Mirror, mirror. . . who's the greenest electronics company?

Posted September 30th, 2008 by Mark

Greenpeace has released their 2008 list of the greenist (and not so green) electronic companies.

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7
Nokia – Clear leader after improving take-back in India. More
5.7
Samsung – Good scores on chemicals and e-waste criteria. More
5.5
Fujitsu Siemens- New dealine for removal of BFRs and PVC but still poor on recycling. More
5.3
Sony Ericsson - Good on toxic chemicals and energy but very poor on recycling. More
5.3
Sony - Good on toxic chemicals, room for improvement on energy. More
4.9
LG - Improved score on recycling and energy. More
4.7
Toshiba - Improved climate policy, but poor on recycling. More
4.7
Dell - Dropping down with poor scores on climate policy. More
4.7
HP - Slightly improved score but no products free of most toxic chemicals. More
4.5
Acer - Good on chemicals policy but poor on energy policy. More
4.5
Panasonic - Needs to improve recycling and amount of renewable energy. More
4.3
Philips - worst company on recycling with additional penalty for negative lobbying in Europe. More
4.1
Apple - progress on eliminating toxics from new products but needs to improve on recycling and energy. More
4.1
Lenovo - New US tack back scheme, but still no products free of worst toxic chemicals. More
3.7
Motorola - Only phone company not to set a timeline for eliminating worst toxic chemicals. More
3.1
Sharp - Most points on toxic chemicals, poor on recycling and energy. More
2.2
Microsoft - Very poor on recycling and energy. More
0.8
Nintendo - Zero on most criteria except chemicals management and energy. More

 

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