Operations

HP is committed to reducing its climate impact by continually making its global operations more energy efficient and seeking low-carbon energy sources where possible. In 2009 we launched the Global Workplace Initiative, a major effort to cut costs and decrease our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by improving our use of space, installing more efficient equipment and increasing our purchases of renewable energy. Our target is to cut absolute GHG emissions to 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2013.

Due to our integration of EDS in 2009, we have reset our baseline and goals for energy use and GHG emissions to embrace the additional 465 sites and a large number of additional employees. In 2009, our global GHG emissions from operations¹ equaled 1,951,000 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent, a decrease of 10 percent compared with the combined total for HP and EDS in 2008.

Scope of this section

• Data are based on HP’s fiscal year (ending October 31, 2009).
• In this section we report HP’s scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions² arising from HP’s facilities, automotive and air fleet, and employee business travel. Scope 1 emissions include those from the direct use of natural gas, diesel, refrigerants and PFCs at operations, and from fuel used by HP’s automotive and air fleet. Scope 2 emissions are from purchased electricity. Scope 3 emissions result from employee business travel by commercial airlines and rental cars. In other sections, we also report estimated scope 3 emissions from product manufacturing, product transport and product recycling (which has a net benefit).³
• In 2009, HP collected data from 414 sites (including all manufacturing sites and our largest office, warehouse, data center and distribution sites). This accounted for 83 percent of our total floor space of approximately 7.3 million square meters. We extrapolated data from comparable facilities, primarily leased small office space, for the remaining 17 percent of floor space, unless stated otherwise.
• We continue to refine the process by which we collect data and calculate trends. Gathering and extrapolating data quarterly instead of annually will more accurately reflect changes in our operations.
• See a list of major operations.

1. ¹ Energy use in HP-owned and leased facilities accounts for 98 percent of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by our operations. The remaining 2 percent of our GHG emissions from operations is generated by refrigeration equipment and HP manufacturing processes.
2. ² The World Resources Institute (WRI) defines scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions in its Greenhouse Gas Protocol .
3. ³ According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Waste Reduction Model (WARM) Tool, CO₂e reductions from recycling are calculated per the following formula: 1.858 kg CO₂e / kg recovered electronic waste.