India's Wipro beats Apple, HP in 'Green Electronics Guide' rankings
Greenpeace has released its latest (18th) "Green Electronics Guide," in which Indian electronics giant Wipro topped the list, beating out 15 other companies from various countries. Following closely behind were HP, Nokia, Acer, Dell, and Apple, among others.
As early as 2006, Greenpeace launched the "Green Electronics Guide," which focuses on assessing the environmental impact of electronics manufacturers. This includes factors such as whether they use toxic substances, have robust recycling mechanisms, the amount of energy consumed in manufacturing and even transporting their products, and whether the energy they use is "green." The assessment also considers whether these companies have established relevant greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and sustainable development policies.
As we can see from the chart, the top-ranked companies are Wipro, HP, Nokia, and others, while Sharp, Toshiba, and RIM are at the bottom.
這是Wipro 這家印度公司第一次上榜，並且還領先其他國際大品牌奪得第一名的位置，綠色和平稱這是因為他們在climate leadership 上的卓越表現。 Wipro表示他們計劃在2015年之前減少44%的溫室氣體排放量，併計劃通過使用清潔能源達到85%的減排目標。 Wipro公司還積極的與印度政府就太陽能和其它清潔能源領域保持緊密合作。
在Wipro 開始積極使用清潔能源並且制定溫室氣體減排目標的同時，其它的國際電子大品牌製造廠商在他們的供應鏈中，依舊非常依賴可能導致氣候變化的所謂骯髒能源。
台灣的電腦製造廠商Acer從之前第十三名前進為第四名，為本次評估進步最多的廠商，Acer排名往前的原因住要為鼓勵供應商一同參與溫室氣體減排、有害物質減量、衝突材料以及纖維採購管理。
蘋果在此次的“綠色電子產品指南”中排名第六，而2011年的時候還位列第四。之前綠色和平也多次炮轟過蘋果在環境方面的政策，這也使得蘋果在北卡萊羅納的的數據中心大規模的改用太陽能發電。
Sources: Environmental Leader (2012-11-20) (PIDC 編譯)附件檔案:2012_guid to greener electronics.png
