2010 Goals and Performance
Environment Goals and Performance
We're committed to improving our performance and transparently reporting our progress. Our top environmental priorities are energy and climate change, and material use and waste. These are EMC's corporate goals, and we measure our progress against those goals.
By the Numbers
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Percent reduction goal for energy use per employee by 2012
29
Percent reduction in GHG emissions intensity per US $ revenue decreased in 2010 below 2005 levels without RECs
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Percent of our takeback product goes to landfill
Climate Change
Performance
- 2010 — EMC is on track to meet our corporate energy reduction goal.
- 2010 — We did not purchase Green-e certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) in 2010.
- 2010 — GHG emissions intensity per US $ revenue decreased in 2010 to 29 percent below 2005 levels without RECs.
- 2010 — Absolute GHG emissions were 22 percent above 2000 estimated levels, while growing revenue more than 91 percent in the same time frame.
Goals
- 2012 — Reduce GHG emissions per square foot of our U.S. facilities to 8 percent below 2005 levels, as committed to the U.S. EPA's Climate Leaders Program.
- 2012 — Reduce GHG emissions intensity per U.S. $ revenue by 30 percent below 2005 levels.
- 2015 — Reduce GHG emissions intensity per U.S. $ revenue by 40 percent below 2005 levels.
- 2050 — Reduce absolute GHG emissions 80 percent below 2000 estimated levels of 274,000 tonnes.
Efficient Facilities
Performance
- 2010 — Installed energy management systems in all major facilities worldwide.
- 2010 — Energy efficiency measures first implemented in 2009 avoided the use of approximately 4.5 million KwH of electricity.
- 2010 — Total electricity use increased by 2 percent over 2009.
- 2010 — Natural gas use for heating facilities decreased 8 percent from 2009.
Goals
- 2012 — Reduce energy consumption per employee in global facilities to 40 percent below 2005 levels.
- 2040 — Purchase 50 percent of electricity consumed in major global facilities from renewable resources.
Travel and Commuting
Performance
- 2010 — EMC total fleet emissions increased 12 percent from 2009 levels due to a 12 percent increase in annual flight hours.
GHG Emissions from Corporate Travel, 2007 - 2010
EMC Data Centers
Performance
- 2010 — State-of-the-art energy-efficient data center opened in Durham, North Carolina.
Goals
- 2010 — Open a new state-of-the-art energy-efficient data center.
Energy-Efficient Hardware
Performance
- 2010 — Released VNX and VNXe platforms with power supplies that are 90 percent more energy efficient than previous generations.
Goals
- 2010 — Power supply efficiency at 90 percent or greater for all enterprise and midrange storage hardware under current and future development.
Water
Performance
- 2010 — Reused more than 5.5 million gallons of treated "gray" water in our Massachusetts facilities.
- 2010 — Increased use of recycled water from our treatment plant by 36 percent over 2009 amounts.
Goals
- 2011 — Add additional buildings to Wastewater Treatment Plant.
GHG emissions from corporate travel, 2007 - 2009
Product Material Content
Performance
- 2010 — Manufactured every newly designed Printed Circuit Board with a halogen-free flame retardant instead of brominated flame retardants (BFRs).
- 2009 — Continued to work with our supply chain in evaluating the implementation of the qualified substitute material for PVCs in cable sheathing that meets our performance requirements. This substitute still does not yet meet our requirements for economic viability or supply chain continuity.
Goals
- 2011 — Identify alternative materials for phthalates and develop a qualification protocol to validate the efficacy of those alternative materials in partnership with the GC3 Consortium.
Packaging
Performance
- 2010 — Continued to develop more sustainable packaging solutions that reduce material consumption and waste, utilize recycled and renewable materials, and increase transport efficiency.
- 2010 — Determined reassessment of packaging metrics collection processes to present an accurate picture of our global environmental impact from packaging and to better inform our strategy.
- 2010 — Implemented EMC and MIT partnership to reassessment implementation of new packaging metrics collection and evaluation.
Goals
- 2011 — Set new processes for global packaging data collection.
- 2011 — Determine packaging baseline and set goals for 2012.
Product End of Life
Performance
- 2009 — The destination of our returned products, measured by weight, remained largely consistent with our 2008 statistics.
Destination of Returned Products by Weight, Since 2008
Biodiversity
Performance
- 2010 — EMC North Carolina Apex manufacturing designated a Wildlife And Industry Together (WAIT) site.
Material Use and Waste
Performance
- 2010 — 75 tonnes of waste composted in EMC Massachusetts facilities.