Bangalore: In an eco-friendly move, Hewlett Packard (HP) has
established new goals to reduce the energy use and carbon intensity of
its operations and products. HP said that it has already met its goal
of reducing combined energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions of its operations and products to 25 percent below 2005
levels by 2010.
HP's new goal is to reduce the energy consumption and associated GHG
emissions of all its products to 40 percent below 2005 levels by the
end of 2011. Additionally, HP's goal is to reduce GHG emissions from
HP-owned and HP-leased facilities 20 percent under 2005 levels by 2013
on an absolute basis. This goal is independent of organic business
growth and will be accomplished by reducing the worldwide energy
footprint of HP facilities and datacenters. In addition, HP plans to
invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
Between 2005 and 2008, HP says that its combined product innovations
and operational efficiencies have reduced its GHG emissions by more
than four million metric tons. "HP continues to build and report on
transparent programs that support environmental sustainability as a
global business strategy," said Shane Robison, Executive Vice President
and Chief Strategy and Technology Officer at HP. The company has
reduced the energy used in its operations by nine percent since 2005,
toward a previous goal of 16 percent by 2010.
According to HP, through product recovery, telepresence solutions and
managed printing services, an estimated 1.9 million metric tons of
customer-owned emissions have been reduced using HP technologies. "By
shedding light on our energy use and carbon footprint - and by
extension our customers and partners - we are driving greater
efficiency across the global economy," Robison added. The acquisition
of EDS, an HP company, in 2008, and the integration of the combined
company's facilities increased HP's total operations footprint by
nearly 50 percent, which has prompted HP to establish separate
operations and products goals.
