HP and Sustainability
Ken Baker, Senior Consultant
Date: 08/07/2011
What is our connected world like?
In the era of anywhere, anytime connectivity, information is the world's most
valuable resource
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Today, about a quarter of the world's population
online.
By 2020, that
used is
in your
organization?
number will grow to roughly two-thirds.
As access to technology expands, countless gateways to communication and
collaboration are opening up, accelerating how information is created, delivered, and
consumed.
With our broad portfolio and nearly 325,000 employees in 170 countries, we're
driving innovation on a vast scale and helping to transform how people live,
businesses operate, and the world works
Source: IDC, Transforming the Datacentre: Consolidation, Pervasive Virtualization and
Energy Optimization, Doc # DR2009_T4_MB, March 2009
How will we sustainably meet the rising demand
for IT ?
As demand for technology surges, the world will use increasingly more energy and
raw materials to manufacture, transport, power, and eventually dispose of it—in turn
driving up greenhouse gas (GHG ) emissions.
At a minimum, we must design IT to be as energy and resource efficient as
possible.
HP also helps customers make more efficient use of energy and other
resources, build intelligent infrastructure, and replace outmoded, inefficient
systems with more productive and sustainable alternatives.
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A step forward in calculating the Carbon footprint of
IT
Knowing the full carbon footprint of IT can yield big benefits.
Businesses can use the insights to make operations more
efficient, improve procurement policies, and save money.
Today, HP offers the HP Carbon Footprint Calculator.
A free, web-based tool, it helps individuals and
businesses estimate the impact of HP computing
and printing products during use.
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Strengthening Education
Because young people are already enthusiastic technology users, technology is
an ideal platform for deepening their engagement in learning.
At HP, we believe integrating technology into the learning experience is a
pathway to developing the next generation of scientists, engineers, and
innovators. It's why we created the HP Catalyst Initiative.
For example, an HP Catalyst consortium led by the South Africa-based Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research's Meraka Institute is charged with
championing technology that connects students in developing parts of the world
with the global research community.
Known as the Global Collaboratory, this consortium is drawing on the success of the
HP and UNESCO Brain Gain Initiative, which was created to slow the exodus of
scientists and academics from Africa and the Middle East.
HP is working to make peoples life better
For example, we're working with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the
Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation to help babies born with HIV in
Kenya receive prompt medical care that dramatically improves their chances of
survival.
Together, we've developed a new solution that automates the capture, processing,
and publishing of test results, making that information available to caregivers online
and sending them via text to printers in remote clinics.
Test results that once took weeks by courier now arrive electronically in just days.
In 2009, before this system was implemented, 45,000 infants in Kenya were
tested.
With this new program, HP expects the number of babies tested to jump toContainer
70,000 in the year 2011.
HP’s Commitment to the Environment
Our goal for cutting the energy use and GHG emissions
from our operations by 2013, compared with 2005
Amount of electricity customers saved through 2010 using our
high-volume HP desktop and notebook PC families, since
2008
Demonstrated improvement in energy efficiency in our new
facility in Wynyard, UK, compared with the industry average
data center
All of this is changing the way customers think
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Energy Efficient Operations
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Comments from HP’s CEO
We’re also using our position as the world’s largest information technology (IT) company to
address some of society’s most pressing challenges.
Our strategy is to use our portfolio and expertise to tackle complex issues— such as improving
energy efficiency, enhancing the quality
and accessibility of education, and making healthcare more affordable, accessible, and effective.
We approach these issues in a holistic way, stretching beyond quick fixes and piecemeal solutions.
We recognize that these problems are too big for any single organization to address alone, so
we’re teaming up with partners worldwide to find solutions.
We cultivate relationships with diverse stakeholders, such as industry peers, governments, and
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
And to promote higher standards across sectors, we endorse the UN Global Compact.
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Léo Apotheker
President and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you