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Development of eco-friendly products and expansion of certification

LG Display has been developing a variety of eco-friendly products to actively respond to climate change and create new value through it. Through these efforts, LG Display has obtained eco-friendly certifications such as SGS certification, TUV certification, and green certification for large, medium and small OLED and LCD products. As a responsible global company, LG Display will continue to develop eco-friendly products that can minimize negative environmental impacts and actively contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions from the raw material stage, and expand the acquisition of related certifications.

Eco-friendly Performance Index
for Products
(Eco Index)

LG Display introduced its own ‘Eco Index’ for the development of eco-friendly products. The company conducts self-evaluation from the product development stage and takes the lead in developing customer-oriented eco-friendly products by strengthening eco-friendly product standards for resources, energy, and hazardous substances through evaluation.

CASE
Eco-Index of 65-inch Display Products

A 65-inch display is an excellent example of applying the Eco Index to develop eco-friendly products.
A self-evaluation was conducted during the product development stage to identify areas that needed improvement. As a result, the recycling rate has been improved by replacing the types and ratios of raw materials used in products with materials that are easy to recycle.

Eco Index
  • Category 1
    Resource
    • Reduction of resource usage
    • Use of recycled raw materials
    • Improving recycling rate of waste products
    • Rare metal recovery (technology development)
    • Improvement of disassembly
  • Category 2
    Energy
    • Reduction of power consumption
  • Category 3
    Hazardous Substances
    • Satisfied with environmental regulations
    • Voluntarily reduce and improve the use of hazardous substances
Recyclability rate and raw material consumption trend of OLED & LCD TV Modules
  • Recyclability Trend
  • Raw material consumption trend
  • Ferrous metal
  • Non-ferrous metals
  • Plastic
  • Other

(Unit : kg)

  • 79.1
  • 92
  • 92.2
  • 92.6
  • 92.7
  • 92.7
  • LCD2.95.21.88.1
  • V17 OLED2.30.57.57.2
  • V18 OLED2.20.50.115.1
  • V19 OLED2.20.50.117.8
  • V20 OLED1.60.40.117.2
  • V21 OLED1.60.40.117.2

Eco-friendly certification

LG Display has been verified for its eco-friendliness throughout the entire process including product development, purchase, manufacturing, sales and disposal by various external certification agencies, and has obtained eco-friendly certifications for its products.
Acquisition of Eco-friendly Certifications by Product Group
SGS Certification* TUV Certification** Green Certification***
Large OLED
LCD(Touch)
Medium LCD(Touch)
OLED(Small)
SGS Eco Label: Eco-friendly certification program for products based on ISO 14024 TUV Certification: Verification and certification program for recycling and hazardous substances based on ISO 14021 Green certification: National certification system certifying promising green technologies or products

Use and Management of Hazardous Substances in Products

LG Display has established and operated hazardous substances management programs and processes to develop and manufacture products that are not harmful to humans and the environment. LG Display will continue to make utmost efforts to provide products that are safe for the human body and the environment by preemptively responding to changes in domestic and international laws and regulations related to hazardous substances.

Hazardous Substance
Management Program
for Products

LG Display has operated a hazardous substance management program that sets up and manages a four-step gate from supplier registration to mass production in order to respond to domestic and international environmental regulations such as EU RoHS* and REACH** that restrict the use of specific hazardous substances. In addition, LG Display replaced potential risk factors in advance to preemptively respond to four new hazardous substances (4 types of phthalates***) under legislations that RoHS was finalized in 2016 and officially entered into force on July 22, 2019, and established a process for stable management. To establish the process, LG Display had developed its own response strategies by identifying regulatory trends in advance through cooperation with external organizations, drew up plans for effective management through cooperation with development/procurement/quality/analysis departments and applied it in practice.
RoHS (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment): Restriction on the use of substances harmful to the human body such as lead, mercury, and cadmium REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of CHemicals): EU regulatory framework for chemicals Diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP, Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP, Benzyl butyl phthalate), dibutyl phthalate (DBP, Dibutyl phthalate), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP, Diisobutyl phthalate)
  1. Gate 01Partner/Supplier registration
    • Conducting audits before registering new partners
    • Inspection of hazardous substances response process
  2. Gate 02Parts development
    • Environmental evaluation of all parts of products
    • Document review, XRF*, detailed analysis (3 steps)
  3. Gate 03Product development
    • Model environmental evaluation
    • Product Labeling
      (RoHS Verified)
  4. Gate 04Mass production
    • Process management through periodic testing of parts before mass production
    • Test by grade through risk assessment
XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence (Spectrometer)): X-ray fluorescence analysis equipment for simple analysis of hazardous substances

Hazardous Substance
Management System

LG Display operates the Hazardous Substance Management System for Products that classifies and effectively manages hazardous substances into three levels: Level A-I, A-II, and B. LG Display has continued to promote various activities for the gradual and voluntary reduction of unregulated hazardous substances by classifying substances that are harmful to humans and the environment as Level B substances as well as substances banned by global hazardous substance regulations on products, developing technologies and parts to replace them, and applying them to its products.
Classification of Hazardous Substances
  1. Level A-Ⅰ
    • 10 substances specified by EU RoHS regulation and substances prohibited by certain customers, including lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and compounds, PBB, PBDE, 4 types 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
    • Substances that are not currently banned, but are expected to be reduced or phased out in the future such as volatile organic chemicals, substances that may fall under RoHS regulation or may be exempted under RoHS, and high-risk substances that may fall under REACH, etc.
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