By Sustainability team
9th November 2011.
18:28
Tag Archives: greenhouse gas emissions
Today Greenpeace released the 17th version of its Guide to Greener Electronics. In the guide they have ranked 15 manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones and TVs according to the following categories; Energy and Climate, Greener Products and Sustainable Operations. Sony Ericsson was ranked 6th place, scoring 4.2 out of 10, placing us at the top amongst the Android™ smartphone players.
In this edition, Greenpeace has changed the scoring system, introduced tougher requirements and updated many criteria. New criteria were also added, raising the bar for the manufacturers. Overall, the new ranking has stronger focus on energy and climate issues. (more…)
More and more companies are recognizing that they have a responsibility to minimize the impact that their products and operations have on our climate. So do we at Sony Ericsson. In 2008 we decided to revise or climate related goals so that they not only include emission reductions from Sony Ericsson’s own operation, of which we are in control. Now they also include emissions from life cycle stages beyond Sony Ericsson’s sphere of influence. To reach that goal, we need to collaborate with our suppliers and customers, and influence them to also make reductions. Working together, both upstream and downstream the supply chain, is the only way if you substantially want to reduce the environmental impact of a product.
Emission distribution on mobile phone life cycle stages
So, Sony Ericsson’s goals are to:
- By 2015 reduce the total greenhouse gas emissions from Sony Ericsson’s internal activities with 20 % (base year 2008)
- By 2015 reduce the total greenhouse gas emissions from the full life cycle of Sony Ericsson’s products with 15% (base year 2008)
Are you curious about how we are doing so far? Since our goals are based on 2008 years performance, 2009 is the first year with a full follow up of these targets. The results will be communicated in our Sustainability report which is to be released very soon.
So stay tuned, and I’ll keep you updated on how Sony Ericsson is performing when it comes to cutting carbon!