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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:42:23 PDT
Last week, Apple notified the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment
Tool (EPEAT) that it was withdrawing its products from the EPEAT registry,
and would no longer be submitting its products for evaluation. EPEAT
measures the environmental impact of electronics and is used by many
corporations and governmental organizations as a yardstick on enterprise
purchases.
In one well-publicized instance, the city of San Francisco said it would no
longer purchase Macs without EPEAT certification.
In an unusual about-face, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Bob
Mansfield wrote an open letter reversing the decision to remove Apple
products from the EPEAT registry.
We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed
to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system. I
recognize that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple
products are back on EPEAT.
It’s important to know that our commitment to protecting the environment
has never changed, and today it is as strong as ever. Apple makes the most
environmentally responsible products in our industry.
We've received word that Bob Mansfield is sending a copy of the letter, from
his @Apple.com email address, to customers who had expressed concern over
the EPEAT withdrawal.
A full list of Apple's EPEAT-rated products is available, and includes the
latest releases of the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
EPEAT CEO Robert Frisbee also wrote a letter confirming Apple and EPEAT's
commitment to working together and hinting at future changes to the EPEAT
judging process to work with Apple as it continues its cutting edge computer
designs.
We look forward to Apple’s strong and creative thoughts on ongoing
standards development. The outcome must reward new directions for both
design and sustainability, simultaneously supporting the environment and the
market for all manufacturers’ elegant and high-performance products.
An interesting question for EPEAT is how to reward innovations that are not
yet envisioned with standards that are fixed at a point in time. Diverse
goals, optional points awarded for innovations not yet described, and
flexibility within specified parameters to make this happen are all on the
table in EPEAT stakeholder discussions. And of course, timely standards
development, as with newly created Imaging Equipment and Television
standards, and the current refresh of the PC/Display standard, is critical
as well.
Slate's Farhad Manjoo called the entire EPEAT situation a "really strange
unforced error." |
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