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∞ Greenpeace ranks RIM dead last

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:28:49 +0000

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∞ Greenpeace ranks Apple fourth

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:50:56 +0000

Matt Brian:

Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics, now in its 17th year, ranks the world’s top 15 technology companies on their green policies and practices, on how products and processes impact the climate. Apple climbed five places to rank fourth, behind HP, Dell and Nokia, with the all four of the companies improving their green impact over the year to march up the charts.

Don’t get me wrong, I think this is great, but with all of the information that Apple makes available about its environmental efforts, it seems a bit odd that they would only rank fourth. It’s like Greenpeace is the Consumer Reports for the environment.

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∞ ∞ Apple unfairly criticized by Chinese environmental group

Jim Dalrymple — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:40:32 +0000

Apple came under fire this week by Chinese environmental groups who called the company the “least responsive” among companies it contacted. However, there is more to the story than meets the eye.

∞ ∞ Apple criticized by Chinese environmental group

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:34:24 +0000

Apple is one of the most environmentally friendly technology companies in the world. The company setup a Web site last year to be as transparent as possible, but that doesn’t seem to be enough to satisfy a Chinese environmental group who have criticized the company.

Apple “only care[s] about the price and quality and not the environmental and social responsibility issues. In some ways they drive the suppliers to cut corners to win

∞ ∞ EVE Online adds new character creator

Peter Cohen — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:00:29 +0000

CCP has announced the release of EVE Online: Incursion 1.1, a new version of their massively multiplayer online role playing game for Mac OS X and Windows. The update is free for all registered players, who will receive the update automatically the next time they connect to play (it was deployed on Tuesday afternoon).

∞ ∞ Apple ranks highest among Greenpeace's top tech companies

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:40:08 +0000

The back and forth battle between Greenpeace and Apple has been going on for years, but in its new report, Greenpeace ranked Apple as its No. 1 company.

∞ ∞ Other World Computing goes wind-powered

Peter Cohen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:21:40 +0000

Popular Mac peripheral maker Other World Computing announced Thursday that it’s become the first technology manufacturer and distributor in the United States to become 100 percent wind-powered.

∞ ∞ Chamber of Commerce chastises Apple for its departure

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:26:38 +0000

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wasted no time firing back at Apple for leaving the organization, according to a story on the Dow Jones.

∞ ∞ Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce over group's environmental stance

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:25:23 +0000

Apple is resigning its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of disagreements over environmental issues, according to a story on the Washington Post.