Conclusion - Mercedes-Benz E-Class Manual

6. Conclusion

The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class not only meets the highest
demands in terms of safety, comfort, agility, and design, but
also shows significant improvements over the entire lifecycle
compared to its predecessor. This is documented comprehen-
sively in the underlying lifecycle assessment report and was
examined in an appropriate way in the context of advanced
sensitivity analyses. The result was verified by environmental
experts of TÜV SÜD.
In the new E-Class, Mercedes-Benz customers benefit for
example from significantly enhanced fuel economy, lower
emissions of air pollutants compared to the predecessor
model and a comprehensive recycling concept. In addition,
it employs a great proportion of high-quality secondary and
renewable raw materials.
Mercedes-Benz has published since 2005 as the world's
first automotive manufacturer environmental product
information referred to as "Environmental Certificate" as a
result of the Design for Environment process based on ISO
TR 14062 and ISO 14040/14044. Over and above this, since
2012 the requirements of the new ISO 14006 standard relat-
ing to the integration of environmentally compatible product
development into the higher-level environmental and quality
management systems have been met, as also confirmed by
TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH.
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