Lifecycle Assessment

Product Life Cycle

 

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Green design

• Reduction
• Hazardous substance free
• Energy saving
• Recovery

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Manufacture 

• Management system
• Energy saving & carbon reduction

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Distribution 

• Reduction of packaging materials
• Volume
• Weight

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Use

• Energy saving

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Disposal 

• Recovered materials
• Renewable materials
• The 3Rs assessment

Principle/Approach of ecological design

We place importance on four major green design approaches during the R&D stage, which are material reduction, hazardous substance management, energy saving and recycling. In the middle stages of design, we use the internal WEEE platform to make product recyclability assessments, and see if the recyclability of the product meets Qisda’s basic requirements. The product can only move on to the next stage of the design process after receiving confirmation that it has met all necessary requirements.

( Please refer Qisda's Programs In Place for Managing WEEE)
    
 

Process of ecological product design

In order to implement ecological design for all models and meet the requirements of customers/importing countries while continuing to promote material reduction, energy saving and carbon reduction, the design process of the machines can be roughly divided into three stages.

Environmental impact assessment and benefits of products

In 2024, products certified with the Energy Star label accounted for 57.89% of the Company ’s annual revenue. Based on the measured Typical Energy Consumption (ETEC) of these products compared to the Maximum Typical Energy Consumption (ETEC_ max), and assuming an average product lifespan of 6.6 years, it is estimated that a total of 3,709,525 GJ of energy can be saved, equivalent to a reduction of 509,029 tCO2e in carbon emissions.

(Please refer Qisda's proportion of product line in product revenue with respect to the environmental labels and declarations)

Quality/Hazardous substance management

Qisda devotes itself to promoting the quality management system (ISO 9001), the medical devices quality management system (ISO 13485), the automotive quality management system (IATF 16949) and the hazardous substance process quality management system (IECQ QC 080000). We design and manufacture products that conform to laws, regulations and the requirements for customer safety and health. In the “Quality and No-Hazardous Substance Handbook,” we clearly disclose Qisda’s policies for quality and hazardous substance free, and the policies are verified by a third party.    

The Chairman of Qisda also serves as the person in charge of our quality/hazardous substance management system, who supervises and establishes different levels of QA teams and coordinators to promote the quality/hazardous substance free policies throughout the company and require the employees’ compliance. By using communication methods such as educational training, internal announcements on the official website, promotional cards, Qisda guides our employees to be aware of the importance of meeting the requirements of laws and regulations, the quality policies of the Company, the quality goals and the requirements of the customers. We also inspect the suitability of the management system and the usability of resources during management review meetings. We hope to improve the process continuously, reduce defects and waste, and make improvements in quality and productivity by pursuing continuous enhancement and precaution with the most economical methods. Meanwhile, we hope to meet the EU RoHS Directive and the customers’ requirements, and further have our products comply with society’s expectation and reduce negative impacts to the environment.