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Product information : Sony VAIO desktop computers [S]

11 Category Scores
Category	Score	Stories
Environmental Reporting		Rating of climate change policies and actions
Pollution & Toxics		Greenpeace rating for toxics, takeback & climate change
		Playstation 3 console contains bromine
		Nanotechnologies involvement
Animal Rights		Goat killed for promotional party
		Company supported animal abuse through advert
Human Rights		Unsustainable mining of coltan
		No policy on sourcing from the DRC
		Campaign to not source minerals from the Congo
Workers' Rights		Suicides at supplier factory
		Poor working conditons in Chinese supplier factory
		Workers' rights abuse allegations at supplier factory
Supply Chain Policy		Middle ECRA rating for supply chain policy
Irresponsible Marketing		Recall of faulty batteries
		Recall of unsafe components
Arms & Military Supply		Supply of equipment to the military
Political Activities		Member of NAM
		Member of WBCSD
		Membership of ICC lobby group
Anti-Social Finance		Operations in tax haven
		Operations in 10 tax havens
		Sony pays $10m in Pay-for-play settlement
Other Sustainability Features		EU Energy Star accreditation

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Product Ethiscore:	6.5
Ownership:	owned by Sony Corp
Product Notes
EU Energy Star http://www.eu-energystar.org/:Sony desktop & laptop computers (16 November 2006)
According to the European Union's Energy Star website viewed by ECRA on 16 November 2006, 3 of Sony desktop models were accredited with a European Union Energy Star. The Energy Star was given to products which consumed less energy, for example, those which used 15-30 watts in sleep mode.