Ready for some non-iPhone related news? Apple is no longer Greenpeace's worst tech offender. That dishonor now belongs to Sony.

...But the company has now moved ahead of Sony, LG Electronics, Panasonic and HP to tenth place on the 14-company Green Electronics Guide ranking. Nokia, Dell and Lenovo topped the list.

You may remember that Steve Jobs recently went on record about the company's stance on environmental matters, presumably due in no small part to Greenpeace's scathing campaign -- as scathing as it gets in the world of electronics, anyway. It turns out that the group was so harsh on Apple because they hold the company in such high esteem.

Greenpeace explained to vnunet.com that the group is especially vocal in regards to Apple because it sees the company as an industry leader capable of influencing other vendors to adopt better policies.

Now, how will Sony get out of this one?