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From Lauraibm
Full story: Companies Decide to go Green (1-Oct-07)
Greenpeace released their "Guide to Greener Electronics" in August 2006 which ranked 14 manufacturers of computers and mobile phones according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling.
The September 2007 company rankings are Nokia (8/10), Sony Ericsson (7.7/10), Dell (7.3/10), Lenovo (7.3/10), LG (7/10), Sony (7/10), Fujitsu-Siemens (7/10), Samsung (6.7/10), Motorola (6.7/10), Toshiba (6/10), Acer (5.7/10), Apple (5.3/10), Hewlett-Packard (5.3/10) and Panasonic (5/10). Nokia has always been on the top of the ladder since August 2006. Lenovo who has moved up the ladder from the lowest rank in August 2006 now ranks fourth. At the bottom of the ladder are Panasonic, Hewlett Packard and Apple.
HP is now in 13th place down from 6th. It has weakened its support for individual producer responsibility and has provided a substitution timeline for future substances. It was the first company to devise an electronic waste take-back/recycling metric based on a percentage of sales. HP failed to provide timelines for the complete elimination of PVC and all BFRs.