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Is Microsoft Going to Walk the Talk?
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| Microsoft was removed from the NASDAQ Global
| Sustainability Index (QCRD) on October 31,
| 2009 due to a failure to disclose at least two
| out of five quantitative environmental metrics
| that adhere to the Global Reporting Initiative
| (GRI) G3 guidelines. Two other NASDAQ listed
| companies were removed (Cisco and Oracle) for
| similarly inadequate disclosure. Microsoftâs
| removal appears to conflict with the companyâs
| stated mission, marketing and new product
| lines which focus heavily on improving other
| large corporationsâ environmental footprints
| through technological improvements, better
| energy management and overall reductions in
| energy usage and GHG emissions. So shouldnât
| Microsoft be leading the pack in stellar
| reporting and disclosure themselves to set the
| right example?
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http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/04/microsoft-gri-sustainability-csr/
Recent:
How Green are Their CEOs?
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| That's interesting enough, but what really
| caught my attention was the âleaderboardâ down
| the left-hand side of the petition page. This
| rates the performance of the CEOs of major
| computer companies in terms of what they are
| doing on green issues. IBM's Sam Palmisano is
| in first place with 43 marks out of 100;
| Google's Eric Schmidt is in fourth place with
| 32/100. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has a rather
| dismal 23/100, but even that's much better
| than the laggards like Sony (10/100) and
| Panasonic (8/100).
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2630
Greenpeace Slams Microsoft, Nintendo
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| Greenpeace gave Microsoft and Nintendo abysmal rankings Tuesday on their
| efforts to phase out toxic chemicals from their game consoles.
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iMTouo0ymHoVxuplHfS70u-BJEPQD8T671N80
Related:
Greenpeace: Vista could trigger a deluge of electronic waste
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| Beau Baconguis of the Southeast Asia section of the environmental
| protection organization Greenpeace has warned that the introduction
| by Microsoft of its new operating system Windows Vista might as a
| side effect trigger a deluge of electronic waste (E-waste). "With
| Vista, Microsoft could effectively hasten the obsolesence of half
| the world's PCs, especially in the absence of fully-functioning
| global take back systems for PCs," Ms. Baconguis declared.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/84816/from/rss09
Greenpeace: Vista could trigger a deluge of electronic waste
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| Beau Baconguis of the Southeast Asia section of the environmental
| protection organization Greenpeace has warned that the introduction
| by Microsoft of its new operating system Windows Vista might as a
| side effect trigger a deluge of electronic waste (E-waste). "With
| Vista, Microsoft could effectively hasten the obsolesence of half
| the world's PCs, especially in the absence of fully-functioning
| global take back systems for PCs," Ms. Baconguis declared.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/84816/from/rss09
Vista poses environmental dangers
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| Microsoft Vista could have serious environmental implications,
| experts have warned.
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| The latest version of Windows uses encryption methods that are
| incompatible with some older PCs. It also features high-end
| graphics capabilities that can only run on newer hardware.
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http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2174400/vista-poses-environmental
Vista gets slated - by the Greens
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| The Green Party has slammed Microsoft and it's forthcoming operating
| system, Windows Vista, in a withering attack on the company's "monopoly".
|
| Microsoft not only takes criticism for allegedly environmentally
| unfriendly policies, but for attacking civil liberties.
|
| The party claims that "Vista gives Microsoft the ability to lock
| you out of your computer," and that "Microsoft are determined not
| to play fair" in the video content market.
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http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=107813
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