LG Electronics has become the first major appliance manufacturer to have its refrigerators certified by the CSA Group to meet the industry’s new sustainability standard for household refrigeration appliances.

Nine LG refrigerators, from popular French door models to all-new LG ThinQ ‘smart’ models, achieved the levels required to meet the new environmental standard, according to CSA Group.

The 2012 sustainability standard is based on a life cycle approach for identifying the environmental impacts of refrigerator products in five key areas: materials, manufacturing and operations, energy consumption during use, product performance, and end of life.

This is the first in a series of product sustainability standards for use by manufacturers, governments, retailers and others to identify products with features designed with the environment in mind.