Environment
Improving the environmental performance of
our customers, operations, and supply chain.
Supply chain environmental impact
Reducing the environmental impact of our supply chain operations is a core part of our Supply Chain Responsibility program. Suppliers contribute to HP’s overall environmental footprint by consuming energy and water and generating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and waste. We collaborate with production, product transportation, and nonproduction suppliers to reduce these impacts. Since 2010, HP has helped production suppliers save an estimated cumulative amount of approximately $50 million.
Supply chain greenhouse gas emissions
Our primary environmental focus in our supply chain is tackling GHG emissions due to raw materials use, manufacturing, and product transport. In 2014, our supply chain GHG emissions accounted for 40% of HP’s carbon footprint.
In 2013, we introduced our industry’s first supply chain GHG emissions reduction goal: to decrease first-tier manufacturing- and product transportation-related GHG emissions intensity1 in our supply chain by 20% by 2020, compared with 2010. Climate Savers, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) program that promotes aggressive private sector action to reduce GHG emissions, endorsed the goal.
Through December 2013 (the latest data available), we achieved an 18% reduction in GHG emissions intensity from 2010 levels, exceeding our expectations for our supply chain’s progress. We also have a secondary goal of helping suppliers to cut 2 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) of GHG emissions between 2010 and 2020. As of the end of 2014 we have achieved one-third (30%) of this target.
Reduction in first-tier product supplier and
product transportation-related GHG emissions intensity
tonnes CO2e/$ million of HP net revenue, 2010 = 100%
Our GHG reduction efforts focus on first-tier production suppliers and the transportation suppliers that help ship more than one million HP products on a typical day between manufacturing sites and distribution centers, and to customers. To meet our 2020 goals we work with suppliers to:
In 2014, we further expanded our supplier Energy Efficiency Program (EEP) in China and Southeast Asia to include 70 new HP supplier sites. The program promotes factory-based energy efficiency programs and practices through collaboration with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the WWF China and World Resources Institute.
We also work with the nonproduction suppliers that provide HP with important services such as staffing, telecommunications, and travel to report and reduce their carbon footprints.
Water
Water is an increasingly scarce resource in many regions. Our supply chain currently accounts for around 25% of HP’s water footprint, and we work with suppliers to improve water management and encourage responsible withdrawal and discharge.
related to water withdrawal.
HP is a member of the Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP), and we use its Environmental Reference Tools to help suppliers in water-stressed regions improve on-site water use practices. In 2014, we expanded this pilot water management program to include three sites, in China, Mexico, and Turkey.
We use the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Global Water Tool to assess risks to local environments and communities, and to identify the key supplier locations in which to focus our efforts.
Waste
Working with our suppliers to minimize waste helps reduce the environmental footprint of HP products. It also offers opportunities for innovation and commercial benefit. For an example, read about our zero waste initiative, with key suppliers in Brazil.
We track and report suppliers’ waste generation data to encourage greater awareness. We also use the GSCP Environmental Reference Tools to provide waste minimization guidance and expectations for suppliers.
For more information about our Supply Chain Responsibility program, see HP’s approach to supply chain responsibility and our 2014 Living Progress Report: Supply chain environmental impact.
Strengthening our communities and enabling the sustainable development of society
Acting with integrity and respect for human rights around the world
All figures contained on this page are reflective of Hewlett-Packard Company prior to the company’s November 1, 2015 separation. HP Inc. metrics will be introduced to the site on an on-going basis as they become available.
1. HP calculates intensity as its suppliers’ GHG emissions divided by HP’s annual net revenue. This method normalizes performance based on business productivity. Production supplier GHG emissions include Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.