On Monday we took action at Dell offices in India, Denmark and the Netherlands. While Dell’s major competitors like Apple, HP and Acer have been acting by selling more PC’s free of the worst toxic chemicals, Dell has been all talk and no action.

Monday should have marked an end to the talking with an internal meeting with Michael Dell to approve a plan outlining how Dell will bring PCs on the market free of the worst toxic chemicals. However at the end of Monday we heard just more talk and no action, with the meeting apparently postponed.

Even two Indian PC companies are showing Dell that action speak louder than words. Wipro and HCL have both recently released PCs free of toxic PVC and BFRs.

As well as putting greener computers on the market we are asking all electronics companies to use their influence to advocate for the phase out of BFRs and PVC in legislation. Again Dell is being left behind by companies like HP and Acer who have publicly stated their support for stronger legislation.

Michael Dell’s ambition for Dell to be the “greenest technology company on the planet” seems more and more to be an empty marketing phrase. If I was in Michael's shoes the strongest shade of green would be envy at progress from the competition.