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One in three laptops fail over three year
Warranty provider SquareTrade analysed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans and found that one-third of all laptops will fail within 3 years. Lap tops of nine brands…
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How Motorola, Samsung and other giants break China’s pollution rules
Eighteen top multinational and Chinese corporations, including Motorola and Samsung violated a new Chinese environmental regulation in its first year of enforcement, a Greenpeace report has shown. The report, entitled ‘Silent Giants. An investigation into…
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Ombudsman criticizes EU regulator over procedures in Intel antitrust case
In May 2009, the EU’s regulator concluded that chip giant Intel had illegally used rebates to induce customers not to do business with its rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and ordered Intel to pay a…
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EU takes a signficant step forward by committing to articulate the “Ruggie framework
“The European Union and its Member States should take a global lead and serve as a good example on CSR when building markets, combating corruption, safeguarding the environment and ensuring human dignity and human rights…
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Towards greener products through ambitious EU legislation
ECOS, EEB, Friends of the Earth, WWF, INFORSE-Europe, CAN-E and Greenpeace are issuing regular position papers to comment the draft Ecodesign and Energy Labelling proposals from the European Commission. Positions paper have been published on…
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GSMA launches “Green Manifesto” for the mobile industry
The Green Manifesto, unveiled on 18 November at the Mobile Asia Congress, sets out how the mobile industry plans to lower its greenhouse gas emissions per connection, and demonstrates the key role that mobile communications…
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Cool products for a cool planet
Coolproducts is a campaign to set ambitious minimum requirements for energy efficiency and other environmental aspects of products sold in the European Union. If we are successful, it will become easier for consumers in Europe…
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Create a transparency model by mapping the supply chain for tin, tantalum, and cobalt
Earlier this year, RESOLVE was commissioned by the EICC and GeSI Extractives Workgroup to create a transparency model by mapping the supply chain for tin, tantalum, and cobalt. RESOLVE has prepared an initial interim report…
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Worldwide PC shipments to grow 2.8 percent in 2009, says Gartner
Accelerating mobile PC shipments will drive the worldwide PC market to grow again this year, according to Gartner’s preliminary fourth-quarter forecast. The new forecast predicts worldwide PC shipments will total 298.9 million units in 2009,…