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  Electronics companies green up their act | Greenpeace International 

  http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/greener-electronics-ranking-5-190907

  The latest edition of our quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics shows that major electronics firms have made large, green strides since the guide was first launched in August 2006. Nokia still leads, ... closely followed by Sony Erricson, Dell and Lenovo. The Greener Electronics Guide has been our answer to getting the electronics industry to face up to the problem of e-waste . We want manufacturers to take responsibility for the unprotected child labourers who scavenge the mountains of cast-off gadgets created by our gizmo-loving ways. The guide ranks the 14 top manufacturers of personal computers and mobile phones according to their policies and practice on toxic chemicals and recycling. In the first edition of the Guide from August 2006, the average score was 4/10. Now every company scores above 5/10. Click on the version numbers to see how the rankings have changed: Race to the top Every company ranked bottom of previous editions have made improvements to move up. Lenovo was botto   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 19 September 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Responsibility Pays - Forbes.com 

  http://www.forbes.com/leadership/2007/11/12/corporate-philanthropy-projects-lead-citizen-cx_mk_1112donors.html

  Integrity is an investment. As is the case with any investment, it comes at a price, but if you're fortunate, a healthy return can follow. It costs money to play the good guy in big business. While it's ... always difficult to tie dollar amounts to corporate philanthropy in terms of traditional returns on investment , academics, special interest groups and companies say it pays to be the good guy. It pays to be socially responsible. Take the following examples. Consumer electronics giant Best Buy (nyse: BBY - news - people ) has its product recycling program. Starbucks (nasdaq: SBUX - news - people ), the ubiquitous coffee house company, engages in various community outreach activities. Evian, the French mineral-water brand, distributes its product in environmentally friendly bottles. Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), whose headquarters are referred to as the "Googleplex," is known to treat its employees like gold. In Pictures: Big Donors Ultimately, in exercising corporate social re   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 14 November 2007, by: Jutta Schrimpf  [Report as spam]

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