Monday, January 19, 2009

More electronic companies going green, says Greenpeace Samsung and Toshiba at the top of Greenpeace list.

MANILA (04/09/2008) - While more IT companies are now taking significant steps toward going green, there is still a lot of work to do to protect the environment, says Greenpeace International, an environmental activist group.

During the release of the 7th edition of Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Toxics campaigner, Beau Baconguis, said that many companies are already at the 7/10 mark (with 10 as the highest 'green' score)--an indication that companies have already started moving toward green IT.

Asian electronics companies, Samsung Electronics and Toshiba, shared the top spot in the latest edition with a score of 7.7 out of 10. Samsung's consistency in its practices and policies kept the company score stable, while Toshiba climbed from the sixth spot through its improved score in Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR), which is the criterion on how each company takes care of the e-waste from its own discarded products.

The two companies surpassed mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, who should have been on top with a score of 8.3 but was penalized because of shortcomings and inconsistencies in its take-back or collection. Baconguis said that, although Greenpeace has been seeing improvements in the take-back system of Nokia in the Philippines and Thailand, they could not lift the penalty, yet, because collection practices in India and Russia remain lacking.

The guide has also noted improvements in phone manufacturer Motorola's take-back and recycling operations in the Philippines, Thailand, and India, moving the company up from 14th to 12th position. Meanwhile, gaming company, Nintendo, with its score of 0.3 has not moved from last place since the previous Greenpeace survey released three months ago.

From ITBusiness 10/1/2008 4:02:00 PM By: Jenalyn Rubio

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