EPEAT

Last summer, the Green Electronics Council got into a tussle with Apple over EPEAT — the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool. EPEAT is a standard that’s used to measure the overall environmental friendliness and impact of consumer products. Apple withdrew from EPEAT, reportedly because...

Apple was just given the EPEAT Gold certification for the Retina MacBook Pro following reversing its decision to withdraw its products from the green computer registry. Today, i Fixit’s Kyle Wien’s has a few strong words about the MacBook Pro’s Gold certification saying the “decision demonstrates...

Back in July 2012, Apple removed the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) green certification from its products, resulting in a flurry of excitement when school systems and governmental agencies threatened to drop Apple products from their "approved to buy" lists. About a week...

Review was launched after Apple quietly but briefly withdrew from the environmental group's device certification program. [Read more]

When it comes to checking companies on their green claims, particularly in the consumer electronics space, there are few outlets that are scrutinized more highly than EPEAT. Particularly after Apple's in-then-out episode earlier in the year, EPEAT's updates are being watched like a hawk. Not only...

Apple gave eco-friendly computer fans a brief jolt this July after it backed out of EPEAT certification, only to restore most devices just days later. While we can't say we're completely shocked at the follow-up, EPEAT has confirmed that at least one "ultra-thin" laptop from Apple has just cleared...

EPEAT on Friday released the results of an investigation regarding the environmental friendliness of "ultra-thin" laptops initiated shortly after Apple announced it was pulling out of the ratings system, finding that the tested devices conformed to so-called "green" standards, including the MacBook...

An investigation of ultrathin laptops, including Apple's latest Macbook Air, has found they do conform to the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) environmental standard. The investigation, which covered five laptops made by four companies, was started after Apple said in July...

EPEAT has launched a review of ultra-thin and light laptops carrying its environmental ratings after Apple withdrew from and rejoined the organization last week.

Apple controversially removed 39 of its products from environmental impact rating group EPEAT's registry, prompting a backlash from environmental groups and the San Francisco government. While the company has decided to re-join the registry, the attention it's drawn is leading EPEAT to take a...