Apple moves up in Greenpeace rankings
If it's the first day of October, then it's time once again for environmental group Greenpeace's quarterly report card of electronics corporations. The group's latest regular report places Apple in ninth place, square in the middle of the pack, which also includes competitors like Dell, HP, and Lenovo. That's up from the 11 spot in last quarter's rankings, but there's a catch: the report card doesn't take into account Apple's most recent environmental moves.
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