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The Role of Workplace Initiatives OECD, March 1
2006
Jan Rudling, TCO Development, Sweden
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TCO Development

• We are part of TCO the Swedish confederation of
  professional employees
• TCO - 17 tradeunions,1.3 million members
• Untraditional way of trade union work

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Practices

• Involvement and participation a factor for
  success The Workplace Checker
• A voluntary approach The TCO-label for displays
  and IT-equipment
• Ca 50 of displays produced in the world are
  TCO-labelled

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Several respond alternatives
Space for writing comments
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The TCO assessment model

• Sammanställ resultatet

Yellow OK. You are not systematic enough and not
enough attention to success factors
Red Stop. Look at this area. You are breaking the
regulations
Green Very well. You meet regulations and work
well with success factors. Ready for external
audit
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Workplace checker

• Principles Participation and involvement
• Systematic approach Plan, Do, Check, Act and
  involvement with all employees
• Factors for success Participation, systematic
  and precautionary approach, dialogue, active
  participation from management

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Conclusions for OECD - suggestions

• Workplace initiative experiences
• Involve the user at the workplace
• A continous dialogue and a systematic approach
• Prepare the assessment as important as the
  assessment itself.
• Involve the co-workers in the analysis

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TCO-label of IT-equipment

• Work started in the 1980s when computers entered
  the workplace
• Background strain injuries, vision problems,
  EMFs controversial worker complaints
• Issues difficult to handle for authorities
• The TCO approach - demand shaping process with
  the user in focus led to TCO label 1992
• Co-operation with other stakeholders

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In co-operation with
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TCO-labels
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A holistic approach
Ergonomics Ecology Energy Emissions
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Values behind the TCO-label

• Requirements complement to legislation
• Continous improvements of requirements and test
  methods
• User perspective and stakeholder approach
• Open process to create requirements, transparency
• Measureable reqs high quality in testing
• Holistic approach working environment as well
  as ecological issues
• International co-operation and representatives

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Conclusions for OECD - suggestions

• Voluntary labelling program experiences
• Complement to legislation and standards
• Always involve the users and workers
• Involve other stakeholders co-operation
• Transparency and openness
• Marketdriven labelling can be more efficient
  than official programs to make a change