Sharing Environmental Impact of Chips Made at Samsung’s Global Sites to Accelerate Carbon Neutral Goals for B2B Customers
Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today established a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the carbon footprint of products in its semiconductor business, receiving certification from DNV, one of the world’s leading independent certification bodies. announced that it has been verified.
LCA is a methodology for evaluating the environmental impact of a commercial product, process, or service over its lifecycle by quantifying energy, material, and waste emissions. Specifically, when it comes to the carbon footprint of semiconductors, Samsung’s LCA covers raw material extraction, chip manufacturing, assembly and testing. The results are ISO 14040, ISO 14044 and ISO 14067 compliant to ensure reliability and transparency.
Carbon Footprint is commonly used by Samsung and its customers to recognize the environmental impact of all stages of Samsung’s semiconductor products, and is used as a metric to track and reduce carbon emissions. can be used.
Dooguen Song, executive vice president of the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Center at Samsung Electronics, said: “By leveraging LCA, we can not only help our customers achieve carbon neutrality, but also be more transparent about the environmental impact of the semiconductors we produce around the world.”
JangSup Lee, CEO of DNV Business Assurance Korea, said: “Together with global business leaders like Samsung, we will continue to participate in building a more sustainable environment.”
Since 2019, 37 Samsung semiconductor products have been carbon footprint certified by the Carbon Trust and UL, and 6 memory products have been certified by the Carbon Trust for carbon reduction. Samsung’s eco-friendly product portfolio includes DRAM, SSD, embedded storage, mobile SoC, mobile image sensor and automotive LED packages.
Leveraging the LCA established late last year, Samsung quantifies the carbon footprint of chips made at all of its global manufacturing, testing, and assembly locations in South Korea, China, and the United States.
With sustainability at its core, Samsung has expanded its LCA to provide a more comprehensive assessment, including water and resource footprints, and ultimately mobile and wearables, data centers, consumer electronics and automotive. , reducing the environmental impact of various applications such as telecommunications. .