Greenpeace unimpressed at 'green' CeBIT tech fair
CeBIT, the world's biggest technology fair, talks green but the industry has some way to go in improving its environmental credentials, Greenpeace said on Wednesday.
By Agencies |
HANOVER: CeBIT, the world's biggest technology fair, talks green but the industry has some way to go in improving its environmental credentials, Greenpeace said on Wednesday.
"Manufacturers still have a long way to go," Greenpeace campaigner Yannick Vicaire said at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. "But more and more are now taking the environmental impacts of their products seriously."
The environmental pressure group tested 37 products from 14 major electronics brands and awarded them points based on green criteria including the substitution of hazardous substances, energy efficiency and recyclability.
It said that Sony's Vaio TZ11 notebook, the Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and the Sony Ericsson P1i PDA came out on top in the survey, but these products scored just over half of the possible 100 points available, Greenpeace said.
Others at the top of the study included Dell's Optiplex 755, Hewlett-Packard's dc5750 desktop computers and the Nokia N95 mobile phone.
Greenpeace said it is challenging electronics manufacturers to take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their products -- from production, through manufacture and to the very end of their products' lives.
It also wants them to clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances and replacing harmful ingredients through safer alternatives or design changes while producing energy efficient products, it says.
Some 5,500 exhibitors were taking part in the annual CeBIT fair in Hanover, with many keen to trumpet how they say they are doing their bit to lessen the environmental impact of the industry.
"Manufacturers still have a long way to go," Greenpeace campaigner Yannick Vicaire said at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. "But more and more are now taking the environmental impacts of their products seriously."
The environmental pressure group tested 37 products from 14 major electronics brands and awarded them points based on green criteria including the substitution of hazardous substances, energy efficiency and recyclability.
It said that Sony's Vaio TZ11 notebook, the Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and the Sony Ericsson P1i PDA came out on top in the survey, but these products scored just over half of the possible 100 points available, Greenpeace said.
Others at the top of the study included Dell's Optiplex 755, Hewlett-Packard's dc5750 desktop computers and the Nokia N95 mobile phone.
Greenpeace said it is challenging electronics manufacturers to take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their products -- from production, through manufacture and to the very end of their products' lives.
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It also wants them to clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances and replacing harmful ingredients through safer alternatives or design changes while producing energy efficient products, it says.
Some 5,500 exhibitors were taking part in the annual CeBIT fair in Hanover, with many keen to trumpet how they say they are doing their bit to lessen the environmental impact of the industry.
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