Many CE Companies Decline in Greenpeace Rankings

Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics "ranks the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change" on a 10-point scale. The organization makes its older editions available online, so we took the opportunity to see how companies have been trending. Over half have seen their scores decline in the past eight months. We highlighted those companies most recently scoring 6.0 or better in green, those scoring below 4.0 in red.

1st Edition
2006.08
5th Edition
2007.09
9th Edition
2008.09
13th Edition
2009.09
15th Edition
2010.05

Nokia 7.0 8.0 7.0 7.5 7.5
Sony Ericsson 5.3 7.7 5.3 6.5 6.9
Philips     4.3 5.9 5.1
Motorola 1.7 6.7 3.7 5.3 5.1
Hewlett Packard 4.7 5.3 4.7 5.5 4.9
Sony 4.7 7.0 5.3 5.1 4.9
Panasonic 3.3 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.9
Apple 2.7 5.3 4.1 4.9 4.9
Sharp     3.1 5.1 4.5
Dell 7.0 7.3 4.7 4.7 4.3
Acer 2.3 5.7 4.5 4.7 4.1
Samsung 5.0 6.7 5.7 6.9 3.7
LG Electronics 4.3 7.0 4.9 4.7 3.7
Toshiba 3.0 6.0 4.7 5.7 3.5
Fujitsu 3.0 7.0 5.5 2.7 3.5
Microsoft     2.2 2.7 3.3
Lenovo 1.3 7.3 4.1 2.5 1.9
Nintendo     0.8 1.4 1.8
Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, Data from Selected Editions: 2006-09, 10.0 scale
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All companies except Dell, LG, Samsung, and Toshiba have improved their scores since they first appeared on the Greenpeace Guide.

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