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2015/16 Annual Report Lenovo Group Limited
Lenovo’s Climate Change Policy states that Lenovo is committed to reducing the global carbon footprint
of all of its business activities and accepts the findings of current climate science. The policy supports
the conclusions as presented by the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) – “Climate Change 2014.” Lenovo concurs with the findings and agrees that
specific actions are needed to stabilize atmospheric GHG levels and hold global average temperatures
to acceptable increases. The actions supported by Lenovo include reducing global emissions by 40-to-70
percent between 2010 and 2050 and attaining zero emissions by 2100. These actions align with the global
scientific community’s generally accepted recommendations for maintaining global warming below two
degrees Celsius over the 21st century relative to pre-industrial levels.
It closely evaluated its first generation interim reduction targets of 16 percent and 20 percent by 2020
and followed Lenovo’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors’ direction to increase its target for
Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions officially from 20 to 40 percent by 2020 relative to its FY 2009/10 baseline
at the beginning of FY 2015/16. This second generation target for GHG emission reductions aligns with its
customers’ and investors’ expectations and follows the latest scientific findings of climate science.
Lenovo recognizes that its plan to achieve these reductions should include direct renewable energy
sourcing and in May 2015, Lenovo’s Board of Directors and the Lenovo Executive Committee (LEC)
challenged the internal teams to achieve 30 megawatts of direct annual renewable generation by 2020.
Since then it has been evaluating this goal and investigating opportunities for onsite renewable generation
that will align with Lenovo’s business strategy and goals.
In addition to expanding its commitments to GHG emissions reductions and the use of renewables, Lenovo
has also been measuring the impact of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility and IBM System X on Lenovo’s
baseline and ongoing emissions profile. In FY 2015/16, Lenovo integrated the relevant emissions from
the acquired Motorola Mobility and IBM System X businesses into Lenovo’s greenhouse gas emissions
baseline and accounting and these numbers will be reflected in Lenovo’s GHG data to be reported in its
Sustainability Report. The integration of these entities into Lenovo created synergies and consolidation
of operations impacts that will significantly reduce the combined organizations’ global greenhouse gas
emissions.
Since October 2013, Lenovo’s Beijing sites have been participating in an emissions trading system in
Beijing. Lenovo is closely monitoring other provinces where this trading program has been imposed since
its sites in Shanghai, Huiyang, Xiamen, Chengdu, and Wuhan could be impacted in the future. Lenovo has
been establishing a comprehensive energy system for its Beijing sites to reduce emissions year-to-year.
Lenovo partnered with China Reach Academy of Environmental Sciences on the “Cleaning Production
Program” that will take place in all locations in Beijing during 2016 and will focus on identifying energy
savings opportunities and eliminating waste generated in its manufacturing and assembly operations.