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Lenovo Secures First Gold Laptop Certification

February 15, 2011February 15, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Lenovo has become the first company to earn the highest rating in the laptop category of UL Environment’s Sustainable Product Certification (SPC) for high-tech equipment, the company has announced. The ThinkPad T420, to be launched later this month, won a Gold SPC rating. The UL determined the product’s compliance with ... Read more »

New Business Requirement: Right-Sizing Environmental Footprints

November 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Mary Jacques

Until recently, the term environmental footprint didn’t register on most people’s radars. Now organizations and their publics are increasingly paying attention to environmental footprints. Many large businesses are looking at the environmental requirements of vendors as part of the purchasing process. Tools like EPEAT, the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, ... Read more »

ICT Firms Slow to Adopt Sustainability

November 1, 2010 by Gina Roos

IBM, Fujitsu, HP, Cisco and BT ranked in the top five positions in an assessment of 28 global information and communication technology (ICT) providers, according to a new report by Gartner and WWF Sweden. The report also reveals that Verizon and Lenovo did not score well, ranking No. 19 and ... Read more »

HP, Samsung, Lenovo Rise in ‘Green’ Electronics Ranking, Apple Falls

October 27, 2010October 27, 2010 by Gina Roos

While HP, Samsung and Lenovo made the biggest strides in developing ‘green’ products, Toshiba and Microsoft failed to act on past promises, according to the latest update of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Philips held on to their No. 1, 2 and 3 rankings, respectively, ... Read more »

Greenpeace Rates Electronics Firms on Lobbying

January 7, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The latest Guide to Greener Electronics from Greenpeace now rates companies on whether they lobby for industrywide rules that would prevent use of environmentally damaging materials. Greenpeace wants companies to support policies like the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electronics, which would ban use of brominated flame retardants, ... Read more »

Lenovo to Improve Carbon Efficiency 10% by 2012

December 9, 2009December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Lenovo Group has pledged to increase its carbon efficiency 10 percent by 2012 using 2007 as a baseline, according to the company’s second corporate social responsibility report. Lenovo has also set several other goals. As an example, all business units must release at least one product announcement in 2009 supporting ... Read more »

Sony Ericsson Joins Nokia, Samsung as ‘Greener’ Electronics Makers

July 2, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

The latest update of Greenpeace International’s “Guide to Greener Electronics” indicates that the world’s biggest PC makers — Hewlett Packard, Dell and Lenovo — have again failed to meet their commitments to eliminate PVC plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from their products by the end of 2009. As a ... Read more »

Lenovo Touts Use Of Recycled Materials

April 14, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Lenovo says it’s leading the PC industry in offering the most PC products that use post-consumer recycled materials. According to the company, these products also contain a higher percentage of post-consumer recycled content than competitors’ offerings. In 2008, Lenovo used more than 2.2 million pounds of post-consumer recycled plastics in ... Read more »

Greenpeace: PC Makers Break Promises to Phase-Out Toxic Chemicals

March 31, 2009October 18, 2009 by Gina Roos

Greenpeace International’s latest update to its Guide to Greener Electronics found that HP, Lenovo and Dell won’t meet their promise to eliminate vinyl plastic (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from their products by the end of 2009. Lenovo has delayed its deadline to the end of 2010, while HP ... Read more »

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