Climate Counts, the non-profit organization that ranks companies on their practices to reduce global warming on zero to 100 s, have handed Apple a score of 11 some 66 points behind sector leader IBM who scored a 77.

This was the second annual scorecard where climate counts evaluate 60 companies in nine different categories. The companies are rated on publicly available information in regards to their own approach, efforts and policies to reduce global warming. The evaluation not only include the companies internal efforts but their external focus on their various supply changes and other partners.

Climate Counts stated in their last report, “Climate Counts considers information made publicly available during the scoring period but is unable to evaluate information not also accessible to the general public,

“Information that must be specifically requested of companies by consumers and other stakeholders does not meet Climate Counts’ standard for public information.”

Gary Hirshberg, chairman of climate counts and CEO of organic yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm said in a statement, “The Scorecard allows consumers to make good climate decisions in their everyday purchases, and it’s having an impact.”

The reasons for Apples small score are multiple ‘zero’s’ in the individual categories. Apple received the lowest score overall in their category of 12 businesses, and less than a third of the average score of 39.3.

On the bright side, Apple’s low score of 11 is nine points higher than it received in the 2007 Scorecard.