Cisco
tops the Greenpeace 'Cool IT' leadership
list
Friday, 30 April 2010, 08:26 IST
Bangalore:
Cisco Systems tops the latest Greenpeace
rankings, while some of Japan's biggest
electronics vendors - Toshiba, Sharp,
Sony and Panasonic - ended last. Greenpeace
praised Cisco's commitment to slash
its own emissions 25 percent by 2012,
CEO John Chambers' advocacy work,
the networking vendor's smart -grid
technologies and products for managing
energy efficiency in offices, reports
James Niccolai of computerworld.
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Ericsson
made the number-two spot. Its
CEO was "the boldest CEO
of all the tech companies before
and during the Copenhagen Climate
Summit," Greenpeace said.
It also liked its detailed guide
to measuring emissions, and
a target to cut its own emissions
40 percent by 2012.
Panasonic
was last on the list. Greenpeace
said it needs to support Japan's
greenhouse gas reduction targets
with more than just "words
on its Web site." It was
also faulted for providing insufficient
data about its renewable energy
use. "A big reason you
see lower scores from Japanese
brands, as a group, is there's
a lack of evidence of policy
advocacy," said Gary Cook,
a climate policy analyst with
Greenpeace.
Google
and Microsoft came somewhere
in the middle of the pack, behind
IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu,
but ahead of Dell, Intel and
SAP. Sony did almost as poorly.
The company lost half its points
because it "submitted no
information on its IT solutions
for climate change.
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The
list ranks 15 of the biggest technology
vendors on their efforts to fight
climate change. Out of a possible
100 points, half are awarded for products
offered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
35 are for political advocacy, and
15 are for corporate commitments to
cut emissions internally.
