In January 2021 Ethical Consumer viewed the GREENoneTEC website for the company's environmental policy or report. The company stated that it operated in accordance with ISO 14001, and that it pursued "a clear strategy of manufacturing only ecologically feasible products in compliance with the strictest requirements for a resource-friendly production." It listed the following measures:

"- No use of materials hazardous to the environment.
- Fully recyclable collectors.
- Sustainable use of resources.
- Least possible amount of packaging.
- Energy-efficient production with integrated solar thermal and photovoltaic system."

The website provided further evidence of the company's energy supply being supported by renewable technologies such as solar PV, solar thermal and utilisation of waste-wood and waste-heat.

No information found regarding transportation or raw materials sourcing. No environmental data or targets were found.

The company appeared to only be producing renewable heating systems, solar thermal collectors. However as the company was medium-sized with an annual turnover above £10.2m, an environmental policy was deemed necessary to report on a company's environmental performance and set targets for reducing its impacts in the future.

A strong policy would include two future, quantified environmental targets, demonstration by the company that it had a reasonable understanding of its main environmental impacts, be dated within two years and have its environmental data independently verified.

GREENoneTEC did not meet any of these criteria therefore it received Ethical Consumer's worst rating for Environmental Reporting and lost a whole mark in this category.

In January 2021 Ethical Consumer viewed the website of GREENoneTEC, looking for information on what the company was doing to tackle climate change. Ethical Consumer was looking for the following:

For the company to discuss its areas of climate impact, and to discuss plausible ways it has cut them in the past, and ways that it will cut them in the future.

For the company to not be involved in any particularly damaging projects like tar sands, oil or aviation, to not be subject to damning secondary criticism regarding it’s climate actions, and to have a policy to avoid investing in fossil fuels.

For the company to report annually on its scope 1&2 greenhouse gas emissions (direct emissions by the company), and to go some way towards reporting on its scope 3 emissions (emissions from the supply chain, investments and sold products).

For the company to have a target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with international agreements (counted as the equivalent of at least 2.5% cut per year in scope 1&2 emissions), and to not count offsetting towards this target.

The company appeared to be producing only renewable heating systems, namely solar thermal products. No discussion or information about the company's climate impacts was found.

The company did not meet any of the above criteria. However, as its business was exclusively the production and distribution of renewable products, and the company was medium-sized with an annual turnover of between £10.2 million and £50 million, it received a partial exception from full carbon reporting and received a middle rating for carbon management and reporting and lost half a mark under Climate Change.

In January 2021 Ethical Consumer viewed the website of Haier, looking for information on what the company was doing to tackle climate change. The website contained links to the ESG 2019 report of Haier Electronic Group Co., Ltd and the CSR 2019 Report of Haier Smart Home (formerly Qingdao Haier), both of which were viewed by Ethical Consumer.

Ethical Consumer was looking for the following:
For the company to discuss its areas of climate impact, and to discuss plausible ways it has cut them in the past, and ways that it will cut them in the future.

For the company to not be involved in any particularly damaging projects like tar sands, oil or aviation, to not be subject to damning secondary criticism regarding it’s climate actions, and to have a policy to avoid investing in fossil fuels.

For the company to report annually on its scope 1&2 greenhouse gas emissions (direct emissions by the company), and to go some way towards reporting on its scope 3 emissions (emissions from the supply chain, investments and sold products).

For the company to have a target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with international agreements (counted as the equivalent of at least 2.5% cut per year in scope 1&2 emissions), and to not count offsetting towards this target.

The ESG report indicated the company's awareness of the need to address the company's climate impact by improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions. Examples provided of environmental management included the construction of "ecological industrial parks" and the establishment of a "smart energy cloud platform". Some examples of energy saving measures at factories were also given.

Scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions totals were provided for 2019, and it indicated that it was tracking emissions annually. No targets were provided.

Although the company reported its scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, it was not felt to have provided adequate detail to demonstrate a reasonable understanding of how to address its climate impacts.

Overall, Haier Group received Ethical Consumer’s worst rating for carbon management and reporting and lost a whole mark under Climate Change.

In January 2021 Ethical Consumer searched the Haier Group website, Haier Electronics Group website, and Haier Europe website for the company's policy on the use of potentially hazardous chemicals such as PVC, BFR and phthalates.

A toxics policy was deemed necessary for all electronics companies, as these substances were widely used by electronics companies and had a significant negative environmental impact when released after disposal. A strong policy on toxics would include publicly disclosed data on the use of hazardous chemicals such as PVC, BFR and phthalates; as well as clear, dated targets for ending their use.

The company's 2019 ESG report was also viewed which stated, "We have reinforced waste management and conducted front-end control of pollutants, and vigorously developed projects involving clean production, technique upgrade and substitution of chemicals". It also made reference to compliance with "Major Laws and Regulations" such as "Regulations on the Safety Administration of Hazardous Chemicals." No other information was found.

As the company had no specific policies on the use of toxic chemicals in electronics it lost a whole mark under Ethical Consumer's Pollution and Toxics category.

In January 2021 Ethical Consumer viewed the Haier Group website, Haier Electronics Group website, and Haier Europe website for the company's conflict minerals policy.

Conflict minerals are minerals mined in conditions of armed conflict and human rights abuses, notably in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The minerals in question are Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten and Gold (3TG for short) and are key components of electronic devices, from mobile phones to televisions.

Ethical Consumer expected all companies manufacturing electronics to have a policy on the sourcing of conflict minerals. Such a policy would articulate the company's commitment to conflict-free sourcing of 3TG minerals and a commitment to continue ensuring due diligence on the issue. The policy should also state that it intended to continue sourcing from the DRC region in order to avoid an embargo and that the company had membership of, or gave financial support to, organisations developing the conflict-free industry in the region.

The 2019 ESG report for Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd contained a section on "conflict minerals management". It stated "We have introduced suppliers’ conflict mineral examination measures in the social responsibility section of the “self-commitments”, requiring all suppliers of GE brand product to comply with policies and develop relevant procedures to avoid procuring and using conflict minerals. Suppliers are required to provide written statement and policy and track the metal sources used by their components or modules to ensure that their procurements do not involve minerals from unknown sources or conflict minerals. In order to meet the requirement of Euro-American market on supply chain management and conflict mineral management, Haier’s suppliers that manufacture GE brand product have all passed through SRG (Supplier Responsibility Guideline) certification."

No more detailed conflict minerals policy could be found. The above statement was considered to not contain adequate assurances that the company met the aforementioned criteria for a strong conflict minerals policy. Therefore it received Ethical Consumer's worst rating for its policy on conflict free minerals and lost a whole mark under the Habitats and Resources and Human Rights categories.