Amsterdam 4 april, 2007 - Computerfabrikant Lenovo staat nummer 1 op de Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics April 2007. Lenovo voert de lijst aan van 14 leidende technologiebedrijven. Deze plaats heeft Lenovo te danken aan haar groene beleid en werkzaamheden ten behoeve van het milieu.
Lenovo is door Greenpeace ook erkend voor haar wereldwijde vooruitgang op het gebied van milieu.
Voor meer informatie:
Bernie Pruissen
Lenovo (international) B.V.
bernie.pruissen@nl.lenovo.com +31 (0)20 513 3752 of +31 (0)6 5340 2218
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Lenovo Recognized by Greenpeace for Environmental Leadership
Lenovo’s long term commitment sets industry pace
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – April 4, 2007 – Lenovo today was recognized by
Greenpeace for its environmental progress around the world. In its April
2007 Guide to Greener Electronics, Greenpeace ranked Lenovo as the top
company out of a group of 14 leading technology companies for its green
policies and practices.
“Demonstrating corporate social responsibility is important to our success
and that of our industry,” said Mike Pierce, director of environmental
affairs, Lenovo. “We realize that continual improvement of our
environmental performance is a long term commitment, and we are focused on
taking the steps necessary to be a leader in this arena.”
“Lenovo has made considerable progress in just the past six months alone to
jump from the last position to the lead spot in the ranking,” said Iza
Kruszewska, International Toxics Campaigner, Greenpeace International.
“Lenovo’s performance challenges others in the industry to keep setting the
pace for environmental progress.”
Over the past few months, Lenovo has expanded its environmental programs.
For example, in December 2006, the company began offering free recycling of
Lenovo desktops, notebooks, monitors and servers as well as Lenovo or
IBM-branded ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre desktops and ThinkVision
monitors. Lenovo supports individual producer responsibility and offers
recycling programs in every country it does business.
Consistent with Lenovo’s precautionary approach, the company has committed
to a timeline phase out of brominated flame retardants and polyvinyl
chloride in its products. Lenovo also has set a goal to achieve global
compliance of RoHS requirements in 2007 for newly launched products. Lenovo
offers more than 40 products registered to the Electronic Product
Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) with the majority of them being
silver-rated. EPEAT addresses environmental aspects such as material
selection, design for end of life, energy usage, packaging and more.
More information about Lenovo’s environmental program is available at:
www.pc.ibm.com/ww/lenovo/about/environment/. The Greenpeace report
can be viewed at:
www.greenpeace.org/international/.
About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building the world's best
engineered personal computers. Lenovo's business model is built on
innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a
focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group's
acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company
develops, manufactures and markets reliable high-quality, secure and
easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major
research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China;
and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see
www.lenovo.com/us/en ;