LG: 'Life's Good When It's Green'

Jumping on the green bandwagon, LG Electronics said it, too, was taking steps to make its products easier on the environment, a project it calls "Life's Good When It's Green."

The company did not offer specifics on how much energy would be saved or how much packaging would be reduced, but listed a number of components, including design, manufacture, reduced use of hazardous materials, improved recycling, reduction in greenhouse gases by 150 kilotons per year by 2020 in manufacturing and 30 megatons by 2020 in products, imposing similar standards on its vendors, and initiating a labeling program so consumers know about the programs.

In the US, LG's 2009 HDTVs will offer the Energy Star 3.0 rating, making them up to 30% more efficient than products without the rating; energy saving options; and electronics recycling options.