The Greenpeace Guide To Greener Electronics ranked the 18 top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling.
Philips earned only two points out of a possible ten for its efforts, beaten only by Nintendo which received zero points making it the worst company in terms of environmental awareness ranked by Greenpeace of all time.
Greenpeace said Philips had "no timeline for toxic chemicals elimination and zero points on e-waste policy and practice."
Philips however claims it fares quite well in the environmental stakes, choosing to respond to media questions with an essay about its ‘green' policies.
"At Philips we see environmental improvement as an opportunity for innovation. Over the last three decades we have worked continuously to minimize the impacts of our products, processes and services. Our efforts in this are recognized in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, which independently selects the top 10% most advanced companies in terms of sustainable development in the world. In the latest Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Philips outperforms 135 of direct competitors in the area of sustainability. We have sympathy for the greater cause that Greenpeace is pursuing on the green issue and we invite them to look at all our efforts in sustainability in that respect," Philips manager corporate communications and sustainability, Sarah Campbell, said in an email statement.
