Tisk, tisk, Nintendo. You’ve done and pissed off the treehuggers again. Last year, Greenpeace released its sixth “Guide to Greener Electronics”, which grades electronics makers on how environmentally sound their manufacturing and recycling processes are. It was the first time game consoles were included. Out of the three console companies, Sony came out on top with a 7.3/10 score. Microsoft posted a laughable 2.7/10. Ha. Ha. Ha. Nintendo was the absolute lowest with a 0/10. A first for the Greenpeace guide. Congrats, Nintendo.
Not so long ago, Nintendo was singled out by Greenpeace’s sixth annual Guide to Greener Electronics. Sure, they were amongst friends like Microsoft and Sony on the graph, but Nintendo was the only company to score a whopping 0 out of 100. Greenpeace felt justified giving Nintendo the lowest score in history by pointing out that Nintendo fails to publish their environmental standards.
Now Nintendo has finally responded to Greenpeace’s accusations that Miyamoto dines only on the finest baby eyes. Here’s the letter they sent to various media outlets in response to the rating:
Greenpeace have just released their sixth “Guide to Greener Electronics”, which looks at electronics manufacturers and grades them according to how environmentally sound their manufacturing and product recycling processes (ie how they dispose of outdated technology) are. Where’s this start getting relevant to you? For the first time the report covers thew manufacturers of games consoles, so Microsoft and Nintendo have for the first time come up for inspection alongside trusty old warhorse Sony. So how’d they all do?