HP Steps Up to Ask Suppliers to Slash Emissions
by Heather Clancy
Oct 7, 2013 11:30 AM ET
Originally published on GreenBiz.com
Hewlett-Packard has measured the greenhouse gas emissions of its supply chain partners since 2008, when it started reporting on their aggregate impact.
It really was only a matter of time before it started doing something about that footprint, and that day has arrived. In late September, HP became the first high-tech company to set specific greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals across its suppliers and business partners and an aggressive one at that: 20 percent by 2020, compared with 2010 levels.