Electrical and electronic equipment

The electrical and electronic equipment sector powers our daily infrastructures and technologies while facing significant environmental challenges related to resources, sustainability, and electronic waste.

The strategic challenges related to the electrical and electronic equipment sector

The electrical and electronic equipment sector presents strategic challenges related to the efficient use of critical resources throughout the entire product life cycle.

Rising demand for electronic products
Driven by digital services, connected devices, data infrastructures, and the electrification of systems.
Dependence on energy-intensive processes and material-intensive inputs
Production relying on energy-intensive processes and critical raw materials (rare earth elements, lithium, cobalt, copper).
Improvement of environmental transparency
Need to ensure the reliability and structuring of environmental data across the entire product life cycle.

Improvement in the reliability of environmental assessment tools
Development of verified environmental declarations and enhanced life cycle inventories to support life cycle assessment (LCA) and eco-design.
Assessment of material criticality
Analysis of risks related to the availability and strategic importance of the raw materials used.
Recovery and valorisation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Development of advanced techniques for recovering raw materials from recycling streams.