Greenpeace: Sony Ericsson ranked as most "Green" electronics company
29 November 2007 by Olav Hellesø-Knutsen The latest edition of Greenpeace's quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics shows that Nokia has been pushed down from the first place by Sony Ericsson and Samsung Greenpeace first released the 'Guide to Greener Electronics' in August 2006 and this is the sixth version of the list. The 18 top manufactures of personal computers, mobile phones, TV's and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. The TV and games consoles manufacturers are new this quarter. Nokia has always been the best in class according to the Greenpeace Green Guide. The reason why Sony Ericsson now is the leader is because Nokia has penalty point deducted for deficiencies in takeback practice in Thailand, Russia and Argentina Greenpeace tested the implementation of product takeback programmes in six countries where Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson claim, on their websites, to operate product takeback programmes. Nokia representatives in the Philippines, Thailand, Argentina, Russia and India were not informed about their companies' own programmes and in many cases provided misleading information. Motorola staff in the Philippines, Thailand and India was unable to direct customers to collection points in their respective countries
Ranking criteria explained The ranking criteria reflect the demands of the Toxic Tech campaign to the electronics companies. Our two demands are that companies should:
The two issues are connected. The use of harmful chemicals in electronics prevents their safe recycling when the products are discarded. Companies scored marks out of 30 this has then been calculated to a mark out of 10 for simplicity Read more about the line up at the Greenpeace web site
The table shows us that the average has rosen every time since the start except this last quarter. Motorola and Nokia should take the blame for this. Motorola falls due to penalty point for poor takeback practice in Philippines, Thailand and India. Keep in mind that the guide does not rank companies on labour standards, energy use or any other issues.
Comments On 19 Dec 20:52 Sergyu wrote k800i its very fany On 18 Dec 22:01 nixname wrote i actually feel sorry for nintendo.... a 0 on all criteria! xD well... glad to know my favorite brand scores highest^^(SE) On 17 Dec 16:12 kartijoss28 wrote Bravo SE........ Let's go to Green..... On 11 Dec 13:56 kurt wrote ya right se are the best nokia is shit damn On 11 Dec 06:55 ulntodz wrote at eroda. he he he he . . . . On 10 Dec 09:42 satish wrote my se K750i its great On 6 Dec 01:05 Eroda wrote Bullshit, fake study! On 3 Dec 22:38 grafyman wrote sony ericsson is great...............lol On 3 Dec 00:29 hamidreza wrote sony ericsson is king On 1 Dec 11:23 SaurabhBhatia wrote Sony Ericsson Rocksssssssssssssss On 1 Dec 03:37 goblin wrote im part of that ! im SE user On 30 Nov 00:54 HaroonLali wrote SonyEricsson, makes the best user-friendly handsets, for thoze, who want the world on their fingertips in the simplest way with the extreme technology...... On 29 Nov 20:48 walooodi wrote i am waleed On 29 Nov 18:43 HAJLAJ wrote Great iniative from Greenpeace, hopefully all big brands will rank this list high. Happy that SE is infront to =) On 29 Nov 11:09 t wrote how about making some new future good phones now... On 29 Nov 09:15 Okama wrote Yes the SE is the best of all and nokia is the worst On 29 Nov 09:03 shazam wrote whats takeback?? Will SE takeback my T310 and pay me the 200$ i spent to buy it??lol On 29 Nov 08:03 Ranjith wrote hmm..impressive.... |
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