Nokia Greenest, Says Greenpeace

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Greenpeace’s latest Guide to Greener Electronics released yesterday has revealed that five leading brands are making significant progress in greening their electronics products -with Nokia leading. Nokia's seven points out of ten is due to improved take-back practice in India. "Most of the brands are responding to the more stringent chemical and e-waste criteria in the Greenpeace Guide and the recently added energy criteria. Top scorers on energy efficiency of individual products are Apple, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung. Toshiba is an example of one company that has improved its climate policy," said Iza Kruszewska, Toxics Campaigner for Greenpeace International. Fujitsu Siemens Computers jumps to third place - up from 15 in June - with a score of 5.5 points. The company has finally set late 2010 as its deadline for eliminating PVC plastic and all brominated flame retardants (BFRs) across its product range. Sony Ericsson ranked fourth followed by Sony, both scoring 5.3. So far, no company has released a computer completely free of BFRs and PVC, though several have recently launched new products with restricted amounts of toxic BFRs and PVC. Last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the new iPod line will be free of BFRs, PVC and mercury, following the lead of companies like Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Philips has the worst position on e-waste and recycling. It ranks 12th with 4.3 points, retaining its penalty point for negative lobbying on Individual Producer Responsibility in the European Union. At the bottom is Microsoft with 2.2 points; Sharp with 3.1; and Nintendo which remains rooted to the bottom with 0.8.