Electrolux scores 5 out of 18 at Rank a Brand: Empowering you to support socially responsible business

Electrolux Info

Brand Owner: Electrolux Group
Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden
Sector: Electronics & ICT Hardware
Categories: Home Appliances
Free Tags: Household, Home Appliances, Dishwasher, Microwave, Washing Machine, Vacuum Cleaner, Oven

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Last Updated: 31 May 2010
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Electrolux Score Report

Questions about Carbon Emissions

3 out of 5


1. Does the brand (company) clearly support global mandatory cuts of carbon emissions of at least 50% by 2050 or 30% by industrialized countries by 2020?	Not found on Electrolux Group website. Reduction targets solely refer to Electrolux Group and do not endorse country targets.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) disclose its carbon footprint produced by its own operations and in the supply / production chain?	The 2009 Annual Report (see page 89) provides a table with all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions involved in the production process in 2006 and 2009. The document states that environmental indicators account for the business area's entire operation (see page 87).	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce its ‘own operations’ carbon footprint by at least 20% by the year 2012?	Electrolux Group provides a fragmented timetable that cumulates its reduction targets of roughly 30% as compared to 2005 levels. Electrolux Groups has formulated two targets: 1) a 15% reduction in 2009 based on 2005 levels; and a 15% reduction in 2012 based on 2008 levels. Together these targets comply with a minimum of 20% reduction by 2012.	SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) already reduced its 'own operations' carbon footprint by at least 10% in the last 5 years?	Electrolux has reduced its direct and indirect emissions with 14,26% in 2009 (409,740) since 2006 (477,910) (see page 89).	SOURCE
5. Do all new products of the brand meet the latest Energy Star requirements (where applicable)?	Not found on Electrolux Group website. Electrolux Group provides some information on energy star involvement of one of its subsidiaries, but it does not state that it is a member	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

1 out of 7


1. Has the brand (company) eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products? If not, does the brand give a timeline for achieving this by 2012?	Electrolux Group has enlisted all chemical substances in a Restricted Materials List (RML). PVC is assessed as a 'Substance of Concern' (SoC; see page 1) and is not banned from production. Most flame retardants (BFRs) are either restricted in usage or a SoC (see page 2). There is no outspoken intention to ban the selected substances from future production.	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) already eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products?	See remark previous question.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates) in all of its new products? If not, does it give a timeline for achieving this by 2012?	Electrolux Group has enlisted all three groups of chemicals as either restricted in usage or a SoC (see RML, pages 1-3). There is no outspoken intention to ban the selected substances from future production.	SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates)in all of its new products?	See remark previous question.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand (company) support the principle of Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR), meaning that brands are responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their own products, including take back and recycling?	Electrolux Group has signed the IPR statement. Electrolux Group is furthermore the co-founder of the European Recycling Platform (ERP). The platform is the instrument through which Electrolux Group itself is "responsible for financing and organising the handling of scrapped domestic appliances".	SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) provide free and easy take back and recycling services for its discarded products in many of the countries where its products are sold?	Not found on Electrolux Group website. Electrolux Group is the co-founder of the European Recycling Platform (ERP) that aims to comply with the WEEE directive but it does not provide information on free recycling centers for the treatment and disposal of waste.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) source at least 5% of its plastics from recycled plastic streams and does it give a clear timeline to increase this percentage to at least 25% by 2025?	Electrolux has produced refrigerators and a vacuum cleaner that consist of more than 50% of recycled materials. However, Electrolux does not provide any numbers or percentages about the use of recycled plastics and gives no timeline.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/Human Rights

1 out of 6


1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	All standards are mentioned in the Electrolux Workplace Standards (see page 8, 10, 11 & 17).	SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	1. Not mentioned; 2. No, maximum working week is 60 hours (including max of 12 hours of overtime), 'except under extraordinary business circumstances', which can mean anything; 3. No, mentioning of minimum and legal wage, not living wage (see page 19&20).	SOURCE
3. Does this CoC include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining?	Freedom of association is mentioned, but nothing found about situations in which this right is restricted by law (see page 22&23).	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	Not found on Electrolux Group website. Electrolux Group has enlisted the total number of employees per country, but has not enlisted the individual share in production of each country nor of its factories (see page 5).	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	Not found on Electrolux Group website.	SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Not found on Electrolux Group website. Only some information on follow-up audits is given in the Annual Report 2009 (see page 51).	SOURCE