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GREENPEACE RELEASES ANNUAL GREEN ELECTRONICS RANKINGS
By Megan Treacy
ecogeek.org
July 2, 2009

http://ecogeek.org/computing-and-gadgets/2841-greenpeace-releases-annual-gre
en-electronics-ranki

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the
-companies-line-up

Greenpeace International has released its annual "Guide to Greener
Electronics" where it ranks leading electronics companies on their policies
towards toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change. This year, PC makers
made up the bottom of the list, Apple floated somewhere in the middle and
cell phone makers got the highest marks. Below is the list with each
company's score from 1 - 10 (10 being the best) with the brief explanation
of the score provided by Greenpeace.

* 7.45 Nokia - Scores top marks for leading competitors on toxic phase out.

* 7.1 Samsung - Holds second position for commitment to reduce absolute
emissions.

* 6.5 Sony Ericsson - Up two places with better product energy efficiency
reporting.

* 5.7 LG Electronics - Up two places but needs to eliminate hazardous
chemicals from all products.

* 5.5 Toshiba - Moves up two places with an extra point for promising to cut
GHGs.

* 5.5 Motorola - Scores higher and climbs two places because of use of
renewable energy

* 5.3 Philips - Falls from 4th to 7th position and needs to put its
commitment to responsible recycling policies into practice.

* 5.3 Sharp - Rises from 9th to joint 7th place with its energy efficient
products.

* 4.9 Acer - Put out 16 new models of a monitor that are almost free of
hazardous chemicals and climbed two places from 11 to 9 but still needs to
sort out the power cord.

* 4.9 Panasonic - Advance from 12th to 10th place for energy efficiency and
PVC-free product range, but still bad on e-waste.

* 4.7 Apple - Drops one position to 11th with no change in scores but gets
kudos for their green MacBook.

* 4.5 Sony - Plunges from 5th to 12th place for inadequate commitments on
eliminating hazardous chemicals, e-waste policy and cutting GHGs.

* 3.9 Dell - Stays at 13th place because of backtracking on toxic phase out.

* 3.5 HP - Is at 14th position and has no products on the market free of
toxic substances.

* 2.5 Microsoft - Loses a point for a poor recycling policy but stays in
15th position.

* 2.5 Lenovo - Down two places with no set timeline for toxic phase out on
all products.

* 2.4 Fujitsu - Debuts second from last with no products that are free of
hazardous chemicals.

* 1 Nintendo - Stays put in last position with a glimmer of hope with
partially PVC-free consoles.

As you can see, this year PC makers were highly criticized for either
backtracking on commitments to remove hazardous chemicals from their
products or not producing a policy to do so at all. You can download a PDF
of the full scorecard here:

http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/guide-to-g
reener-electronics-12-edition.pdf

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