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Green points for Hewlett Packard and Apple in our latest electronics guide
Posted by jossc on 1 October 2009.
Apple and Hewlett Packard get green points this month, as HP is rewarded in the latest edition of our Guide to Greener Electronics and Apple releases details of their greenhouse gas emissions. But the big points go to activist consumers for proving once again that public pressure creates positive change.
Toxic cheats Hewlett Packard incur the wrath of Kirk
Posted by jossc on 30 July 2009.
When Hewlett Packhard staff arriving for work at the company's California HQ checked their phone messages yesterday morning, they found a recorded message from Star Trek's Captain James T Kirk waiting for them. Actor William Shatner urged them to question their boss, Mark Hurd, about the reasons why HP recently reneged on its promise to phase out dangerous toxic substances from its computers by 2009.
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Green IT: broken promises from HP, Lenovo and Dell
Posted by jossc on 1 July 2009.
We've given HP, Lenovo and Dell - the world's biggest PC makers - a penalty point in our updated Guide to Greener Electronics, for backtracking on their commitments to eliminate PVC plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from their products by the end of 2009.
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Electronics companies clean up their acts
Posted by bex on 20 September 2007.
It's that time again; we've just released our latest quarterly Greener Electronics Guide, which ranks manufacturers on their toxics and recycling policies and practices.
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