Product Survey - Greenpeace

Survey criteria
In June 2010, Greenpeace asked 21
companies to submit the greenest products
that would be on the market by November 1,
2010. Eighteen companies submitted
products.
The leading manufacturers of desktop computers,
notebooks, netbooks, computer monitors, mobile phones,
smartphones as well as televisions were directly invited to
submit their greenest products via an assessment form that
was provided. In addition, the form was published on the
Greenpeace website and other forums to offer smaller
manufacturers the opportunity to participate. For the first
time two major Indian computer manufacturers have also
taken part in the survey. In another first for this survey,
companies were provided with a document detailing most
of the methodologies used for the scoring. This was done
not only to ensure that the companies could select their
highest performing products, but also to increase the
transparency of the process.
The principles behind this year’s survey are very similar to
those in previous years, but slight adjustments have been
made to our criteria. Each company was allowed to submit
three products per product category, which we then
assessed and scored against the criteria. If a company
submitted more than one product in a category we chose
the highest-scoring device for inclusion in the report. Once
the assessments were complete, companies were invited
to review them to ensure accurate product information.
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