Samsung Unleashed Novel Sustainability Platform

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled ‘Galaxy for Planet’- the new sustainability platform for its Mobile Communications Business. The company also announced an initial set of sustainability targets to be achieved before 2025, aimed at reducing the environmental footprints caused by its Galaxy range of products from production to disposal.

TM Roh, President and Head of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung said that the new platform is an important step in its journey towards creation of a more sustainable world. It is in recognition of the important role it is supposed to play in providing innovative solutions that protect the environment, Roh added.

By 2025, the company aims to incorporate various recycled materials across its entire new mobile products. Samsung aims to eliminate the use of single-use plastics in product packaging. Along with minimizing the waste generated at its worksites, the company commits to divert all waste from landfill by 2025. In addition, the company will work to reduce e-waste on a global scale.

Special focus on design of products will help to minimize environmental impacts during their entire lifecycle.

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