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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT
Lenovo Group Limited 2012/13 Annual Report
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In addition, Lenovo continues to work with other members
of the ICT industry, academia and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency in the Product Attribute Impact
Algorithm (PAIA) project. The project’s goal is to develop a
methodology and tools to simplify and expedite identifying
the product carbon footprint for PCs. With the release of
tools for notebooks, desktops and monitors, Lenovo is
planning to publish product carbon footprint values for a
typical notebook, desktop and visuals product during May
2013. Lenovo is committed to participate in the next phase
of the PAIA project which will extend the PAIA methodology
to two additional product classes: mobile computer devices
(e.g., tablets) and all-in-one computers.
Lenovo is committed to disclosing its climate change
management practices, results of the evaluation of our
climate change risks and opportunities and our GHG
emissions inventory through the CDP public reporting
system. In FY 2012/13 Lenovo achieved a 2012 CDP
score of 85 (out of a possible 100) which placed Lenovo
in performance band B. Lenovo’s CDP reports are publicly
available at http://www.cdproject.net.
Lenovo is committed to reduce and recycle waste and
conserve water. Lenovo tracks waste intensity and
works to identify and implement opportunities to reduce
waste quantities. We achieved a greater than 90% non-
hazardous waste recycling rate for manufacturing and
research and development sites over the past year. Lenovo
generates only minimal amounts of hazardous waste and
strives to reduce this amount year to year. Lenovo tracks
and monitors water consumption in its operations even
though it does not have any wet processes; water is used
only for human consumption and sanitation. Lenovo is
evaluating water impacts in its supply chain and monitors
the regulatory performance of suppliers located in China
using the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)
database.
For additional details on Lenovo’s waste and water
inventory, see http://www.lenovo.com/waterandwaste.
Lenovo’s energy and GHG emissions data for the last
three years (beginning with the baseline year FY 2009/10)
was third-party verified by Bureau Veritas. In addition,
Lenovo’s waste and water data for FY 2011/12 was
third-party verified. Please see verification statements at
http://www.lenovo.com/climate and
http://www.lenovo.com/waterandwaste. Lenovo plans
to verify FY 2012/13 GHG, waste and water data to a
reasonable level of assurance.
Further details on our strategy, objectives, targets
and environmental performance are available at
http://www.lenovo.com/environment. Detailed results
regarding our environmental performance are
published in our annual sustainability report available at
http://www.lenovo.com/sustainability.
Lenovo’s Environmentally Conscious Products program
focused in FY 2012/13 on the following key areas:
• Product Materials, including the use of post-consumer
recycled content;
• Product Energy, including a focus on product carbon
footprint; and
• Product Packaging, including size reduction and use
of environmentally preferable materials