BSR Insight | New Cell Phone Ratings Increase Transparency for Consumers
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Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
Publication Date
March 1, 2011
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GoodGuide, which provides information on the social, environmental, and health impacts of a variety of consumer products, recently launched its 2011 rankings of cell phones. The company rated 576 cell phones using criteria including environmental and social performance at the product and company levels. These rankings are also available via a mobile application, which allows consumers to browse, search, or scan barcodes to see detailed information for more than 70,000 products and companies.
This is one in a series of initiatives increasingly focused on rating the sustainability of cell phones—from potential EPEAT and forthcoming draft UL Environment standards (for which BSR participates in a review panel) to provider-specific labels or ratings from Sprint and O2.
We encourage these efforts to increase the availability of social and environmental information for consumers and to support greater communication and alignment among different rating initiatives to reduce the potential for consumer confusion.
About the Author(s)
Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
Marshall leads BSR’s work with manufacturing companies headquartered in the Americas, in addition to supporting BSR’s information and communications technology and transport & logistics practices... Read more →
Topics
Consumer Products, Environment, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Reporting & Communications, Sustainable Consumption
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