Environmental Leader - Retailers Wal-Mart and Best Buy, together with electronics suppliers Dell, HP, Intel and Toshiba, have banded together to create a system to help consumers identify “green” electronics, according to a press release. Acting under the umbrella of The Sustainability Consortium, the companies are working with Arizona State University and the University of Arkansas, the same two universities that Wal-Mart is working with on its Sustainability Index. The consortium is developing sustainability standards based on lifecycle environmental and social impacts of products.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wal-Mart, Best Buy, HP, Dell, Toshiba Establish ‘Green’ Electronics Label
Environmental Leader - Retailers Wal-Mart and Best Buy, together with electronics suppliers Dell, HP, Intel and Toshiba, have banded together to create a system to help consumers identify “green” electronics, according to a press release. Acting under the umbrella of The Sustainability Consortium, the companies are working with Arizona State University and the University of Arkansas, the same two universities that Wal-Mart is working with on its Sustainability Index. The consortium is developing sustainability standards based on lifecycle environmental and social impacts of products.
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