Philips

Mission

"Improve the quality of people's lives through timely introduction of eaningful innovations" Exploring the opportunities sustainability offers by making it an integral part of our strategic thinking and acting: social responsibility, environmental responsibility, economic responsibility, new sustainability initiatives and of our suppliers.

Organization Type Private Industry

Contact Information

Primary Contact
Mr. Jan Alders
Secondary Contact
Ms. Helene Mancheron

Address PO Box 20100
Drachten, Friesland
9200 CA
Netherlands
Website www.philips.com
Phone 315-1259-4419
Fax 315-1259-4480
Calling/Fax Instructions

Our Focus

Primary Initiatives, Target Populations, and Scope of Work:

India, Rural areas, BOP market Operating at a national and international level. Looking at Africa, Rural areas, BOP market

Fuels/Technologies: Biomass
Sectors of Experience: Other
Development and manufacture of electronic and electrical products
Countries of Operation: Cambodia

Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas

Social/Cultural barriers to using traditional fuels and stoves:

Using local NGOs and National organisation to define and provide a attractive consumer proposition as alternative for traditional stoves


Market development for improved cooking technologies:

Uses own consumer oriented marketing tools and makes use of local NGOs/partners.


Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

Able to participate in setting standards for performance measurements. Able to test stoves accoording WBT (Co, CO2, PM etc.). Focus on fuel reduction and (near) smokelessness. Main product focus on fan driven woodstoves.


Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

Development of a fan driven woodstove with a step change in reduction of indoor air polution.

Relevant Publications or Studies

No input

Our Contribution to the Partnership

As Philips we can participate is setting standards for performance measurements, share our results, and contibute to share knowlegde enabling the health improvement of many people at the BOP.