Greenpeace announced the sixth quarter of its Guide to Greener Electronics on November 27, 2007. This is the first time that electronics companies such as televisions and fast-growing portable computer game consoles have been included in the evaluation. The results of the evaluation pointed out that Nintendo was the least environmentally friendly electronics company, while Philips and Microsoft were the second to last and third least environmentally friendly electronics companies respectively.
Sony Ericsson and Samsung both scored a high score of 7.7 out of 10, ranking them as the world's "greenest electronics companies."
Greenpeace has been publishing this assessment survey report since August last year and updates it quarterly. This is the sixth report. The biggest difference is that in addition to mobile phone and personal computer companies, four new companies have been assessed. , bringing the total number of companies from 14 to 18. The scoring is based on a total of nine items including each company's products containing toxic chemical substances and recycling of old products, with a perfect score of ten.
Nintendo, which owns the popular product Wii in the video game market, has been prospering, but it has also been labeled as the least environmentally friendly electronics company. Green environmental organizations pointed out that Nintendo still has no timetable for eliminating toxic substances such as PVC and brominated flame retardants in its products. , the recycling volume of old products is also very small, and it did not score a single point in the end, becoming the first company to receive a total score of zero since this survey.
Microsoft ranked 16th out of 18 companies. Although the company has established a policy to stop using toxic chemicals, Greenpeace believes that it was too late to stop using toxic chemicals in 2011. In addition, Microsoft does not have an automatic product recycling plan.
Nokia, the mobile phone leader that was ranked the most environmentally friendly electronics manufacturer in the last survey, dropped sharply to ninth place this time. The main reason is that after actual visits to the Philippines, Thailand, Russia, Argentina, and India, Greenpeace found that The local Nokia representative was not aware of the parent company's product takeback programs. Nokia employees in the Philippines, Thailand and India were also unable to correctly inform customers of domestic recycling points. Greenpeace therefore believed that the green statement issued by Nokia did not match its actions (not matching words to actions) and was deducted points.
Apple, which ranked last in the last survey, in addition to releasing information on the chemical substances used in iMacs and iPods, the new iMacs and iPods are made with bromine-free casings and circuit boards, and PVC-free internal wires. become. Apple CEO Steve Jobs also announced that he would phase out the use of PVC and brominated flame retardants (BRFs) by the end of 2008, as well as provide a policy timetable for the phase out of toxic chemicals (such as arsenic and mercury used in LCDs). As a result, Apple’s ranking rose to 11th place this time.
Please refer to the attachment for the full version of Greenpeace International’s environmental assessment report on 18 major electronics manufacturers around the world.
– Reference source: Greenpeace International Greenpeace official website 2007-12-05
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