Palo Alto, Calif. — HP has announced a companywide goal to reduce global energy use 20 percent by 2010 through the development of energy-efficient products and implementation of energy-efficient operating practices in worldwide facilities. The new goal is part of the company's global environmental strategy that addresses three levels of the business: products, internal operations and supply chain management.
HP has already started to meet this goal with the introduction of select HP desktop business PCs — HP Compaq dc5700, dc5750 and dc7700 desktop PCs — that offer 80 percent efficient power supplies. They were also the first to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new EnergyStar 4.0 requirements. The new power supplies are 33 percent more efficient than their predecessors. (See related story: HP desktop PCs first to meet Energy Star 4.0.)
In addition, HP also offers Dynamic Smart Cooling, HP's energy management system for data centers, which is designed to deliver 20 to 45 percent savings in cooling energy costs along with redesigned print cartridge packaging for North America that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 37 million pounds in 2007.
"Energy efficiency is an integral part of the environmental program HP has had in place for decades and is a key component in making HP a leader in sustainability," said Pat Tiernan, HP's vice president, Corporate, Social and Environmental Responsibility, in a statement. "Sustainability should span the entire business, from product reuse and recycling, a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain, to energy efficiency in products and internal operations — it's the whole package."
A few noteworthy accomplishments include HP's purchase of 11 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy for use in its operations. It also joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Purchase program, which challenges Fortune 500 companies to double their renewable energy purchases by the end of 2007. HP said it plans to increase renewable energy purchases by more than 350 percent by procuring 50 million kWh of renewable electricity during 2007.
HP also has nearly 50 products registered with the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) to help buyers select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes.
HP also introduced two supplier training programs, one targeting Central and Eastern Europe and another in China, to ensure adherence to the company's stringent social and environmental responsibility standards. Click the links for more information about HP's energy-efficient solutions and the HP 2006 Global Citizenship Report.
