Year 2004 was the year when Samsung SDI began green procurement true to its name. In the beginning the company investigated basic environmental management capabilities of suppliers and harmful sub-stance use practices. In 2005 Samsung SDI already defined environmental management levels of over 600 Korean and foreign suppliers, and succeeded in identifying RoHS material contents in parts and materials supplied by them and reduced to levels defined by the regulations.
Now green procurement is one of the keys to procurement activities of Samsung SDI. From September 2005, suppliers entered environmental data of materials to supply inMegaSTEP, a purchase portal system.