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They're visible
advocates for environmental responsibility, espousing green policies
for natural resource use and waste disposal, product design and
life-cyscle principles--along with programs that bring the channel into
the process.
They're visible
advocates for environmental responsibility, espousing green policies
for natural resource use and waste disposal, product design and
life-cyscle principles--along with programs that bring the channel into
the process.
AMD
A pioneer in reducing data center
energy use. From a corporate standpoint, although AMD has reset
initiatives related to reducing perfluorocompound (PFC) and energy use,
it has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency's Green
Power initiative for meeting and surpassing its own corporate goal to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent between 2002 and 2007.
Apple
Was first computer manufacturer to completely switch to LCDs from CRTs; all manufacturing sites have been ISO 14001-certified since 2000. Holds Silver certification
for notebooks under the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment
Tool (EPEAT). Offers free recycling of old computers to anyone buying a
new Macintosh and has focused on reducing wasteful product packaging.
Cisco Systems
Implemented
programs to save energy, reducing its consumption by 49,000,000
kilowatt hours, or enough power to handle 5,000 homes. Boasts ISO 14001
certification as well as an extensive recycling program for its
corporate headquarter sites; offers product take-back and recycling as
well.
EMC
One
of the EPA's Climate Leaders, EMC has an on-site wastewater treatment
plant that saves its town 3 million gallons of water annually; in
December, it introduced the EMC Power Calculator to help partners more
accurately gauge data center energy and cooling requirements.
Hewlett-Packard
Company
is on target to recycle 1 billion pounds of hardware and print
cartridges by the end of this year; in terms of channel programs,
resellers can use HP Financial Services' asset-recovery service, which
last year handled disposal and redeployment for 600,000 units of
systems and printers in the Americas. The company also is fine-tuning a
Dynamic Smart Cooling Solution set for enterprise customers.
IBM
One
of the EPA's Top 25 Green Power partners for the period ended Sept. 22,
2006. From a product standpoint, IBM is especially focused on
reverse-engineering products for better future disposal or reuse and on
improving energy efficiency for data centers. IBM Asset Recovery
Services offers 3 percent fee to referring resellers.
Intel
Emphasized
energy-efficiency improvements for its microprocessor architectures;
developed the Ecomark benchmark with Bapco. Also focused on reduction
of environmentally problematic materials and improved package design,
which has reduced raw materials requirements and shipping densities and
cut shipping costs.
Microsoft
Microsoft
is a pioneer in the use of alternative power sources, including solar
and hydro energy. Its licensing arm is focused on ways of minimizing
the use of CDs and other media. Its Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher
program focuses on helping companies retire or re-deploy hardware in a
more environmentally friendly manner.
NEC Display Solutions
Among other things, NEC Display
is known for trade-in and safe recycling programs that swap out
displays and projectors for its own products; it was involved in
guidelines for development of two EnergyStar standards and as of this
writing, NEC was the sole display-only company to hold multiple Silver
certifications under the EPEAT effort, which rates the environmental
profile of desktops, notebooks, monitors and integrated systems.
Oracle
The first software manufacturer to join the EPA's Climate Leaders program, Oracle is also a founding member of the Sustainable Silicon Valley initiative for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Panasonic
The
six-time EnergyStar partner of the year is actively pursuing EPEAT
Silver certification for its notebooks; Panasonic works closely with
PlanITROI to handle asset management and recovery services.
Samsung
Has
adopted a green management philosophy across its entire company from
process to product design and life cycle to workplace. Has adopted RoHS
directive and as of June 2005 has required suppliers to comply with its
eco-partner requirements. Offers product trade-in programs and will
adopt policy for toner cartridge trade-ins this quarter.
Sony
Sony
was the first company in Japan to acquire ISO 14001 certification; it
is one of two high-tech companies listed as Silver-certified for
technology pertaining to the EPEAT notebook category.
Sun Microsystems
An
EPA Climate Leader, Sun provides a variety of tools that solution
providers can use to calculate the energy profile of servers, including
the SWaP (Space, Watts and Performance) tool. The company has also
teamed up with Pacific Gas and Electric to offer an exclusive energy
incentive rebate on Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers with CoolThreads
technology.
ViewSonic
Uses
recycled plastics for all its CRTs and LCDs and has phased out other
hazardous materials. Works with national recycling company AnythingIT
to offer Trade In, Trade Up program, through which VARs can earn
credits for their customers.
Xerox
Xerox
maintains the Green World Alliance, which has as its goal the recycling
of all Xerox cartridges. The company also is an EPA Climate Leader.
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