| Product Efficiency |
- Measure the profitability of energy and water-efficient products.
- Underscore the business case for efficient products.
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- Global Green Range accounted for 13% of total sold units and 25% of gross profit for consumer products.
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- Review criteria for inclusion in the Green Range and tighten if needed.
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| Product Efficiency |
- Promote the Green Range of state-of the-art energy- and water-efficient appliances.
- Realize the sales potential of the Green Range offering through marketing and communications.
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- Launched new efficient products including the ‘Eco Force’ range of vacuum cleaners and the Zanussi LINDO range of A+++ energy efficient washing machines for the mass segment.
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- Focus on efficiency and other environmental benefits in marketing messages globally.
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| Product Efficiency |
- Innovate for efficient products.
- Improve environmental performance of appliances.
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- Invested at least one third of the Group’s product development spend in sustainability-related development since 2012, the majority invested in energy efficiency.
- Set up IT reporting infrastructure for environmental performance of products. Pilot in Europe completed.
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- Product launches.
- Complete roll-out of product reporting system for environmental performance for all products in all markets.
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| Product Efficiency |
- Set long-term targets for reductions in energy, water and chemical use for products in all markets.
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- Reviewed energy efficiency targets in main markets and for key product lines.
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| Eliminating Hazardous Substances |
- Eliminate high global warming potential (HGWP) greenhouse gases in foam blowing agents and refrigerants.
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- Replaced the blowing agent HFC 245fa by cyclopentane in one of the major refrigerator factories in the US.
- Updated the Restricted Materials List (RML) and released a new version.
- Established a global office for coordination and management of chemicals.
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- Substitute HGWP greenhouse gases with alternatives with low global warming potential across the company by 2020.
- Update the RML to include new findings.
- Continue global roll-out of web based system to collect information from suppliers about chemicals in products.
- Include Professional products and Asia Pacific region in 2015.
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