Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu have taken out top spots in the latest Greenpeace Cool IT rankings.

 

Cisco made it to no.1 for its commitment to creating climate solutions, such as remote collaboration and telecommuting, and its methodology in calculating their potential to cut carbon emissions, Greenpeace said.

 

The rankings, carried out every six months, are based on climate solutions, energy impact and political advocacy.

 

But the environmental group warned that the “gap between leaders and laggards” had widened in the latest poll, “as many companies are still failing to incorporate the carbon-reducing potential of IT products and services into core business decisions and development, or into their lobbying efforts.”

 

It said Microsoft, Intel, IBM, and many Japanese brands were penalized for failing make a public break from the negative positions of business associations that represent them.

 

But it noted that Cisco, Ericsson, Microsoft and Google all sent delegations to the recent Cancun climate conference in order to demonstrate the role that IT can play in building a green global economy.

 

The latest leaderboard contains two new additions, Indian software firm Wipro and US giant Oracle.