Hewlett-Packard has already met its goal of reducing combined energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its operations and products to 25% below 2005 levels by 2010.

Additionally, Hewlett-Packard’s goal is to reduce GHG emissions from Hewlett-Packard-owned and Hewlett-Packard-leased facilities 20% under 2005 levels by 2013 on an absolute basis. This goal is independent of organic business growth and will be accomplished by reducing the worldwide energy footprint of Hewlett-Packard facilities and data centers.

“Hewlett-Packard continues to build and report on transparent programs that support environmental sustainability as a global business strategy,” said Shane Robison, executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer, Hewlett-Packard. “By shedding light on our energy use and carbon footprint – and by extension our customers and partners – we’re driving greater efficiency across the global economy.”

Between 2005 and 2008, Hewlett-Packard’s combined product innovations and operational efficiencies have reduced its GHG emissions by more than 4 million metric tons. The company has reduced the energy used in its operations by 9% since 2005, toward a previous goal of 16% by 2010.

The acquisition of EDS, an Hewlett-Packard company, in 2008, and the integration of the combined company’s facilities increased Hewlett-Packard’s total operations footprint by nearly 50%, which has prompted Hewlett-Packard to establish separate operations and products goals.

Energy efficiency in product design and technology:

Innovation in product design and technology continues to drive energy efficiency and reduce the carbon intensity of Hewlett-Packard products, which helps customers live and work in a low-carbon economy while remaining cost-effective.

Hewlett-Packard has already exceeded the goal set in January 2008 to reduce the energy consumption of its volume desktop and notebook PC families by 25% by 2010, below 2005 levels. Hewlett-Packard has reduced the energy consumption of its highest-volume desktop and notebook PCs by 41% since 2005.

More examples of Hewlett-Packard’s recent progress on sustainable business practices include:

– Hewlett-Packard has shipped more than 500 million inkjet cartridges through its closed loop inkjet cartridge recycling process, the innovation that allows recycled plastic from empty cartridges returned through the Planet Partners program (which has collected more than 300 million inkjet and Hewlett-Packard LaserJet cartridges combined) and recycled plastic from other sources to be used in the manufacture of new Original Hewlett-Packard cartridges.

– Hewlett-Packard will offer 100% recycled single packaging expanded polyethylene (EPE) cushions across the HP Compaq 6000 Pro desktop PC series, available in North America and Latin America.

– Hewlett-Packard expanded the number of high-efficiency internal power supplies, ENERGY STAR 5.0 qualified PCs and advanced power management features and introduced the ENERGY STAR and EPEAT registered thin clients.

– The HP Photosmart ML1000D Minilab printer helps retail customers realize a 64% savings in energy and an average savings of 800 gallons of chemical and water discharge per year compared to silver-halide photo finishing system.

– HP ProLiant Generation 6 servers, which began shipping in 2009, deliver twice the performance at half the power draw of the previous generation.

– HP ProLiant servers were the first in the industry to qualify with the ENERGY STAR for Computer Servers 1.0 guidelines released in May; both HP ProLiant DL 360 and 380 servers carry the seal, with additional compliant Hewlett-Packard servers expected in coming months.

Hewlett-Packard helps reduce customers’ greenhouse gas emissions:

Hewlett-Packard is committed to reducing GHG emissions throughout its business ecosystem. Through product recovery, telepresence solutions and managed printing services, an estimated 1.9 million metric tons of customer-owned emissions have been reduced using Hewlett-Packard technologies. This is equivalent to taking more than 354,000 cars off the road for one year.

Through the use of select HP Eco Solutions, Hewlett-Packard customers are expected to reduce their CO2 emissions by more than 4 million tons from 2005 to the end of 2011, which equates to removing more than 741,000 cars from the road for one year. HP Eco Solutions that help customers increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon intensity include:

– HP Halo: telepresence solutions that reduce the need for business travel

– HP Eco Solutions printing practice for large organizations: tools, software, services, hardware and expertise to help customers reduce their environmental impact and save money

– Worldwide product recovery: recycling of products and supplies