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124 Lenovo Group Limited 2015/16 Annual Report
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT
The Environment
Lenovo is committed to accountability and leadership in environmental affairs and continues to
build upon a history of environmental achievement. This commitment is documented in Lenovo’s
Environmental Affairs Policy which applies to all operations and forms the foundation of Lenovo’s
Environmental Management System (EMS). The Environmental Affairs Policy is available at
http://www.lenovo.com/environment.
Environmental and sustainability risks are included in Lenovo’s official risk management process
described earlier. The risk management evaluation template includes environmental risk categories
such as environmental incidents, catastrophic weather conditions, and supply chain disruptions, among
others. Annually, each business unit is required to identify risks, assess their impacts on Lenovo’s
strategy execution and develop risk mitigation plans. In addition, as part of Lenovo’s ISO 14001 EMS and
its Sustainability Materiality Assessment, at least annually it evaluates Lenovo’s significant, or material,
environmental aspects.
Lenovo’s EMS establishes the framework through which it manages all facets of environmental aspects
and drive continuous improvement in its environmental performance. Lenovo’s EMS is ISO 14001 certified
and covers the company’s global development and manufacturing operations for Lenovo computer
products and devices. Lenovo’s EMS assures that the environmental impacts of its products as well as its
site operations worldwide are minimized as much as possible.
In FY 2015/16 it continued its drive to integrate and align into the Lenovo Global Environmental
Management System the employees, business units and facilities joining Lenovo through recent
acquisitions. Its focus remained on the key commitments of its Environmental Affairs Policy: working to
ensure compliance, acting to prevent pollution and reduce its environmental impact, striving to develop
products with industry-leading environmental attributes and pushing to continually improve its global
environmental performance.
Environmental compliance management during rapid growth can be a challenge. In FY 2015/16 it saw
increases in the number and types of products offered by Lenovo and the number of countries in which it
offers them. At the same time, the year brought new regulatory and voluntary compliance commitments.
Lenovo’s compliance organization is driven by the Global Environmental Affairs organization and
supported by a global network of internal environmental focal points and external partners. It regularly
conducts internal and external audits of its own facilities and those of its suppliers. The environmental and
health and safety management systems at both its manufacturing and development sites are subjected to
internal audits at least annually. These sites also undergo third-party environmental and health and safety
audits at least once every three years, with most sites being audited twice every three years.
Lenovo also acts to ensure compliance in its supply chain, with Lenovo personnel performing
environmental audits at the sites of its largest suppliers and those organizations whose services
potentially present significant environmental risks. It also requires that its suppliers comply with the
Electronics Industry Code of Conduct (EICC) and verify this compliance through third-party audits.
In FY2015/16, Lenovo’s Global Supply Chain Sustainability team led efforts to integrate the acquired IBM
System X and Motorola Mobility supply chain sustainability programs into our own. Both businesses had
robust programs in place prior to being acquired, and a large portion of their procurement spend was
common with Lenovo suppliers already in its program.