How the companies line up: 13th Edition

 

	7.5	Nokia - Remains in first place with good scores on toxics use reduction, energy and recycling.
	6.9	Samsung – Maintains second spot with good overall scores, supports strong global agreement on climate change.
	6.5	Sony Ericsson - Holds on to 3rd with good scores on toxics use reduction and energy.
	5.9	Philips - Up from 7th to 4th with action on responsible recycling policy, but needs to extend own recycling program.
	5.7	Toshiba - Slightly improved SCORE with better reporting of recycling rates.
	5.3	Motorola - Remains behind competitors like Nokia and Sony Ericsson on toxics use reduction and energy.
	5.1	Sharp - Needs to improve on e-waste criteria and energy efficiency reporting.
	5.1	Sony - Leaps from 12th to 8th place with improvements on chemicals and waste policy.
	4.9	Apple - Up from 11th to 9th , the most progressive PC maker on removing toxics from product range. Room for improvement on e-waste and energy.
	4.9	Panasonic - Remains in 10th place with most points on energy criteria, but falls down on e-waste criteria.
	4.7	LG Electronics - Plummets due to penalty point for delaying phase out of toxics.
	4.7	Dell - Improved score but still has penalty point for indefinite delay on toxics phase out.
	4.7	Acer - Loses points with fewer products exceeding new Energy Star 5 standard; poor on e-waste recycling criteria
	4.5	HP - Remains in 14th place but penalty point lifted, as HP has recently released its first product free of worst toxics.
	2.7	Microsoft - Slight improvement but remains in 15th position with poor scores on e-waste and energy.
	2.7	Fujitsu - Slight improvement but needs to do more across all criteria.
	2.5	Lenovo - No improvement, and still has a penalty point for indefinite delay on toxics phase out.
	1.4	Nintendo - Increased score but stays last, greenhouse emissions continue to grow.

 

 

Ranking criteria explained

The ranking criteria reflect the demands of the Toxic Tech campaign to the electronics companies. Our three demands are that companies should:

• clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances;

• takeback and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete.
• Reduce the climate impacts of their operations and products.

The use of harmful chemicals in electronics prevents their safe recycling when the products are discarded. Companies scored marks out of 51 this has then been calculated to a mark out of 10 for simplicity.

Each score is based solely on public information on the companies website. Companies found not to be following their published policies will be deducted penalty point in future versions of the guide.

The guide is updated every 3 months. The current version was published on September 30, 2009.

 

Previous Versions of the Company Report Card:

September 2009, Version 13

July 2009, Version 12

March 2009, Version 11

January 2009, Version 10

September 2008, Version 9

June 2008, Version 8

March 2008, Version 7

November 2007, Version 6

September 2007, Version 5

July 2007, Version 4

May 2007, Version 3

August 2006, Version 1

 

Disclaimer: Our "Guide to Greener Electronics" aims to clean up the electronics sector and get manufacturers to take responsibility for the full life cycle of their products, including the electronic waste that their products generate. The guide does not rank companies on labour standards, mining, or any other issues, but recognises that these are important in the production and use of electronics products.