Razer's new Ecologos will tell you just how green your new hardware is, or how guilty you should feel

pcgamer.com:

Razer has once again made a step in a greener direction. No, I'm not talking about the retina-destroying colour of its peripherals. The company has just announced it's going to be slapping Type One Ecologo Sustainable Product Certifications from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) on two of its gaming mice. 

Razer's partner for this, UL, is the same company that owns 3DMark(opens in new tab). That's one of the tests we use to benchmark hardware in our labs here at PC Gamer, and one name we've trusted for years. Apart from the odd bias blip in its history. Anyway, these eco certifications from UL will be the first of their kind to go out to gaming mice.

First, to the Deathadder Essential, then an updated version of the Basilisk V3(opens in new tab) will be coming along with its new green credentials.

If you do find yourself staring down one of Razer's new Ecolabel products, you might be wondering if these are just a load of hot air. Anyone can stick a label on a product nowadays and claim eco-superiority, can't they? 

To put your mind at ease, here are the six hoops Razer had to jump through to meet official public standards and get that certification:

Similar initiatives do already exist across the peripherals space. A few of Logitech's mice have some form of sustainability label, for example. In fact, according to Logitech's climate action page(opens in new tab) it was the first consumer electronics company to slap «detailed carbon impact labels» on its products. A lot of these tend to be single attribute claims, though, meaning they only fulfil one or maybe two of the eco requirements, against the six that the full UL Standard 2710 Ecolabel required of Razer.

All this is basically another way for Razer to prove it's doing