Committees
The Global Lighting Association develops and supports working committees that proactively address industry issues through research, collaboration and publications. Comprised of industry experts, these committees provide information and expertise to members, governments, associations and other stakeholders.
The following key policy areas were identified in 2023 as issues of importance to the GLA membership and four working groups were subsequently set up to develop industry positions in each of the focus areas indicated in the diagram below.
The Global Lighting Association’s Four Pronged Policy Focus
Global Lighting Association - Working Groups
Environmental Sustainability
The aim of this WG is to provide industry guidance on how to get to a comprehensive global framework for measuring and evaluating the environmental impact of lighting and systems throughout their lifespan, from production to disposal and drive global convergence. The WG will focus on sustainability topics such as Life Cycle Assessments/Environmental Product Declarations, Lifetime & Repairability And Extended Producer Responsibility.
Light & Health
The objective of the WG is to make available a robust and comprehensive set of guidelines for safe and sustainable indoor lighting practices that promote human health and well-being. To disseminate the guidelines to a broad audience, including policymakers, lighting professionals and the general public. The aim of this action is to increase awareness of and accelerate regulation for indoor lighting that supports health and well-being.
Light at Night
The objective of this WG is to make available a robust and comprehensive set of guidelines for safe and sustainable outdoor lighting practices that promote biodiversity. To disseminate the guidelines to a broad audience, including policymakers, lighting professionals, and the general public. Part of this work will include a review of existing best practice guidelines on light at night and an effort to enhance them where necessary.
Realistic Regulatory Narratives
The purpose of this WG is to develop industry positions that provide correct narratives where needed, in order to counter incorrect assessments and information promoted by other parties. Such parties may promote positions regarding lighting product and system attributes, such as proposed quality and performance tiers, colour, lifetime, standby power and efficacy for common SSL applications and how they should be regulated.
Substances Working Group
It is often the case that when one country/region regulates a substance, others follow. The role of the WG is to manage the impact on the global lighting industry by addressing the scope of the restriction, concentration thresholds for restrictions, availability of exemptions and identification of the right transition timetable per region based on local specificities.