The new value-driven cables reflect Accell's concern towards environmental conservation through smart product design and packaging. These cables are manufactured to the stringent "RoHS" directive and the Proposition 65 standard, enacted to reduce the amount of hazardous chemicals used in production.

Green Cable Compliance to Proposition 65

All of Accell's cable products, including its GreenCable® products, comply with the guidelines of Proposition 65. What is Proposition 65? In 1986, California voters approved an initiative to address their growing concerns about exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative became the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known by its original name of Proposition 65. The Proposition was intended by its authors to protect California citizens and the State's drinking water sources from chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, and to inform citizens about exposures to such chemicals The chemical list contains a wide range of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals that are known to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. These chemicals include additives or ingredients in pesticides, common household products, food, drugs, dyes, or solvents. Listed chemicals may also be used in manufacturing. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) administers the Proposition 65 program. OEHHA, which is part of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), also evaluates all currently available scientific information on substances considered for placement on the Proposition 65 list.

GreenCable® Compliance to the RoHS Directive

The RoHS Directive stands for "the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment". This directive, adopted in February 2003, bans the placing on the European market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. Although Federal RoHS-like regulation in the US is unlikely in the near to medium term, Accell is taking a leadership role in creating products that comply with the stingent RoHS directive. The Green Cable products involve coordinating Accell's efforts with those of business partners who supply components, devices, materials and packaging with the objective to improve competitiveness with respect to Accell and its business partners through the development of environmentally friendly products that reduce environmental impact.