The global electronics company said it had established a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for its semiconductors’ carbon footprint.
LCA is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts throughout the lifecycle of commercial products by quantifying the amount of energy, materials and waste discharge.
Samsung will use its LCA to quantify the carbon footprints of chips manufactured across all of its global manufacturing, testing and assembly locations in Korea, China and the US.
Samsung’s LCA will cover raw material extraction to chip manufacturing, assembling and testing, providing results in accordance with ISO 14040, ISO 14044 and ISO 14067 “to ensure credibility and transparency,” the company said.
“Since 2019, we have been actively mobilizing efforts to measure and reduce the carbon emissions of our key memory and logic solutions,” said Dooguen Song, executive vice president of the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Center at Samsung. “By leveraging LCA, we will be able to support our customers to achieve their carbon neutrality, as well as becoming more transparent on the environmental impact of the semiconductors we produce worldwide.”
According to Samsung, 37 of its semiconductor products have received carbon footprint accreditation from the Carbon Trust and UL since 2019, with 6 of its memory products certified for carbon reduction by the Carbon Trust. These products include DRAM, SSD, embedded storage, mobile SoC, mobile Image Sensor, automotive LED packages.