LG Turns up the Volume on its Energy and Climate Strategy

When assessing the carbon footprint of a $45 billion electronics company, thoughts quickly turn to the environmental costs associated with developing, manufacturing and transporting a world’s worth of appliances and high-def televisions.

But what if that same company sought to transform an industry by making energy efficiency the centerpiece of its differentiation strategy?

Within the past 12 months, LG Electronics has transcended the usual company line on green hype to prove that energy conservation is hip, and that sustainability concepts need not come at the cost of product quality and price.

“As an organization, we’d like to see ourselves as more than just an electronics and appliance company,” says Christine Ackerson, sustainability and CSR manager for LG Electronics USA. “We’re striving to be a connection point for consumers to understand the link between energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change.”

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