CIO: Greenpeace, the environmental advocacy group, ranks Sony Ericsson as the most environmentally responsible electronics maker while slamming Microsoft and Nintendo for their poor e-waste management efforts as well as for high levels of toxic materials in their electronics products.
On Monday Greenpeace released the sixth edition of its quarterly “Guide to Greener Electronics,” in which it ranks 18 leading electronics manufacturers on their efforts to eliminate toxic substances from their products and other efforts to be environmentally responsible.
The Greenpeace guide considers manufacturers’ efforts to curtail the use of materials such as vinyl plastics (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from their products. It also examines the companies’ other efforts, including various product takeback initiatives and discarded product recycling efforts.
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