Greenpeace first released their 'Guide to Greener Electronics' in August 2006; the guide ranks the 17 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TV's and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change.
In their 11th edition, HP, Lenovo, and Dell received a penalty for breaking their promises to phase-out toxic chemicals. In fact, of the 5 top PC makers, only Apple is making large strides. Meanwhile, Philips was moved from 15th place to 4th in the list of companies.
- Nokia – Keeps top spot with new CO2 emissions reduction targets.
- Samsung - Up two places with clear support for global climate change cuts.
- Sony Ericsson – Down one place with more work to do on recycling.
- Philips - Biggest mover, up 11 places due to big recycling policy improvements.
- Sony - Up two places with better product energy efficiency reporting.
- LG Electronics - Loses points for delaying toxics phase out for all products.
- Toshiba- Loses points for poor CO2 reduction target and missing energy efficiency data.
- Motorola - Down one place, needs to improve on waste and energy.
- Sharp - Unchanged - gains point for new US recycling scheme, loses one for weaker commitment on global emissions reduction.
- Apple - Up four places, good on chemicals elimination, improved on recycling but still poor on energy.
- Acer - Score drops slightly due to poor e-waste scores.
- Panasonic - Down 3 places due to poor definition of precautionary principle and energy efficiency reporting.
- Dell - Continues to drop, penalty point for breaking commitment phase out of toxics by end 2009.
- Lenovo - Penalty point for breaking commitment phase out of toxics by end 2009.
- Microsoft - Score drops due to bad performance on e-waste.
- HP - Penalty point for breaking commitment phase out of toxics by end 2009.
- Nintendo - Remains in last place, unchanged score.
Take a look at the Guide to Greener electronics for more detailed information (including the grading criteria).
