Climate Counts, a climate change awareness group, creates a "
Climate Friendly" scorecard by analyzing companies' publicly-stated emissions reductions efforts, climate impact and energy use policies, and transparency in reporting on emissions, and other environmental impacts.
Ranking the companies on a scale from 0 to 100 based on 22 questions that determine if they've:
- MEASURED their climate footprint
- REDUCED their climate impact
- SUPPORTED (or blocked) progressive climate policy initiatives
- Made their climate protection efforts PUBLIC and TRANSPARENT
WIRED magazine
reports:
As a sector, electronics and computer manufacturers fared surprisingly well, with 9 out of 12 surveyed companies scoring 50 points or more. The report notes that the sector's top 6 scorers have "embraced what it means to be a corporate climate leader by addressing greenhouse gas emissions from the nascent idea for a new product throughout its entire life cycle."
How did the tech industry do? Some pretty well and one -
Apple - pretty badly. Apple
did show a 9-point improvement over last year!
What do those little symbols mean? The
green is for "striding" - the best choice,
yellow is "starting" - a good choice, and
red is "stuck" - a choice to avoid for the climate conscious consumer.
Download the
Climate Counts Pocket Guide for 2008 to take a quick look at how companies in 9 categories rated. Interesting to note that of 7 food service companies ranked, 4 scored 1 or 0.
