Awards and Recognition

Samsung Electronics has received numerous awards for its environmental practices and eco-friendly products. Some of these recent awards are listed below:

Awards and recognition

  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
Category History Country Organization
Coporate Green Management Environmental, Social, Governance Assessment (July. 2012)
- Received A grade in environmental management among 710 listed companies
Korea Korea Corporate
Governance Service
Environmental Leadership Award (May. 2012)
- Recognition for recycling management and Energy Star promotion
USA City of Fresno
Friends of the Earth Award (May. 2012)
- Energy efficient technology like the LED TV, LED ramp
Italy Friends of the Earth
Industry Pioneer Award (May. 2012)
- Recognition for excellence of recycling volumes of e-waste
USA International Electronics
Recycling Conference & Expo
Energy Saving Contribution Award (May. 2012)
- Samsung China received awards for three consecutive years
China China Energy
Saving Association
The Communication of fair biz Award (Apr. 2012)
- Recognition for recycling scheme of toner cartridge
France Ministry of Environment
Environmental label excellence Award (Apr. 2012)
- Recognition for excellence of environmetal label cerfication
Korea Korea Environmental
Industry&Technology Institute
China top green company (Apr. 2012)
- Recognition for green management in China
China Daonong Center
for Enterprise
Energy Star Award (Mar. 2012)
- Selected as Partner of the Year for two consecutive years
USA Korea Corporate
Governance Service
Eco-Product &Technology Energy Winner Award (Jun. 2012)
- Energy Winner ( 10 products )
Korea Consumers Korea
Green Star Certification Award (Jun. 2012)
- Washing machine, refrigerator, Kimchi refrigerator and air conditioner.
Korea Korea Management
Association
2012 Korea Star Award (May. 2012)
- World first reusable packaging for refrigerator
Korea Ministry of Knowledge
Economy
TreeHugger's Best of Green Awards (Apr. 2012)
- Evergreen (SGH-A557) mobile phone
USA TreeHugger
iF Material Award (Feb. 2012)
- Eco-friendly material used in outer case of mobile phone
Germany International Forum
Design Hannover
Outstanding Achievement Award (Jan. 2012)
- Selected as the environmental mono-printer of the year
USA BLI
(Buyers Laboratory Institute)
CES Eco-Design Award (Jan. 2012)
- Washing machine, electric oven, Netbook, Transparent LCD panel
USA Consumer Electronics
Association