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| How ambitious are the company's plans concerning the use of renewable energy sources in their power mix? | LG mentions their plans concerning renewable energy in one small paragraph of their sustainablility report. Their use of renewable energies currently totals at about ten thousand MWh corresponding to a CO2 reduction of a few thousand tons. In the face of their 2.04 TWh energy footprint and 1.1 million ton CO2e footprint, that is not very ambitious at all. |
0% |
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| Has the company performed a life cycle analyses for this product and if so, how much CO2 does the product produce during its entire life cycle? |
No |
0% |
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| Has the company performed a life cycle analysis for this product type during the last three years? |
Yes |
100% |
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| By what percentage has the company (including suppliers) reduced its CO2-emissions over the past 5 years? |
No data available |
0% |
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| Does the company also analyse the CO2-footprint of its suppliers? |
No |
0% |
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| By what percentage has the company (excluding suppliers) reduced its CO2-emissions over the past 5 years? |
22.6 % |
63% |
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| Has the company set itself (excluding suppliers) a concrete CO2-reduction goal and if so, by how much do they want to reduce their emissions over the next five years? |
Yes6.25 % |
33% |
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| How engaged is the company in initiatives addressing the issue of climate change? |
WWF Climate SaversGeSI |
0% |
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| How energy efficient is the product? |
3.9 h/Ah (webbrowsing time/battery capacity) |
64% |
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| How much energy has the company consumed per capita during the last year? |
27.1 GWh/1000 employees |
0% |
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Criterion |
Answer |
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| Has the company set itself the clear goal to reduce the environmental impact of the substances they use? |
Yes |
100% |
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| Does the company publish a list of the substances for which they have drawn up certain restrictions for the manufacturing process at their suppliers’ facilities? |
Yes |
100% |
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| To what degree has the company banned the use of benzene? |
full production chainfinal assembly |
0% |
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| To what degree has the company banned the use of n-hexane? |
full production chainfinal assembly |
0% |
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No Links to Sources |
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| How advanced are the companies efforts in eliminating toxic substances from their products? |
ArsenicMercuryPhthalatesBerylliumAntimonybrominated flame retardantsPVC |
100% |
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Criterion |
Answer |
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| Is the packaging of the product made of recycled material? | LG does not say of what material their packaging consists. They however mention that they want to increase the content of recycled pulp in their packaging and generally want to decrease the environmental impact of their packaging. |
50% |
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| Is the charger excluded from the product package? |
No |
0% |
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| How much e-waste has the company taken back per capita during the last year? |
1715.1 t/1000 employees |
100% |
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Criterion |
Answer |
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Source |
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| How long ago was the products predecessor launched? |
12 months |
0% |
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| How well is the company's online customer support equipped? |
User forumSelf-diagnosis toolFAQWebchat |
44% |
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| Can the company's customer support be contacted over multiple channels? |
electronically (E-Mail, Webchat)telephonically (Hotline) |
100% |
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| Does the standard warranty offered by the company exceed the minimum duration demanded by local legislation? |
Yes |
100% |
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| Does the company feature spare parts for this product in their online shop? |
No |
0% |
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| Does the company provide an online repair manual? |
No |
0% |
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No Links to Sources |
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| To what degree can the product be considered modular? | Taking the LG G6 apart is a very tedious process which involves heating the device and requires several tools. |
0% |
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| How high is the specific absorption rate (SAR) of the device? |
0.39 W/kg |
85% |
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| Does the company have an own program supporting communities in areas where conflict minerals are a problem? |
No |
0% |
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| How engaged is the company in initiatives addressing the issue of conflict minerals? |
Fairtrade GoldTDIPPARMI |
14% |
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| Does the company mention the issues of other problematic minerals (apart from gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten) on their website or in any published documents? |
Rare Earth ElementsNickelCopperCobaltAluminium |
11% |
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Criterion |
Answer |
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Source |
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| Does the company’s SCoC include the worker right to a formally registered employment relationship? |
No |
0% |
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| Does the company's SCoC include the worker right to develop parallel means, when the right to join labour unions and bargain collectively is restricted under local legislation? |
No |
0% |
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| Does the company's SCoC include the worker right to one day off in every seven day period? |
Yes |
100% |
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| Does the company's SCoC grant a premium rate of at least 125% of the regular rate of pay for served overtime? |
No |
0% |
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| Does the company’s SCoC guarantee the workers a living wage? |
No |
0% |
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| Does the company’s SCoC restrict the maximum working week to 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum? |
No |
0% |
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| Does the company have a Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC) which covers basic human rights? |
safe and hygienic workplaceno discrimination of any kindno child labourno forced labour |
100% |
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| Does the company offer its suppliers trainings where the factory workers learn about the correct handling of potentially toxic substances to both humans and the environment? |
Yes |
100% |
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| Does the company publish a list of the substances for which they have drawn up certain restrictions for the manufacturing process at their suppliers’ facilities? |
No |
0% |
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No Links to Sources |
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| To what degree has the company banned the use of benzene? |
full production chainfinal assembly |
0% |
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No Links to Sources |
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| To what degree has the company banned the use of n-hexane? |
full production chainfinal assembly |
0% |
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No Links to Sources |
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Answer |
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Source |
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| Has the company let at least one of their suppliers be audited by an independent third-party organisation during the last year? |
Yes |
100% |
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| Does the company perform surprise audits at their suppliers' facilities and if so how many suppliers are audited in that way annually per capita? | LG does not conduct any unannounced audits. However, in addition to the prescheduled audits, they make their suppliers fill in a self assessment questionnaire on the basis of which they then choose the sites where they want to conduct on-site audits. In 2016 1334 suppliers performed such a self assessment. |
10% |
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| How many suppliers does the company audit annually per capita? |
0.5 audits/1000 employees |
0% |
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Criterion |
Answer |
Score |
Source |
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| Does the company publish a list of the substances for which they have drawn up certain restrictions for the manufacturing process at their suppliers’ facilities? |
Yes |
100% |
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| Does the company annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy? |
Supplier auditsConflict mineralsWorker empowerment |
100% |
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| Does the company have a published list of direct suppliers that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? |
No |
0% |
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| Does the company annually publish an updated list of smelters that are identified in the own supply chain? |
No |
0% |
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No Links to Sources |
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| Does the company publish ecological footprints of their products? |
WaterMaterialsCO2 |
0% |
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No Links to Sources |
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| Does the company publish its annual ecological footprint? |
WaterMaterialsCO2 |
67% |
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