Environmental Leadership Council (ELC)
ITI's Environmental Leadership Council (the ELC) is the preeminent
industry voice for key domestic environmental policy. ELC members have
access to domestic advocacy and compliance assistance in the areas of
electronics recycling, environmentally preferable purchasing and
materials selection. The ELC is a separate membership within the
Information Technology Industry Council's Environment &
Sustainability division that allows companies to engage in certain
domestic, product-related environmental issues without joining ITI. The
Environmental Leadership Council (ELC) at ITI represents roughly 70 of
the principal manufacturers of information technology equipment,
wireless and consumer electronics devices, and other electronic and
high-tech products and systems.
Members of ITI have taken great strides to improve the end of life management of their products. ITI is involved with electronics recycling issues at the local, state, national, and international levels. We emphasize the importance of consistent requirements in order to facilitate compliance, establish a level playing field and avoid a patchwork of costly and inconsistent requirements. Most importantly, we advocate for electronics recycling solutions that are based on shared responsibility, under which all major stakeholders - manufacturers, government, non-governmental organizations, recyclers, businesses and consumers - work together to ensure the success of a recycling program.
The purchase of environmentally preferable products provides a market reward and recognition to companies whose dedication and commitment to sustainability has yielded concrete environmental and energy efficiency achievements. Through ITI's advocacy effort, members champion programs that promote environmentally preferable purchasing and rely on established and verifiable metrics. These programs not only stimulate and reward the creation of greener products, they green the entire product lifecycle from design to reuse and recycling.
ITI leads industry engagement on product design issues, such as materials restriction laws and design mandates. Our policy is to develop laws and regulations based on sound scientific assessments of the properties of substances, the risks of relevant exposures and the environmental and long-term performance characteristics of potential substitutes. ITI also promotes market-based incentives for green design and programs that reward environmentally preferable design initiatives.
