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From Component Supply to Equipment Refurbishment, Philips Commits to Reducing its Carbon Footprint
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From Component Supply to Equipment Refurbishment, Philips Commits to Reducing its Carbon Footprint

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The Dutch company is working upstream by seeking to engage its component suppliers in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and downstream by working with hospitals on the use of their equipment.

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Douglas Fischer

Douglas Fischer is the executive director of Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes EHN.org.

The Dutch company is working upstream by seeking to engage its component suppliers in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and downstream by working with hospitals on the use of their equipment.

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