For mobile phone companies, the challenge of sustainability means maximising the positive, enabling effect of mobile technology, while minimizing the possible negative affect of such activities. A new report tackling these issues has recently been published. According to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, “Nokia strongly believes that access to communication and information is a right, … [Read more...]
How to buy a green phone
More and more people are interested in buying mobile phones that have green features. For example, a Nokia study conducted in 2011 reveals that South Africa consumers value the following three attributes in phones: phones that are energy efficient; phones that are made with environmentally friendly materials; and phones that can be fully recycled. A lot of producers claim to … [Read more...]
Your old phone is amazing - recycle it!
The world has finite resources and raw materials to supply us with. People are using these resources and degrading our environments faster than the planet can recover them. This threatens the promise of progress for future generations. This is why ensuring environmental sustainability is one of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals. Increasing consumption of … [Read more...]
Addressing climate change one phone at a time
Have you ever wondered how factories would operate if they had environmental responsibility fully integrated into their functioning? Today we take a leaf from the world's greenest cellular telephone company, Nokia, and find out how they address climate change through working greener. Nokia has 10 factories globally. In order to operate responsibly, environmental issues are … [Read more...]
Cellphone leader’s eco footprint drops 65%
Earlier on this year, we reported on the news by Greenpeace in which they had declared cell phone company Nokia as the greenest in the world of cellular technology. Apart from feeling relieved that I have only ever used Nokia devices, I did wonder how they managed to land these credentials? How do they green up this technology? To clarify this issue - and to provide a great … [Read more...]
Actions speak louder than words in green electonics
Greenpeace greener electronic ranking has shown how actions speak louder than words for the electronics industry as Philips and HP introduce new transformative products, but Toshiba and Microsoft fail to act on promises The Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows significant separation between companies that are failing to keep their environmental commitments and those … [Read more...]
The 50 best global green brands
Toyota (1st), 3M (2nd) and Siemens (3rd) lead Interbrand's new global report, 'Best Global Green Brands'. In its first global report to focus exclusively on green, Interbrand, the leading brand consultancy, combines public perception of environmental sustainability ('green') with a demonstration of that performance based on publically available information and data. The … [Read more...]
