Webinar: India, Standards & the SDGs Leveraging Standards for Capacity Building of India's Informal E-Waste Sector

Wednesday, December 5 , 2018 8:00AM- 9:00AM PST

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The Green Electronics Council (GEC) and the Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) - CRB are in the MAC of the CI-SCP - are co-hosting a webinar on how the inclusion of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related capacity building criteria in IT product standards can be used to focus industry resources towards addressing the e-waste challenge in India.



Standards are an important way to provide companies with a clear and consistent definition of what constitutes “sustainable” IT. Standards criteria are usually focused on the product – how it should be made, used, what materials should be in it and whether it can be recycled. Standards normally do not include criteria that address the training and capacity development needs of those responsible for disposing of the product. By including criteria focused on building the capacity of India’s informal sector, standards become a way to focus the tremendous energy and financial resources of IT companies who meet those standards. It is this focus that can potentially “move the needle” in addressing the long-recognized e-waste management challenge in India.