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In using recycled plastics, Lenovo supports its objective
of reducing the carbon footprint of its products and has
avoided the emission of greater than 85 million pounds of
CO2. In addition to supporting Lenovo’s internal goals, by
driving such high-volume demand for engineering-grade
PCC plastics, Lenovo is helping to build the infrastructure
and demand for recycled plastic. Consistent with
Lenovo’s commitment to continuous improvement, PCC
use is included in Lenovo’s annual EMS objectives and
targets.
Increasing the energy efficiency and reducing the carbon
footprint of Lenovo’s products is another ongoing focus
area. Lenovo offers a full complement of ENERGY STAR®
qualified notebooks, desktops, workstations, monitors,
and servers. In 2013, ENERGY STAR® availability within
Lenovo’s current offerings included:
• Approximately 98% of all notebook platforms,
including Think, Idea, and Essential product lines
• Approximately 71% of all desktop platforms, including
Think, Idea, and Essential product lines
• Approximately 92% of all workstation platforms (for
pre-configured systems)
• Approximately 50% of all server platforms
• Approximately 96% of all monitors
In addition, many available notebook and desktop
configurations exceeded the current ENERGY STAR®
energy efficiency criteria by 10% to more than 25%.
Seventy-five percent of all ENERGY STAR® qualified
monitors exceeded the ENERGY STAR® standard by at
least 10%, with 33% exceeding the criteria by at least
25%.
Lenovo offers product take-back and recycling programs
for both consumer and business customers worldwide.
Lenovo offers these programs in every country in which
it does business, with many of those programs free to
the consumer. For business customers, Lenovo’s Asset
Recovery Service (ARS) provides computer take-back,
data destruction, refurbishment and recycling services.
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Lenovo is focused on driving sustainable activities
through its internal operations as well as the operations of
its supply chain. As a member of the Electronics Industry
Citizenship Coalition (EICC), Lenovo is helping to execute
a global, standards-based approach to monitoring
suppliers across a broad range of sustainability and social
responsibility criteria. Lenovo’s policies and processes are
consistent with the requirements of the EICC. By working
together, Lenovo and other member companies are
creating a comprehensive strategy for a standards-based
approach for monitoring suppliers’ performance across
several areas of social responsibility.
Lenovo drives numerous supplier programs with
a continual improvement focus that has had a
positive impact on society and the environment. This
includes proactively addressing concerns about labor,
environmental conditions, greenhouse gases, conflict
minerals, post-consumer recycled content materials, and
many other areas.
Suppliers are contractually required through purchase
order terms and conditions and other formal
agreements to comply with legal, regulatory and
various additional sustainability requirements. They
are required to implement and maintain documented
quality and environmental management systems that
meet ISO9001/14001 requirements, to follow all laws
regarding environmental and workplace conditions, and
to comply with restricted materials requirements while
providing necessary declarations. Finally, suppliers are
also contractually required, via a specific and separate
agreement, to comply with the EICC Code of Conduct.
Due to significant joint ventures and acquisitions, Lenovo
has strategic actions planned to incorporate the suppliers
of these new companies into our programs. However, as
many of these suppliers are common to both Lenovo’s
and these new companies’ business and activities, by
default we have solid starting coverage already in place.