Hi
My company has been a green company for over thirty years.
Our company banned substances like Cadmium, polychlorobiphenyls and polychloroterphenyls (1984) , Polybromobiphenyls, Polybromobiphenylethers etc., (1994), lead, arsenic, antimony etc.,(early 2000) in proudcts long before they had become mandatory. Further solvents like CFC (much before Montreal Protocol requirements), trichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene etc., had been banned for use in processes (1994). PVC for packing (blister pack) was also banned for our products in the 1990s.
Apart from the above our company follows EcoDesign principles with the following focal points: (a) mass reduction, (b) energy consumption reduction, (c) reducing/eliminating hazardous substances, (d) introducing recyclability, (e) reducing packaging mass and (f) increasing the life of the product. Any new development should meet the eco-design principles, which warrants that the successor model should be better than the earlier product at least in one of the focal areas. We have been using the EcoDesign principles for over a decade now. The result is that our products are much more energy efficient than many of the competitors, their mass is less and the presence of hazardous substances is negligible, enabling proper handling of the product at the end of life (EOL).
We have many green products in our portfolio; you may like to visit
www.asimpleswitch.com for more information.
I am also attaching a presentation I made recently on EcoDesign; that will give you some idea of what I am talking.
Hope the above helps. I am glad to answer any specific question on greening of the supply chain, including green products.
With kind regards,
Ramakrishnan