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These challenges included:
• Completingtheintegrationofthereacquiredmobile
phone business into Lenovo’s newly created Mobile
Internet and Digital Home (MIDH) business unit.
Integration of MIDH into the global EMS is now
complete. MIDH environmental focal points participate
in the Lenovo product and site environmental
management systems, providing operational data
that is included in the company’s global reporting and
participating in our annual objective and target setting
process.
• Aligningtheenvironmentalworkofthenewjoint
venture formed when Lenovo acquired 51% of the
NEC PC business. The NEC PC EMS comes to
the joint venture with a very mature, strong and
well functioning EMS. Environmental staff of both
companies are working to ensure the alignment of
processes, procedures and objectives and targets.
• IntegratingMedionAGintoLenovo’sglobalEMS.This
work is on-going. Planning for establishing an ISO
14001 registered EMS within Medion has begun. That
EMS will be integrated into Lenovo’s global EMS and
registered with the company’s global registrar by the
end of Q2 FY 2013/14.
• EstablishinganEMSatLenovo’snewlycommissioned
manufacturing facility in Chengdu, China and
integrating the system into the company’s global
EMS. This work is complete. The Chengdu EMS was
certified by Lenovo’s Chinese Registrar, the Chinese
Electronics Standards Institute, during November,
2011. The site will be included in the company’s global
registrar audit schedule during the coming year.
• Assuringthedesignofthecompany’snewly
announced headquarters building in Beijing includes
environmental attributes that promote efficient
operation and minimize the environmental impact of
the facility. To ensure this Lenovo has committed to
designing the facility to the requirements of China
Green Building 3 Star and LEED Gold certifications.
Lenovo has committed to achieving these certifications
for the facility during FY 2017/18.
• Assuringthedesignofthenewmanufacturingfacility
being built in a joint venture with Compal in Hefei,
China, includes environmental attributes that ensure
energy efficiency and minimize the environmental
impact of the facility. High efficiency electrical
equipment, HVAC, chillers, distribution system and
lighting are included in the design of the facility.
Outdoor lighting will be powered by renewable energy
sources. State of the art building materials that allow
use of natural light and reduce heat transfer will be
used. Rainwater will be used to meet part of the
sanitary sewer and cooling towers demand.
Compliance management during rapid growth can also be
a challenge. FY 2011/12 saw increases in the number of
products offered by Lenovo and the number of countries
in which they are offered. At the same time, the year
brought new regulatory and voluntary commitments
with which Lenovo must comply. To support Lenovo’s
existing compliance organization and ensure continued
global compliance the company entered into contracts
with external partners in Europe, North America and
Latin America. In China, internal reorganization resulted in
creation of the China Compliance and Standards group and
increased resources committed to compliance assurance.