Clean Electronics Production Network, CEPN

About us

The Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN) is a multi-stakeholder innovation network, with the goal to:

Move toward zero exposure of workers to toxic chemicals in electronics manufacturing.

CEPN fosters collaborative innovation, uniting diverse stakeholders including technology suppliers, brands, labor and environmental advocates, governments, and other leading experts to work together to understand, address, and eliminate workers’ exposure to toxic chemicals in electronics production.

Workers in electronics production facilities around the world are often involuntarily exposed to toxic chemicals. Network members develop solutions to protect the health and safety of front-line workers, prioritizing elimination and substitution of toxic chemicals with safer alternatives, and supporting the protection of workers through effective controls until that is achieved. CEPN members commit to working together in the service of a shared goal of moving toward zero exposure of workers to toxic chemicals in electronics manufacturing.

Network members develop solutions across four focus areas: Worker Engagement and Participation; Tracking and Monitoring Exposures; Targeted Safer Substitutions, and Standardized Process Chemicals Data Collection.
TOWARD ZERO EXPOSURE 

A Commitment Program to Protect Workers from Chemical Hazards in the Electronics Supply Chain

The Network launched the Toward Zero Exposure program in the Summer of 2021. This program will support electronics companies in assessing the use of process chemicals, strengthening the culture of worker safety and engagement, reducing worker exposure to identified priority process chemicals, and substituting them with safer alternatives within their own manufacturing processes, as well as ultimately reaching deeper into their supply chain. 

The Toward Zero Exposure Program includes 6 core commitments:

1. Eliminate Exposures to Priority Chemicals
2. Process Chemical Data Collection
3. Worker Engagement and Participation
4. Reach in above Deeper Tiers
5. Reporting and Verification
6. Continuous Improvement across all areas above