Is Greenpeace's report bogus?

by David Hinkle { Nov 28th 2007 at 3:40PM }

Ars Technica seems to be crying foul over Greenpeace's latest findings regarding Nintendo's eco-conscious actions. Turns out, "Penalty points can be deducted" if Greenpeace sees fit. Why would they deduct points? They're taken "from overall scores if Greenpeace finds a company lying, practicing double standards or other corporate misconduct."

Ars Technica seems to think that Nintendo's score is based entirely on a mission statement via Nintendo's website and less on an in-depth look at the company's practices. So, it's likely that Nintendo isn't as bad on the environment as they've been made out to be.

Tags: environment, green, greenpeace

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fank @ Nov 28th 2007 4:13PM

Good job changing the text in his speech balloon from "ribbit" to "Nintendo is A-OK in my book."

Chase @ Nov 28th 2007 4:38PM

I don't care about Greenpeace. Maybe when Greenpeace puts out something as glorious as the DS then perhaps they will be a blip on my Care-o-meter. Nintendo could slaughter baby turtles for their DS cases and I'd still care more about Nintendo than Greenpeace. Christicles, I'd care more about a Green Peach costume variant than I do now about Greenpeace. To hell with Greenpeace. >_

SephFinale @ Nov 28th 2007 6:08PM

Why doesn't the French Navy sink another Greenpeace ship like they did a few years back?

Tommy Chaos @ Nov 29th 2007 6:40PM

I think your comments, Chase and SephFinale, were in very poor taste. Personally, I am not a member of Greenpeace but I respect their goal as should all. They look into the well being of the environment because it has large impacts on the well being of humanity. I would advise you to carefully consider the words you use as many could come across and ignorant and uninformed. P.S. I am a Nintendo fan (I own the Wii and DS) just not a fan of damaging our global home.

bob-o @ Dec 13th 2007 10:20AM

You've got to be kidding me. Are you some sort of greenpeace plant? Claiming that someone may come off as "ignorant and uninformed" is what greenpeace college activists say in an arrogant way in order to demean someone and ignore them. I find your comments to be in poor taste. Screw greenpeace.

gevenstaines @ Nov 28th 2007 10:16PM

slaughtered baby turtles!? is THAT how they made aquarium by DS?

"Penalty points can be deducted" is a double negative. penalty points are bad by definition, so deducting them must be good!

JBGUY2K @ Nov 29th 2007 2:10AM

Or...ya know... Sony coulda paid Ars Technica to put Nintendo and Microsoft way at the bottom...

Either that or i'm just trying to point fingers... lol.

velocitystrike @ Nov 29th 2007 3:07AM

I think you mean Greenpeace.

velocitystrike @ Nov 29th 2007 3:08AM

You mean Greenpeace, right?

velocitystrike @ Nov 29th 2007 3:09AM

Darn broken Firefox and refresh button...

JBGUY2K @ Nov 29th 2007 8:46AM

lmao... yeah, sorry. You know who I meant though... right? But yeah, I noticed that as soon as I saw the chart. Saw that Nintendo and Microsoft were both at the end(Microsoft I can understand, though) and that sony was way to the right compared to the previous. Of course, I could just be talking out of my ass right now.