Ring Battery Doorbell Camera Owner’s Manual
- August 30, 2024
- Ring
Table of Contents
Product
Sustainability
Fact Sheet Ring Battery Doorbell
2024 release
Updated September 2024 – for US only
Designed for Sustainability
We’re working to make Amazon devices more sustainable – from how we build them to how customers use and eventually retire them.
Carbon Footprint
19 kg CO₂e total carbon emissions
Materials
Made from 15% recycled materials (not including power adapter, cable and wall
mounting tools). 100% recyclable packaging (shipping packaging not included).
Energy
We invest in renewable energy that, by 2025, will be equivalent to this
device’s electricity usage.
Trade-in and Recycle
Built to last. But when you’re ready, you can trade-in or recycle your
devices. Explore Amazon Second
Chance.
Figures are for Ring Battery Doorbell, not including any other versions or any bundled accessories or devices. We update the carbon footprint when we discover new information that increases the estimated carbon footprint of a device by more than 10%.
This device is a Climate Pledge Friendly product. We partner with trusted third-party certifications and create our own certifications like Compact by Design and Pre-owned Certified to highlight products that meet sustainability standards.
The product carbon footprint of this device has been certified by SCS Global Services¹.
Product Sustainability Fact Sheet
Ring Battery Doorbell
Life Cycle
We consider sustainability in every stage of a device’s life cycle – from sourcing raw materials to end-of-life.
Ring Battery Doorbell total life cycle carbon emissions: 19 kg CO₂e
Life Cycle Assessment: A methodology to assess the environmental impact (e.g.,
carbon emissions) associated with life cycle stages of a product—from raw
material extraction and processing, through production, use, and disposal.
This product’s biogenic carbon emissions of 0.006 kg CO₂e are included in the
total footprint calculation. The total biogenic carbon content in this product
is 0.019 kg C. Percentage values may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Materials and Manufacturing
We account for the extraction, production, and transportation of raw materials, as well as the manufacturing, transporting, and assembling of all parts.
Recycled Materials
This device is made from 15% recycled materials (not including power adapter,
cable and wall mounting tools). The plastic in this device is made from 44%
post-consumer recycled plastic. The aluminum parts are made from 50% recycled
aluminum. We incorporate recycled fabrics, plastics, and metals into many new
Amazon devices, giving new life to materials.
Recyclable Packaging
This device has 100% recyclable packaging. 99% of this device’s packaging is
made of wood fiberbased materials from responsibly managed forests or recycled
sources.
Chemical Safety
Through our partnership with ChemFORWARD, we’re collaborating with industry
peers to proactively identify harmful chemicals and safer alternatives ahead
of regulations.
Suppliers
All of our assembly sites for this product have achieved UL Zero Waste to
Landfill Platinum certification. This means our suppliers handle waste in
environmentally responsible ways, diverting more than 90% of their facility’s
waste from the landfill through methods other than waste to energy.
We engage suppliers who manufacture our devices or their
components—particularly final assembly sites, semiconductors, printed circuit
boards, displays, batteries, and accessories—and encourage them to increase
renewable energy use and reduce manufacturing emissions. As of the end of
2023, we have received commitments from 49 device suppliers to work with us on
decarbonization, up from 28 suppliers in 2022. We also helped 21 suppliers
develop renewable energy plans for Amazon Devices production and assembly. We
are continuing to expand this program in 2024 and beyond.
Transportation
We account for an average inbound and outbound trip that is representative of an average device or accessory. This includes transporting the product from final assembly to the end customer.
Amazon Commitment
Delivering for our global customers requires Amazon to rely on a variety of
transportation solutions for long and short distances. Decarbonizing our
transportation network is a key part of meeting The Climate Pledge by 2040.
That’s why we’re actively transforming our fleet network and operations.
Product Use
We determine the expected energy consumption of a device over its lifetime and calculate the carbon emissions associated with the use of our devices.
Renewable Energy
In 2020, Amazon became the first consumer electronics company to commit to
addressing the electricity used by our devices through renewable energy
development, starting with Echo devices. We’re making investments in
additional wind and solar farm capacity that, by 2025, will be equal to the
energy use of Echo, FireTV, and Ring devices. worldwide.
End-of-Life
To model end-of-life emissions, we estimate the ratio of end products that are
sent to each disposal pathway including recycling, combustion, and landfill.
We also account for any emissions required to transport and/or treat the
materials.
Durability
We design our devices with best-in-class reliability models, so they’re more
resilient and last longer. We also release over-the-air software updates for
our customers’ devices so they don’t need to replace them as often.
