by Brianna Crandall — December 15, 2010—The EPEAT electronic products environmental rating system recently announced that, to meet expanding demand for EPEAT product registration, the organization will engage with a network of leading environmental and technical certification, testing and standards groups around the globe to qualify products to the IEEE 1680 family of “green electronics” standards and identify products as EPEAT Bronze, Silver or Gold.
EPEAT claims to be the most extensive and influential green IT product rating system, with a registry of more than 3,200 environmentally preferable electronic products and 45 participating manufacturers, from global giants to small integrators, across 41 EPEAT countries.
EPEAT has signed an agreement with a group of technical and environmental assessment organizations to launch a global network of trust providers that will offer participating manufacturers choice while maintaining, even increasing, the high credibility and consistency of the EPEAT registry. As the collaborative framework is finalized, additional groups are expected to join the network.
