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Employee Engagement and Sustainability Thrive at Intel
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Intel (News - Alert) Corporation today released its 2012 Corporate Responsibility
Report, highlighting the company's performance in areas including
employee engagement, environmental sustainability, supply chain systems
and education. The report also showcases Intel's progress toward its
2020 environmental goals that aim to drive continuous improvement in the
company's manufacturing operations and the energy efficiency of its
products.
"Intel's annual Corporate Responsibility Report allows us to
transparently track our progress and aggressively work toward new goals
in areas ranging from supply chain responsibility to K-12 education,"
said Michael Jacobson, director of corporate responsibility at Intel.
"Embedding corporate responsibility into our vision, strategy and
management systems creates value for us, as well as our stockholders,
customers and our global communities."
Building on its nearly 2 decades of reporting, Intel is continuing to
promote transparency in its performance and actions. Highlights from the
2012 report include:
Employee Engagement
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Since 2008, Intel has linked a portion of every employee's
compensation to environmental goals, focusing on carbon emission
reductions in 2012 and solid waste recycling in 2013.
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Through Intel Involved, employees in 2012 donated 1.2 million hours of
service to more than 5,400 schools and nonprofit organizations in 42
countries, bringing the total donated hours to more than 5 million
over the past 5 years.
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Twelve employee teams received Intel Environmental Excellence Awards
for sustainability projects, generating more than $40 million in
estimated savings in 2012 and totaling more than $200 million in
savings over the past 3 years.
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Through Intel's Sustainability in Action grant program, nine teams of
employees received grants in 2012 for environmental projects ranging
from planting a vegetable garden at a children's home in Singapore to
developing a water purification system in rural India.
Renewable Power
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For the past 5 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has
recognized Intel as the largest voluntary purchaser of green power in
the nation. In 2013, Intel will increase its green power purchases to
nearly 3.1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), equivalent to 100 percent of
the company's projected U.S. electricity use for the year and equal to
the annual electricity use of more than 320,000 U.S. homes.
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Since 2009, Intel has partnered with third parties to complete 18
solar installations on nine Intel campuses in the United States,
Israel and Vietnam, generating more than 10 million kWh of energy per
year.1
Green Building Design and LEED Certification
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As of April 2013, Intel has achieved Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) certification for 29 new and existing
buildings, with a total of more than 7.5 million square feet of floor
space.
Supply Chain Responsibility
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In 2012, Intel achieved its goal to manufacture a microprocessor that
has been verified as "conflict-free" for the metal tantalum.
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Intel ranked seventh on the 2012 "Gartner (News - Alert) Supply Chain Top 25" list
for excellence in supply chain management, up from 16th in
2011 and 18th in 2010.
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Intel convened its first Supplier Sustainability Leadership Summit in
China to advance supplier responsibility performance. The company also
requested that its top 75 suppliers publish a Global Reporting
Initiative-based report by the end of 2013 to promote greater
transparency.
Education
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Intel and the Intel Foundation invest approximately $100 million
annually in education programs globally, including the Intel Science
Talent Search and the Intel International Science and Engineering
Fair, both programs of Society for Science and the Public, which
reached 7 million high school students in 2012 alone.
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In 2012, Intel partnered on the launch of the "Girl Rising" film and
10x10 social action campaign, which highlights the importance of
investing in girls' and women's education.
Intel has provided public reports on its environmental, health and
safety performance since 1994 and produced an annual Corporate
Responsibility Report since 2001. To read the new report, visit www.intel.com/go/responsibility.
More information on Intel's corporate responsibility programs can be
found at the CSR@Intel
blog and on Twitter.
About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The
company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the
foundation for the world's computing devices. Additional information
about Intel is available at www.intel.com/newsroom
and blogs.intel.com.
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Renewable Energy Credits generated by these installations are often
transferred to local utilities to support their regulatory
obligations and programs.
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