Worldwide, HP employs approximately 172,0001 people in more than 170 countries. We recognize that the large size of our operations comes with large responsibilities. The ways in which we manage our facilities and conduct our business activities can have significant and far-reaching impacts on the environment as well as the welfare and safety of our employees. We are working to minimize those impacts and have made operations a cornerstone of our commitment to environmental responsibility.
Last year, the top priorities for our operations continued to be reducing our energy consumption and limiting the solid and hazardous waste we produce. We also monitor and manage other areas of environmental impact, including fuel used by HP-owned vehicles and through business travel, water used in our facilities and chemicals used in manufacturing and in our facilities (including PFCs, air emissions, chemical releases and ozone-depleting substances.
In May 2006, we announced a new program of facilities consolidation. The HP Workplace Transformation program provides us the opportunity to improve our space utilization and install more energy-efficient equipment. Our goal is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from HP owned and HP leased facilities worldwide to 15% below 2006 levels by 2010. The Workplace Transformation program is described in Sustainable buildings and Energy – Operations.
Our environmental, health and safety (EHS) management system helps us to identify, evaluate, control, manage and reduce environmental impacts in all our facilities. The system accommodates regular changes in our operations and ensures compliance with regulations and company standards. See Management system for more information.
These activities also create substantial cost savings for HP. For example, in 2007, our U.S. waste diversion strategy achieved savings in landfill and incineration costs totaling $7.5 million.
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