Greenpeace Slates Nintendo

While the company is deemed to be extremely family friendly when it comes to the environment, they aren’t so considerate.

Despite the company raking in millions and being the only major games manufacturer to make a profit from each console sold, their waste management system is apparently terrible.

Greenpeace’s latest guide for greener electronics scores Nintendo’s manufacturing process at a shameful 1.4 out of 10 due to its policies on recycling, toxic chemicals and climate change. Nintendo scored the lowest score out of the 18 electronics firms that were listed in the guide.

Microsoft wasn’t far behind, earning 17th place with the low low score of 2.4, losing most of the points due to their attitudes towards chemicals. Sony, however, were commended for their efforts in reducing green house gas emissions by 17% between 2000 and 2008, earning them a score of 5.1.

Apple also achieved a score of 5.1 and Nokia earned the leading spot with a score of 7.3.

“It’s time for a little less conversation and a lot more action on removing toxic chemicals,” said Greenpeace’s Casey Harrell in a statement. “Apple is leading and HP is playing catch up, but the lack of action from other companies is ensuring that customers and the environment are still losing out.”

Knowing the attitudes some games manufacturers have towards the environment, does this change your opinion of them?

Article from Gamersyndrome.com

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