Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today unveiled Galaxy for the Planet, the sustainability platform for its Mobile Communications Business powered by its scale, innovation and spirit of open collaboration, to take tangible climate actions across its business. Samsung has established an initial set of targets to be reached by 2025 to reduce its environmental footprint and decrease resource depletion in a variety of areas ranging from production to the disposal of its Galaxy products.
“We believe that everyone has a role to play in providing innovative solutions that protect the planet for generations to come. Samsung understands our efforts need to match our scale, our influence and the magnitude of the entire Galaxy ecosystem around the world,”said TM Roh,President and Head of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “Galaxy for the Planetis an important step in our journey toward creating a more sustainable world, and we will do so with the openness, transparency and collaboration that drives everything we do.”
Samsung believes the integration of sustainable practices across each stage of production is crucial to minimizing environmental impact and to building a better future for communities around the world and the next generation of innovators. Samsung will work to achieve its initial goals by 2025 and will aim to evolve its commitments to address new challenges beyond 2025.
Samsung’s plan has the following objectives:
Samsung will continue to discover new ways to address the climate crisis and expand its role in accelerating progress to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals. The company is dedicated to reporting progress transparently and working with industry peers and partners throughout its sustainability journey.
“Samsung is committed to creating solutions that enable a better future for our people and our planet. However, we know we cannot do this alone, and the collective fight for the planet is not a competition,”said Stephanie Choi, SVP & Head of Marketing of the Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics.“We strive for collaboration in everything we do, and our strategic partnerships across sectors, industries and markets enable us to scale positive impact around the world – helping us achieve a more sustainable future.”
Samsung’s products are thoughtfully designed to minimize the impact on the environment during their entire lifecycle – including power-efficient semiconductor chips, sustainable packaging, energy-saving technology and the ability to upcycle old devices. To view Samsung’s sustainability progress, check out the 2021 Sustainability Report.
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