LG wants to be 100% renewable, but will other TV brands follow suit?

Date:
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:18:22 +0000

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LG Electronics pledges to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 but what about the competition?

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LG Electronics, purveyor of OLED TVs , in-ear headphones , and countless
other gadgets, is committing to an ambitious 100% renewable energy target by 2050 firing a shot across the bow of other TV brands such as Samsung.

In the age of consumerism, and the age of climate emergency, it's falling to manufacturers to figure out how they can keep making and selling their wares sustainably.

LG Electronics is one of the largest manufacturers in the world, and its pledge to shift exclusively to renewables is certainly notable alongside its commitment to reaching carbon neutrality (when the amount of carbon it releases into the atmosphere is a net zero) by 2030. The best energy supplier in the UK in 2021 Sustainable sound: how headphones, speakers and turntables are going green LG vs Samsung : which TV brand is better?

2030 is a key year, being when the EU's Paris Climate Agreement targets a 40% drop in greenhouse gas emissions (compared to 1990 levels).

Whether LG hits these targets is another matter, as companies falling behind on their green commitments is nothing new, but it shows an ongoing push
across the consumer tech market to both improve sustainable practices and to be seen doing so. What about the rest?

Of course, LG is only one company, and even if it reaches these targets, only collective action across the technology sector is going to make a meaningful difference whether that's Vodafone switching to renewable energy across Europe or Microsoft improving the green credentials of its software teams .

In June of this year, Samsung came under fire from Greenpeace for "lagging" behind on its renewable commitments, having excluded the nations that are responsible for 80% of Samsung's global electricity consumption.

News outlet France 24 reported that "Renewables only accounted for 17.6 percent of the firm's global energy mix in 2020, Greenpeace said,
highlighting that its two key production hubs South Korea and Vietnam were not included in the original commitment."

Samsung has been investing in the renewable energy sector to offset this,
with its Samsung Heavy arm recently announcing an offshore windfarm , though these ventures still pale in comparison to the company's global impact. In 2020, Samsung's greenhouse gas emissions actually rose compared to the previous year . OLED TVs are much better for the environment than QLED or LCD
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