| Greenpeace releases the tenth edition of "Guide to Greener Electronics" NO.42/2008 |
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Since the first edition of the Guide to Greener Electronics was published in August 2006, Greenpeace has updated the assessment every three months. The latest tenth edition was released on November 24, 2008, which assessed 18 world-renowned manufacturers, covering products such as computers, mobile phones, televisions and game consoles.
Key Evaluation Points
This evaluation continues the key points of the eighth edition, assessing various major manufacturers based on 15 criteria, covering the following:
 | Does the product contain any specific harmful substances? |
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| For SVHCs included on or after December 1, 2010, the notification date must be no later than six months after the substance is included. |
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| Improve corporate policies and practices related to climate and energy |
Evaluation and ranking
Nokia retained its first place with a score of 6.9, followed by Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, and Samsung tied for second place, with Fujitsu Siemens and LGE close behind.
Motorola, Microsoft, Dell, and Apple have no targets or timelines for reducing global warming pollution and CO2 emissions. Only Fujitsu, Philips, and Sharp support a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020; HP and Philips have made a more explicit commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in their production processes and supply chains, thus receiving the highest scores in energy consumption and climate change response. Most companies use only a small amount of renewable energy, but Nokia currently gets 25% of its electricity from renewable sources and has pledged to increase that figure to 50% by 2010.
On September 9, 2008, Apple released the fourth-generation iPod, a best-selling product that claimed to be free of mercury, brominated flame retardants (BFR), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). This earned Apple a high score in the hazardous substances assessment, but it failed to improve its overall score and achieve a high ranking.
The full assessment report is available on the Greenpeace official website. www.greenpeace.org/ Free download.
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Greenpeace official website
