Technical Committee, please complete theTechnical Committee Application Form, and return by July 16, 2021 to Greta Baragar, Sustainability
Standards Lead, NSF International (gbaragar@nsf.org).
Questions? Please contact Greta Baragar (gbaragar@nsf.org) with any questions regarding theTechnical Committee application process. Please contact Patricia Dillon at the Global Electronics Council(pdillon@globalelectronicscouncil.org) about the overall GEC criteria development process andapplication in EPEAT. Additional information on the GEC criteria development process is publiclyavailable.