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Product Stewardship

Direction of Product Stewardship

LG Display has dedicated to developing environmental products. Environmental products focus on reducing power consumption, enhancing durability with longer-lasting designs, using recycled materials and components, minimizing processes and parts, and following the 3R principles(Recycled, Reduce, Replace) by replacing harmful substances. We also conduct Life Cycle Assessments(LCA) and acquire eco-certifications.

Direction of Product Stewardship

Direction of Development
Pre-Manufacturing stage
(Raw Materials & Components)
Manufacturing Stage
(Processes & Equipment)
Post-Manufacturing Stage
(Product)
Environmental Design
Low-power OLED·LCD technology
Long-life OLED·LCD technology
Recycling technologies for materials/components(Recycled)
Materials, Parts, and Process Reduction Technology (Reduction)
Hazardous substance substitution technologies(Replace)
Energy-saving products
Products with extended lifespan
Products applying the 3Rs
Transparent Evaluation and Certification
Product environmental impact evaluation(Life Cycle Assessment, LCA)

Product Environmental Impact Evaluation

Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) of Products

LG Display has evaluated the environmental friendliness of the entire life cycle of products to develop environmentally friendly technologies and products for sustainable production. In 2021, we introduced Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) and have been conducting evaluations according to the ISO14040 series. We assess the environmental impact in six impact categories, including global warming, resource depletion, ozone layer depletion, acidification, eutrophication, and photochemical smog. Through this life cycle assessment, we analyze the environmental impact at each stage and move toward sustainable and environmental products. We also utilize the results of life cycle assessments to minimize environmental impact and apply them in the development of process technologies and environmental materials. In 2022, we conducted life cycle assessments for 22% of our products sold. By 2023, we expanded this to 40% of our products sold. In 2024, we established an IT system for life cycle assessment to reduce time consumption and improve data accuracy, while significantly expanding the evaluation coverage to 61.9% of our products sold.

Product Hazardous Substance Management

LG Display has established and operates a hazardous substance management program and process to develop and manufacture products that are not harmful to humans or the environment. We will continue to proactively respond to changes in domestic and international regulations related to hazardous substances and strive to manufacture products that are safe for humans and the environment.

Framework

LG Display operates a “Product Hazardous Substance Framework” that classifies hazardous substances into four levels—Level A-I, A-II, B-I, and B-II—to effective management. In addition to substances prohibited by global product hazardous substance regulations, LG Display designates substances that are harmful to humans and the environment as Level B substances and focusing its efforts on voluntary hazardous substance reduction activities by developing alternative technologies and parts and applying them to products. Going forward, LG Display plans to continue its voluntary reduction activities to progressively reduce and eliminate such non-regulated hazardous substances.
Classification and Framework for Hazardous Substances
  1. Level A-I
    • 10 substances specified by EU RoHS1) regulation and substances prohibited by certain customers, including lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and compounds, PBB, PBDE, 4 types2) of phthalates, brominated flame retardants, and chlorine-based flame retardants.
  2. Level A-II
    • Substances prohibited by laws and conventions other than Level A-I. Substances prohibited by customers, including PCBs, PCNs, asbestos, organotin compounds, ozone depleting substances, etc.
  3. Level B-I
    • Substances that are voluntarily replaced over a certain period of time
      (volatile organic compounds, RoHS exemption substances, etc.)
  4. Level B-II
    • Substances that are currently permitted for use but are expected to be banned in the future (e.g., REACH high-risk candidate substances)
1) RoHS: The Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electronic equipment 2) Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr+6, PBB, PBDE, Phthalate

Management Program

LG Display operates a hazardous substance management program that establishes and manages a total of four gates. From the supplier registration stage to the mass production stage, in order to comply with domestic and international environmental regulations such as EU RoHS1) and REACH2), which restrict the use of certain hazardous substances. Additionally, to proactively address the four new regulated substances (four phthalates3)) under RoHS, which were finalized in 2016 and officially took effect on July 22, 2019, the company has preemptively replaced potential risk factors and established a more stable management process. To establish this process, we collaborated with external institutions to identify regulatory trends in advance and develop our response strategy. Through collaboration with the development, procurement, quality, and analysis departments, we derived and applied effective management measures.
1) RoHS: The Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment 2) REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals 3) (DEHP, Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate), (BBP, Benzyl butyl phthalate), (DBP, Dibutyl phthalate), (DIBP, Diisobutyl phthalate)
  1. Gate 01Supplier Registration
    • Conducting audits before registering new suppliers
    • Inspection of hazardous substances response process
  2. Gate 02Parts Development
    • Environmental evaluation of all parts of products
    • Document review, XRF1), detailed analysis (3 steps)
  3. Gate 03Product Development
    • Model environmental evaluation
    • Product labeling
      (RoHS Verified)
  4. Gate 04Mass Production
    • Process control through periodic testing of all parts prior to mass production
    • Test by grade through risk assessment
1) XRF: X-Ray Fluorescence
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