This Guide ranks leading mobile phone, game console, TV and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers. Companies...

Acer drops one place to 12th position because its score has not altered since the last ranking and it has therefore been overtaken by competitors. It scores top marks on chemicals but has yet to start selling products free of PVC and brominated...

Apple moves up one place to 11th position, having posted new information that all new iMacs and many of the iPods are now sold with bromine-free casings and printed circuit board laminates as well as PVC-free internal cables. The company has...

Dell loses its position at number 3 in the ranking to share joint 4th position, mainly because its score has not altered since the last edition of the Guide and it has therefore been overtaken by other companies. The company has a strong...

FSC drops one place from 7th to 8th position in the ranking, and has made no progress on any of the criteria since the last ranking. The company has a good position on the precautionary principle and sells PCs which do not use brominated...

HP moves up from 13th position to number 10, having finally provided a timeline of 2009 for eliminating PVC and all brominated flame retardants. However, this refers solely to computing equipment and not for the entire product portfolio...

Lenovo drops from number 3 to joint 4th position and has been overtaken by other companies, having made no progress on any of the criteria since the last ranking. The company has good chemicals policies and commitments to eliminate all uses...

LGE is down from 5th position to joint 6th. Having made no progress on any of the criteria since the last ranking, LGE has allowed competitors to overtake. LGE scores well on all the chemicals criteria and has also launched models of mobile...