Traditional corporate PR agencies have profited handsomely representing companies, organsiations and governments that have a harmful and morally repugnant element to the business.
Now Greenpeace have upped the ante to try and turn the spotlight on waste from electronics goods.
It would make sense if we learned from our colleagues working on oil, gas, tobacco and processed food companies now before Greenpeace gets up to full speed with its mix of well-spun half-truths, bravado and photo stunts.
More here from Greenpeace.
Clients in the technology sector are likely to be not all that well prepared: with the exception of some server companies like Sun Microsystems who are looking at building more energy efficient boxes and Dell who has done a modicum of work on recycling the industry hasn't addressed the issue all that well.
The semiconductor sector has been reasonably sensitive to this following class action suits from employees with various type of cancer. In addition, technology marketers are increasingly focused on transactional marketing including pay-per-click advertisements and looking to get 'payment-by-results' PR campaigns at the expense of building brands and corporate reputation in preparation for the onslaught that Greenpeace and the like will bring to bear.
Whilst brand and corporate reputation work won't look as pretty on a PowerPoint slide as the pivot tables of key word data from Google, its value has never been higher.
Now Greenpeace have upped the ante to try and turn the spotlight on waste from electronics goods.
It would make sense if we learned from our colleagues working on oil, gas, tobacco and processed food companies now before Greenpeace gets up to full speed with its mix of well-spun half-truths, bravado and photo stunts.
More here from Greenpeace.
Clients in the technology sector are likely to be not all that well prepared: with the exception of some server companies like Sun Microsystems who are looking at building more energy efficient boxes and Dell who has done a modicum of work on recycling the industry hasn't addressed the issue all that well.
The semiconductor sector has been reasonably sensitive to this following class action suits from employees with various type of cancer. In addition, technology marketers are increasingly focused on transactional marketing including pay-per-click advertisements and looking to get 'payment-by-results' PR campaigns at the expense of building brands and corporate reputation in preparation for the onslaught that Greenpeace and the like will bring to bear.
Whilst brand and corporate reputation work won't look as pretty on a PowerPoint slide as the pivot tables of key word data from Google, its value has never been higher.
