Greentech Lead America: In 2013, Intel will increase its green power purchases to nearly 3.1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), equivalent to 100 percent of the company’s projected U.S. electricity use for the year and equal to the annual electricity use of more than 320,000 U.S. homes
Intel’s sustainability initiatives focus on environment, employee engagement, supply chain responsibility and education, the company said announcing its 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report.
Over the past five years, Intel has been recognized as the largest voluntary purchaser of green power in the nation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In 2013, Intel will increase its green power purchases to nearly 3.1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), equivalent to 100 percent of the company’s projected U.S. electricity use for the year and equal to the annual electricity use of more than 320,000 U.S. homes, the company said.
Since 2009, Intel has partnered with third parties to complete 18 solar installations on nine Intel campuses in the United States, Israel and Vietnam, generating more than 10 million kWh of energy per year.
“Intel’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report allows us to transparently track our progress and aggressively work toward new goals in areas ranging from supply chain responsibility to K-12 education,” said Michael Jacobson, director of corporate responsibility at Intel.
“Embedding corporate responsibility into our vision, strategy and management systems creates value for us, as well as our stockholders, customers and our global communities,” Jacobson added.
Since 2008, Intel has linked a portion of every employee’s compensation to environmental goals, focusing on carbon emission reductions in 2012 and solid waste recycling in 2013.
Through Intel Involved, employees in 2012 donated 1.2 million hours of service to more than 5,400 schools and nonprofit organizations in 42 countries, bringing the total donated hours to more than 5 million over the past 5 years.
Twelve employee teams received Intel Environmental Excellence Awards for sustainability projects, generating more than $40 million in estimated savings in 2012 and totaling more than $200 million in savings over the past 3 years.
Through Intel’s Sustainability in Action grant program, nine teams of employees received grants in 2012 for environmental projects ranging from planting a vegetable garden at a children’s home in Singapore to developing a water purification system in rural India.
As of April 2013, Intel has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for 29 new and existing buildings, with a total of more than 7.5 million square feet of floor space.
In 2012, Intel achieved its goal to manufacture a microprocessor that has been verified as “conflict-free” for the metal tantalum.
Intel was ranked seventh on the 2012 “Gartner Supply Chain Top 25” list for excellence in supply chain management, up from 16th in 2011 and 18th in 2010.
Intel convened its first Supplier Sustainability Leadership Summit in China to advance supplier responsibility performance. The company also requested that its top 75 suppliers publish a Global Reporting Initiative-based report by the end of 2013 to promote greater transparency.