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With the goal of achieving carbon neutrality in its offices and operations by 2025, the company continues to examine its supply chain and has its sights set on 2030 targets
LOS ANGELES – Belkin, a leading consumer electronics brand for 40 years, released its 2023 Impact Report and announced its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. Belkin is already on track to achieve 100 percent carbon neutrality across its global offices and operations by 2025, driving progress beyond the supply chain and product lifecycle.
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Belkin is taking several key steps toward achieving its 2030 goals, including improving life cycle assessment (LCA) capabilities to more accurately measure emissions at the product level and enforcing accountability across its supply chain.
“In a rapidly changing and interconnected world, we have a great responsibility as a global company to lead by example and drive meaningful change in the areas of environmental sustainability, social responsibility and ethical governance,” said Steve Malony, CEO of Belkin. “At Belkin, we believe businesses can and should be a driving force. From our supply chain to product and beyond, we are committed to minimizing our environmental footprint, supporting our communities and maintaining the highest standards of integrity and transparency. Our commitment to impact is not just about what happens in our company, but also about the impact we have on the world around us.”
Over the last 12 months, Belkin has achieved the following on its path to carbon neutrality by 2030 and in line with its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Packaging and electronic waste (UN Goal 12)
- 63% reduction in plastic packaging1
- 64 tons of virgin plastic were replaced with post-consumer recycled materials (PCR).
- Funding responsible recycling of2:
- 27,560 tons of electrical and electronic equipment
- 10,734 tons of packaging
- 763 tons of batteries
Climate change (UN Goal 13)
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 67% during operations3
- 63% CO2 neutrality for Scope 2 emissions
Belkin is committed to finding more responsible ways to manufacture products, reduce its carbon emissions and minimize waste.
To learn more about Belkin’s Everyday Impact, visit: https://www.belkin.com/company/everyday-impact/
About Belkin
Belkin is a California-based accessories leader that has been delivering award-winning power, protection, productivity, connectivity and audio products for 40 years. Belkin was designed and engineered in Southern California and sold in more than 100 countries around the world. Belkin has continued to focus on research and development, community, education, sustainability and, most importantly, the people it serves. Since our humble beginnings in a Southern California garage in 1983, Belkin has grown into a diverse, global technology company. We will forever be inspired by the planet we live on and the connection between people and technology.
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1 Our overall share of single-use plastic packaging has decreased by 63% since 2019. |
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2 Since 2009, we have promoted the recycling of 27,560 tons of electronic waste, 10,734 tons of packaging and 763 tons of batteries |
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3 From 2009 to 2023, we achieved a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of over 67% in our operations. |
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