Green GreenPeak

As the name suggests, GreenPeak is an environmentally conscious and green company. GreenPeak’s green vision is translated in the introduction of a formal EMS (Environmental Management System, based on ISO14001:2004), integrated in the QMS (Quality Management System, based on ISO 9001:2008). GreenPeak has obtained ISO 14001:2004 certification in December2010. Our EMS is based on the GreenPeak Environmental Policy as outlined below. GreenPeak's Environmental Policy During the design and production process, we focus on conserving resources, preventing pollution, and reducing impact to the environment. Our EMS policy commits GreenPeak to be responsible for its use and management of energy and waste in all its activities.

GreenPeak is committed to providing technology solutions that are environmentally sound throughout their life cycle. We incorporate environmental considerations into all stages of our product life cycle, including development (design), procurement, production, sales, use and disposal, over which we have control and influence. This implies that e.g. our design guidelines are created to promote design practices to help our customers develop products that save energy and materials, during production phase as well as during the complete product or application life cycle. It is obvious that our customers increasingly choose to work with companies that can increase their green and environmentally friendly focus.

Although GreenPeak is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer, it has a policy of contracting silicon fab subcontractors and other suppliers that are in full compliance with ISO 14001 and in conformance with the requirements of the European Union’s Restrictions on the Use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS), which outlines restrictive directives in the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, PBBs and PBDEs in electrical and electronic equipment and its production.

Our green vision is also embedded in the applications our technology allows to bring to market. The rapid growth of sense and control networks is accompanied by an even faster growth of battery consumption. Our energy-effective solutions can reduce the need for batteries or even eliminate this need altogether. Additionally, sensor networks also help us to reduce the uncontrolled waste of energy by creating a better awareness of the energy consumption around us.

For our own activities, the environmental performance of GreenPeak will be continually improved by setting objectives and targets that are periodically monitored and by providing guidelines for reduction of environmental impacts. We regularly review and strive to continually improve our environmental management system.

In practice, for our office and design activities, we promote a wide range of environmental-friendly activities in our team: we introduce the monitoring, recording and improvement of energy use, we will try to reduce pollution associated with travel, reduce waste and paper use, participate in recycling programs and promote green purchase and logistics. Through training and education, all employees are encouraged to be aware of their energy use, to avoid waste of energy and to seek reductions wherever practical.

We are committed to complying with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and other company requirements and we participate in a selection of customer green procurement policies or eco friendly programs whenever meaningful.

In short, at GreenPeak, we recognize that good business and environmental responsibility go hand in hand; in short, we are committed to be in compliance with international standards for quality and for supporting the environment.

To achieve ISO 14001:2004 certification, GreenPeak successfully passed a series of comprehensive audits by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance, a leading global, independent certification body in this field.

Read more on Cees Links' opinion page, it reflects our CEO's vision on our green commitment.

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