The European semiconductor industry takes a proactive approach to Environment Safety & Health (ESH) challenges. The European industry has an excellent ESH performance record and has repeatedly set and met voluntary emission reduction targets. It maintains a safe and healthy work environment for its employees and promotes safe and health-conscious working practices. The industry promotes international cooperation regarding chemical management, utilising scientific evidence and health assessment as the basis for effective workplace protection.
As part of the World Semiconductor Council (WSC), ESIA is playing a leading role in advancing initiatives at the WSC ESH Committee. Through this unique forum, the global semiconductor industry is working together on collaborative approaches relating to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, resource conservation and safety & health issues.
Chair
Pascal Roquet - STMicroelectronics
March 2023: ESIA / SEMI Joint statement on the Revision of the F-Gas Regulation
November 2022: ESIA Position Paper on Effectively banning products produced, extracted, or harvested with forced labour
May 2022: ESIA Position Paper on the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CS3D)
September 2021: ESIA Brochure on the European Semiconductor Industry: a strong contributor to reducing Carbon Emissions
July 2021: ESIA Feedback to the Public Consultation on RoHS exemption 4(f), (Mercury in other discharge lamps for special purposes) Annex III
July 2021: ‘Fit for 55’: delivering the EU's 2030 Climate Target on the way to climate neutrality
June 2021: ESIA Input to the targeted REACH revision Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) Online Consultation
October 2020: Commission Staff Working Document on Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
October 2020: Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: Towards a Toxic-Free Environment
October 2020: European Chemicals Agency webinar on Restriction of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH
September 2020: Industry letter to Commission President von der Leyen: “The notification deadline for the SCIP database must be postponed”
March 2020: New Circular Economy Action Plan
March 2020: European Climate Law
February 2020: ESIA Submission to Öko-Institut Stakeholder Consultation on Diantimony Trioxide Annex II Dossier – RoHS
January 2020: ESIA and RoHS Umbrella Industry Project: RoHS Directive Dossier Application for Renewal of Exemption 7a to the European Commission
January 2020: ESIA and RoHS Umbrella Industry Project: RoHS Directive Dossier Application for Renewal of Exemptions 15 & 15a to the European Commission
December 2019: The European Green Deal
November 2019: ESIA Submission to Öko-Institut Stakeholder Consultation on a “Study to support the review of the list of restricted substances and to assess a new exemption request under RoHS 2 (Pack 15)”
September 2019: ESIA Input to European Commission Renewal of Exemption 4f – Mercury for Special Purpose Lamps
July 2019: ECHA Guidelines on: “How to comply with REACH Restriction 71, guideline for users of NMP (1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone)”
June 2019: EU Environmental Council Conclusions: “Towards a Sustainable Chemicals Policy Strategy of the Union”
June 2019: ESIA Response to ECHA Online Consultation: Call for evidence on lead and its compounds, related to scientific evaluation of health-based exposure limits at the workplace
May 2019: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 3: Industrial Processes and Product Use, Chapter 6: Electronics Industry Emissions
April 2019: U.N. Stockholm Convention on POPs, 9th Conference of the Parties Decision: Listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
December 2018: Joint Industry Statement on Methodology to Ban Substances under the RoHS Directive
December 2018: ESIA Response to Öko-Institut Consultation on Methodology to Ban Substances under the RoHS Directive (Pack 15)
June 2018: ESIA & MMTA Joint Industry Response on Indium Phosphide: RoHS Pack 15 Study to Support the Review of the List of Restricted Substances
June 2018: ESIA & BeST Comments on Beryllium: RoHS Pack 15 Study to Support the Review of the List of Restricted Substances
March 2018: Joint Industry Statement on RoHS Exemptions: Call for a Realistic Timetable for Transitioning to New Lighting Technologies
February 2018: Semiconductor Industry Statement to the U.N. Stockholm Convention POP-Review Committee on the Phase-Out of PFOS
November 2017: Joint Association Position on Joint Association Position on UAE Regulation to Control Hazardous Materials in Electrical & Electronic Devices
January 2017: ESIA Views on the European Commission Chemical Regulation Evaluation (‘REACH REFIT’)
July 2016: ESIA & Cross Association Umbrella Project: Initial Feedback on RoHS Pack 9 Exemptions Assessment Report
June 2015: ESIA Submission to ECHA Consultation on Restriction proposal for PFOA, its salts and related substances
February 2015: ESIA position on the WHO recommendation to add Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butanediol (BDO) to Schedule I of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances
November 2014: ESIA Brochure: “Semiconductors at the heart of energy efficiency”
April 2013: ESIA position paper on continued access to HFC compounds essential for European semiconductor manufacturing
January 2009: ESIA Brochure: “Enabling sustainable living in 21st century in Europe”
May 2008: WSC Presentation: “The Semiconductor Industry Contribution to Saving Energy and Protecting the Global Environment”
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[1] United Nations Global Compact. The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/mission/principles
[2] Sustainable Development Goals. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300