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Goals and Performance Data
EHS Goals
Intel's long-range goals for environmental, health and safety (EHS) are embodied in our three EHS principles: prevent all injuries in the workplace; be an environmental, health and safety leader in our communities and our industry; and reduce the environmental footprint of our products, processes and operations. We also develop goals for EHS improvement and measure our performance against our established goals.
In 2011, we will continue to work toward achieving the five-year goals that we set at the beginning of 2008, placing a strong emphasis on energy conservation, reducing our water use and chemical waste. We will also focus on identifying opportunities to increase our chemical waste recycling rate. We will continue our collaborations with external organizations on sustainability issues, particularly in identifying the role that information computing technology can play in addressing global environmental challenges. As 2012 draws nearer, we have begun looking beyond our 2012 goals as part of our strategic planning process, to identify environmental trends, threats, and opportunities, and to proactively address them as we plan our future technologies.2012 Environmental Goals
- Reduce water use per chip below 2007 levels by 2012. (Assuming a typical chip size of approximately 1cm2 [chips vary in size depending on the specific product]).
- Reduce absolute global-warming gas footprint by 20% by 2012 from 2007 levels.
- Reduce energy consumption per chip 5% per year from 2007 through 2012.
- Reduce generation of chemical waste per chip by 10% by 2012 from 2007 levels.
- Recycle 80% of chemical and solid waste generated per year.
- Achieve engineering and design milestones to ensure that Intel® products maintain the energy-efficiency lead in the market for our next two product generations.
EHS Performance Data
Intel strives for continuous improvement and reducing the environmental footprint in both our operations and products. The 2010 Performance Indicators are below.
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Absolute CO emissions were up 4% and per chip CO emissions were down 21% in 2010 compared to 2009. Absolute NOx emissions were up 40% compared to 2009 and per chip NOx emissions were up 5%.
In 2010, absolute VOC emissions were up 13% and HAP emissions were up 41% compared to 2009. VOC emissions were down 15% and HAP emissions were up 4% on a per chip basis.
In 2010, energy use in our operations increased 2% from 2009 on an absolute basis and decreased 24% on a per chip basis. The significant increase in the 2009 per chip figure was due primarily to lower manufacturing levels.
We have set a goal to reduce water use per chip below 2007 levels by 2012. In 2010, Water use increased 3% from 2009 levels on an absolute basis, and decreased 23% on a per chip basis. The spike in the 2009 per chip use figure was due in part to low manufacturing levels related to economic conditions.
Chemical waste generated was up 27% on an absolute basis and down 4% on a per chip basis in 2010 compared to 2009. In 2009, the per chip basis was higher than in other years, in part because of lower manufacturing volumes. Our 2010 chemical waste recycling rate was 75%, below our goal of 80%. The closure of a U.S. recycling facility and reduced recycling opportunities in Israel contributed to our difficulty in achieving this goal.
Solid waste generated was up 15% on an absolute basis and down 13% on a per chip basis in 2010 compared to 2009.
Intel’s recordable rate for injury and illness increased by 17% in 2010, while our days away case rate remained flat. We believe that all workplace injuries are preventable, and we will continue to focus our efforts in 2011 on reinforcing a strong safety culture.
Intel’s absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions were up 3% in 2010 compared to 2009, while emissions on a per chip basis were down 17%. Our purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) contributed to the significant decrease in absolute emissions from 2007 to 2008. The RECs resulted in a reduction of approximately 1 million MMtCO2e in Scope 2 emissions from 2008 through 2010. The table on this page shows our emissions data with and without taking into account our REC purchases. In 2010, our REC purchases represented approximately 51% of our U.S. energy use.
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