Trusted Connectivity Alliance (TCA) has published the first common lifecycle assessment methodologies to provide a consistent and reliable approach for determining the environmental impact of SIM and eSIM products. This will increase trust, transparency and informed decision-making by ensuring that environmental claims are supported by credible and objective methodologies that have been collectively developed and backed by industry players.
To enable mobile operators, connectivity providers and device manufacturers to realise ambitious sustainability goals and meet climate commitments, SIM and eSIM providers are innovating to deliver more eco-friendly products. Yet there are different ways of assessing the environmental impact of these products, which can limit transparency throughout global value chains.
TCA recognised that offering a consistent approach for assessing and communicating the environmental performance of SIM and eSIM products would help to address this challenge. In response, TCA partnered with SE Advisory Services – Schneider Electric’s global consulting practice experienced in the connectivity services industry – to define common lifecycle assessment methodologies for both SIM and eSIM products. The methodologies can be accessed by any industry participant.
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