Vision - November/December 2008 - (Page 20) ECO-INTE N By Gary Arlen okia wants to sell new mobile handsets around the world without packing then into individual boxes. There may be true value in eliminating the phone charger and the user manual, too. Panasonic has formed partnerships with other manufacturers in Germany and Japan to develop platforms for end-of-lifecycle product recapture and recycling. “No individual manufacturer can handle this on its own,” says Panasonic’s environmental point man David Thompson. Chip-maker AMD is reminding its suppliers, customers and employees that they are operating in a “growing global marketplace where energy and other restrictions” are creating a “world of constraint”. AMD agrees that companies should “form networks with other stakeholders” to develop solutions that head off government mandates. Kleen Concepts, an entrepreneurial Arizona manufacturer of cleaning and maintenance products for electronics devices, acknowledges that companies “must invest again” to make sure that their output meets the green demands of global markets. “We want to make sure there are no roadblocks for our customers in selling abroad,” says Kleen Concepts President Grant Russell. Like countless other companies—big and small—Nokia, Panasonic, AMD and Kleen Concepts are accelerating their “green” agendas. In October, CEA garnered national attention for environmental initiatives such as these with a first-of-its kind CE industry sustainability report (see sidebar). The eco-conscious viewpoint is becoming a “must” as CE companies estabwww.ce.org IS VITAL Imagewerks/Getty Images http://www.ce.org
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