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6.1 Environmental, Safety and
Health Management
6.1.1 ISO Management System
Acer makes use of ISO standards as tools
to improve internal procedures. The ISO
9001 Quality Management System ensures
and enhances quality of goods and services,
while ISO 14001 works to evaluate potential
environmental impacts of products. The scope
covered by our Environmental Management
System (EMS) ranges from design, production,
supplier management, markets, to post-sale
lifecycle of products. Acer also requires its
suppliers to establish their own EMS. Currently
all of Acer’s first-tier suppliers are ISO 14001
certied.
6.1.2 Product Environmental Management
Acer is fully aware of the potential impact our
products may have on the environment. Hence,
our product design takes into consideration the
ways to reduce environmental loading from the
outset of production, in addition to user needs,
functionality and added value.
In a world of limited natural resources, Acer
places great importance on making the best use
of all material resources. One of our foremost
principles is to extend product life to optimize
use of our resources. To ensure all Acer products
meet environmental regulatory requirements
in addition to customer needs, our Eco Product
Requirement ensures all designs meet standards
set for energy conservation, low toxicity, ease
of recycling and green labeling. Among these
standards, low toxicity criteria restrict the use
of hazardous substances including batteries and
packaging materials. Green labeling criteria
ensure strict standards on material labeling,
recycling labeling and packaging material
labeling.