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In 2024, IPC’s Sustainability for Electronics program made significant impacts through multiple channels of engagement by providing the industry with insights and tools needed to build electronics better. IPC representatives shared expertise at industry events, demonstrating how standards, education, and advocacy support sustainability goals. Industry leaders reciprocated by presenting their successful sustainability initiatives at IPC events, offering valuable real-world perspectives on implementing sustainable practices.
Responding to calls for industry alignment, we formed strategic partnerships with other electronics associations to consolidate and distribute sustainability resources across our extensive industry network. Our efforts focused on harmonizing approaches and maximizing impact through collaborative action. We played a crucial role in highlighting critical industry challenges, including emerging global plastics policies, new due diligence requirements, circular design innovations, and sustainable chemical alternatives. A key achievement was the publication of our white paper on double materiality assessments (DMAs), which addresses new due diligence laws (more on this below).
To read this entire article, which appeared in the February 2025 issue of PCB007 Magazine, click here.
