Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

January 8, 2010

As part of its annual Guide to Greener Electronics, Greenpeace has issued detailed ratings on just how well electronic manufactures are doing in the race to become environmentally friendly.

Nokia rated first overall, with a 7.3 rating out of 10. Of the console manufactures, Sony fared the best, coming in with a 5.1 ranking.

Microsoft and Nintendo game in second to last and last respectively, with ratings of 2.4 and 1.4.

Nintendo actually showed improvement when compared to past years: the company earned a 0.0 score in 2007 and a 0.8 score in 2009.

Details from the report on Nintendo:

Nintendo scores most points on chemicals; it has put games consoles on the market that have PVC-free internal wiring. It has banned phthalates and is monitoring use of antimony and beryllium. Although it is endeavouring to eliminate the use of PVC, it has not set a timeline for its phase-out. It continues to score zero on all e-waste criteria.

The full report (PDF) can be viewed here.

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Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by TehChef on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 11:25.

You know, I read somewhere (probably ArsTechnica) that this list doesn't actually rate green companies, but rather companies that pledge to be green. Big difference. I think the case in point was the fact that Apple got a fairly poor rating for not pledging to be greener or having a timeline by which to eliminate harmful chemicals, but the fact of the matter was that Apple was already a fairly green company. Hard to pledge to be something if you already are. I'll try and find the article and link it.

EDIT: Found it. arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/09/apple-reframes-the-green-debate-backs-it-up-with-new-data.ars

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 09:30.

Anything to make people feel guilty I guess.

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by MaskedPixelante on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 08:16.

If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, does Greenpeace blame Nintendo?

---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by killatia on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 13:39.

*Yawns* they're still around being fools I see.

http://www.magicinkgaming.com/

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by ecco6t9 on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 02:43.

How about Greenpeace stop spewing out hot air everytime they report on this? It seems like everyweek someone brings this up.

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by ZippyDSMlee on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 21:45.

When they stop buring a whales wieght in desile to bitch at fishermen fishing I will give a damn what Soylent peace thinks.....

Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/

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Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by Cerabret100 on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 15:39.

If they don't give you the "required" information, doesn't it make more sense to just leave them off the chart?

I honestly doubt greenpeace is gonna guilt them in to releasing the relavent data with this.

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by Xveers on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 00:25.

It'd make more sense to leave them off the chart, but then how would greenpeace terrorize us into thinking they are evil? No, not greenpeace. They're plenty Evil. I mean the game companies.

Best keep your wits about you: The gears of life are always spinning, and ignorance eventually means you'll get caught in them.

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by TK n Happy Ness on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 15:28.

And regular people care about Greenpeace's list why?

When Jack Thompson runs his mouth, does anyone really care what he has to say anymore?

Re: Greenpeace Rates Electronic Manufactures

Submitted by Skillz817 on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 21:49.

My thoughts exactly.

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E. Zachary Knight: That is absolutely nuts there. As bad an experience XBox Indie Games was, the problems weren't with the self published side of things. Forcing a publisher onto independent studios is not going to help.05/22/2013 - 10:43am

MaskedPixelante: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-22-microsoft-wont-let-indies-self-publish-on-xbox-one And the hits just keep on coming.05/22/2013 - 9:20am

E. Zachary Knight: AE: You beat me to it. That's what I get for taking the night off.05/22/2013 - 7:40am

E. Zachary Knight: To continue the confused and convoluted messaging system present in EA, They are making Wii U games: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/192753/EA_is_working_on_Wii_U_games_after_all.php05/22/2013 - 7:33am

Imautobot: I gotta admit, I seriously believed Microsoft was going to "Bring It" with this new console. But they failed, and I think that failure might be Epic.05/22/2013 - 7:27am

Andrew Eisen: Well, the Xbox One reveal certainly had an interesting affect on the big 3's stock prices. https://twitter.com/AndrewEisen/status/33705126448977100805/21/2013 - 10:45pm

PHX Corp: http://kotaku.com/so-the-xbox-one-reveal-screwed-up-a-lot-of-peoples-kin-509179256 So The Xbox One Reveal Screwed With Some People's Kinects05/21/2013 - 10:36pm

Zen: On a funny side note...both of my boys have already voted NOT to get the Xbox One as soon as they found out Minecraft won't transfer lol. Some people have priorities damnit! ;)05/21/2013 - 9:27pm

Andrew Eisen: Here's the full quote on EA making Wii U games according to Neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56112105/21/2013 - 8:19pm

Andrew Eisen: Xbox One may not be always on but that doesn't mean you can use it without an internet connection. http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-50916410905/21/2013 - 7:39pm

Andrew Eisen: Polygon says EA's CFO says it is developing games for Wii U but doesn't provide that quote. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4351844/ea-developing-wii-u-games05/21/2013 - 7:11pm

Andrew Eisen: Well, I was right. Both Sony and Microsoft's consoles will be out by the year's end and both will be significantly more powerful than the current gen.05/21/2013 - 5:06pm

james_fudge: thnx05/21/2013 - 4:47pm

Zen: Just to let ya know...you called it the "Xbox 260" in the backwards compatibility article lol.05/21/2013 - 4:26pm

Zen: @PHX Awesome, I will hit those up after class tonight. Going back to college finally! :) My kids have had a blast telling ME to do my homework now lol.05/21/2013 - 4:19pm

PHX Corp: @Zen I sent you a friend request on both PSN and XBL, just a heads up05/21/2013 - 4:16pm

Zen: I noticed it with the football players when EA showed off Madden as well.05/21/2013 - 4:11pm

Zen: Is it just me or is call of duty hitting the "uncanny valley" with their nicely modeled faces and dead looking eyes? I found it distracting and seemed actually "less" real to me lol.05/21/2013 - 4:10pm

james_fudge: it sounds like if you have an HD reciever you'll be able to use it with a pass-through cable... not 100 percent sure yet05/21/2013 - 2:41pm

james_fudge: happening now http://majornelson.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-architecture-panel/05/21/2013 - 2:20pm

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