Trade-in & Recycling
We make it easy for you to retire your devices. Using Amazon Trade-In, you can
trade-in your old devices for a gift card. Your retired devices will then be
either refurbished and re-sold, or recycled.
Methodology
Our approach to measuring a product’s carbon footprint?
To meet The Climate Pledge goal to be net-zero carbon by 2040, we measure and
estimate this product’s carbon footprint, and identify opportunities to reduce
its carbon emissions. Our life cycle assessment (“LCA”) models align with
internationally recognized standards, like the Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) Protocol
Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard² and International
Standards Organization (“ISO”) 14067³. Our methodology and product carbon
footprint results are reviewed by the Carbon Trust with reasonable assurance.
All carbon footprint numbers are estimates and we continuously improve our
methodology as the science and data available to us evolve.
What’s in an Amazon device’s product carbon footprint?
We calculate this product’s carbon footprint throughout its life cycle stages,
including materials and manufacturing, transportation, use, and end-of-life.
The life-cycle impacts are estimated based on the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (“IPCC”) 2021 Global Warming Potential for a 100-year
timeframe (“GWP100”) in CO2 equivalency factors (“CO2e”)⁴. Two carbon
footprint metrics are considered: 1) the total carbon emissions across all
life cycle stages of one device or accessory (in kilograms of carbon
dioxide equivalent, or kg CO₂e), and 2) the average carbon emissions per year
used of the estimated device lifetime, in kg CO₂e/use-year.
Materials and Manufacturing: We calculate the carbon emissions from material and manufacturing based on the list of raw materials and components to manufacture a product, namely the bill of materials. We account for the emissions from the extraction, production, and transportation of raw materials, as well as the manufacturing, transporting, and assembling of all parts. For certain components and materials, we may collect primary data from our suppliers to supplement our industry average data, collected from a mix of commercially and publicly available LCA databases.
Transportation: We estimate the emissions of transporting the product from final assembly to our end customer using actual or best estimated average transportation distances and transportation modes for each device or accessory.
Use: We calculate the emissions associated with the use (i.e., electricity consumption) of this product by multiplying the total electricity consumption over a device’s estimated lifetime with the carbon emissions from the generation of 1 kWh electricity (the grid emission factor). The total energy consumption of a device is based on the average customer’s power consumption and estimated time spent in various modes of operation like playing music, playing video, idle, and low power mode. A specific customer may have a higher or lower use phase footprint associated with their device depending on their specific usage patterns.
We use country-specific grid emission factors to account for the regional variations in electricity grid mix. Learn more about how Amazon plans to decarbonize and neutralize the use phase of our connected devices by 2040.
End-of-Life: For end-of-life emissions, we account for any emissions required to transport and/or treat the materials destined to each disposal pathway (e.g., recycling, combustion, landfill).
How do we use the product carbon footprint?
The footprint helps us identify carbon reduction opportunities across this
product’s various life cycle stages. In addition, we use it to communicate our
carbon reduction progress over time—this is included in the calculation of
Amazon’s corporate carbon footprint. Learn
more about
Amazon corporate carbon footprint methodology.
How often do we update a product’s carbon footprint?
After we launch a new product, we track and audit the carbon emissions of all life cycle phases of our devices. We update our product sustainability fact sheets when the estimated carbon footprint of a device increases by more than 10% or due to new information that changes our model inputs. These changes that are within Amazon’s control include adjustments to the product design, changes in product energy usage, and updates to transportation data. To make sure that we compare our new products fairly, we recalculate the footprint of their comparison products, incorporating updates in our methodology and emission factors. This report serves as an informational guide and should not be relied upon for product comparisons.
Learn more about our product carbon footprint methodology and limitations in our full methodology document.
Definitions:
Biogenic carbon emissions: Carbon released as carbon dioxide or methane from
combustion or decomposition of biomass or bio-based products.
Life Cycle Assessment: A methodology to assess the environmental impact (e.g., carbon emissions) associated with life cycle stages of a product—from raw material extraction and processing, through production, use, and disposal.
Endnotes
¹SCS Global Services Certification Number: CERT-SCS-RCA-10042; LCA data
version June 12. 2024 published by SCS Global Services.
²Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting
Standard: https://ghgprotocol.org/productstandard published by the
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
³International Standards Organization (“ISO”) 14067:2018 Greenhouse
gases—Carbon footprint of products—Requirements and guidelines for
quantification: https://www.iso.org/standard/71206.html published by
International Standards Organization
⁴Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) AR6: Climate Change 2021:
The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:
https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6/wg1/IPCC_AR6_WGI_FullReport.pdf published by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
References
- IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- ISO - International Organization for Standardization