Greenpeace criticizes IT industry for being climate slackers

IBM, Sun and Dell are the leaders, while Sony, Sharp and Toshiba are the losers in a ranking by the environmental group — but everybody fails the test. The environmental group Greenpeace criticizes the IT industry, calling its leadership in tackling climate change “inadequate”. In a “Greenpeace Cool IT Challenge” the group ranks a number of IT firms according to their climate change fighting effort. The three basic criteria are political advocacy, how much the company reduced its emissions and, most importantly, how the company is helping to establish and follow emissions reductions best practices. Image source: matternetwork.com > Continue.

News selected by Covalence | Country: Global | Company – EthicalQuote link: Dell, IBM, Sun, Toshiba, Sony, Sharp | Source: Cop15