Greenpeace Rates Green Practices of Electronics Manufacturers

One of the less controversial things environmental advocacy group Greenpeace is known for these days is a quarterly guide to consumer electronics manufacturers and their product development practices. This guide, known as the Guide to Greener Electronics, was released last week and finds cellphone maker Nokia topping the list of best green practices.

Greenpeace, which looks at 18 top manufacturers and their “policies and practice on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change,” gave special praise this time around to Apple and HP. Both companies, which still have work to do before they can break into the top of the Greenpeace Greener Electronics list, were noted for stronger commitments on issues such as greenhouse gas emissions transparency and consumer-focused products which contain less toxic chemicals. Dell, Lenovo and LGE, however, slipped because, as Greenpeace puts it, the three are delaying, in one form or another, the removal of different types of toxic materials from some of the products they produce.

Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics [via Greentech Media]