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Dell Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Progress Toward Company's 2020 Legacy of Good Goals
ROUND ROCK, Texas --(Business Wire)--
Dell (News - Alert) today announced key corporate responsibility achievements with the
release of its Fiscal Year 2014
(FY14) Corporate Responsibility Report. The report provides the
first progress update on the goals outlined last fall in the company's 2020
Legacy of Good plan, a strategic roadmap for bringing sustainability
and business objectives together, creating social and environmental
benefits while enabling better customer outcomes.
The plan outlines an ambitious, long-term strategy for Dell's solutions,
processes and people, and strives to measure the ripple effect of how
its technology is helping customers and others to benefit the world. It
contains 21 goals Dell is committed to reaching by 2020. Key goals
include making Dell's entire product portfolio 80 percent more energy
efficient, its packaging 100 percent waste-free, and applying its
technology and expertise to directly help three million youth in
underserved communities.
"As a private company, our entrepreneurial spirit and bold long-term
goals are fueling new, innovative ways to solve problems and create
positive change," said Trisa Thompson, vice president of Corporate
Responsibility at Dell. "I'm proud of the progress we're making toward
our 2020 Legacy of Good commitments and the resulting impact we're
having for our customers, team members, communities and the planet."
Report Highlights
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Dell reduced the energy intensity of its product portfolio by 23.2
percent over the last two years - and that of its server portfolio by
approximately 50 percent. Customers who purchased products in FY14 can
expect to spend $449 million less on electricity to power their
products over their lifetime compared to those purchased in 2012. The
company's 2020 goal is to reduce the energy intensity of its portfolio
by 80 percent.
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Dell's Connected Workplace program helped the company avoid 6,700 metric tons of
greenhouse gas emissions last year, equivalent to eliminating nearly
16 million miles driven. The flexible work programs make it easier for
team members to do their best work while saving the company an
additional $12 million this year. Approximately 20,000 team members or
about 20 percent of Dell's workforce participate officially in the
Connected Workplace program, bringing Dell almost half way to its goal
of 50 percent global participation by 2020. An estimated additional 20
percent take advantage of the program tools and participate in an
unofficial or occasional manner. The company's flexible solutions
earned Dell the No. 3 spot on Forbes'
Top 100 Companies Offering Flexible Jobs In 2014.
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Dell reduced GHG emissions from facilities and logistics by 8 percent
- you would need to plant 1.9 million trees to absorb that much
carbon, which is approximately 73 times the number of trees in NYC's
Central Park. Dell attributes the change to more efficient fulfillment
processes (including more ocean-going freight and better packaging)
and increased purchases of renewable electricity, constituting 35
percent of Dell's overall electricity purchases and up from 23 percent
last year. By 2020, Dell plans to reduce emissions from facilities and
logistics by 50 percent.
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Dell is a leader in terms of supplier diversity, and in FY14 the
company spent $4.1 billion with diverse suppliers, up from $3.44
billion in FY13. The company continues to be recognized as part of the Billion
Dollar Roundtable for its spending with minority and woman-owned
suppliers.
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Dell is helping today's youth by putting its technology, expertise and
giving dollars to work where it can do the most good. Last year, the
company helped 590,000 children through its youth
learning and children's
cancer care programs alone. Helping communities without reliable
electricity access, in 2013, Dell and its partners installed its first
two solar-powered
Dell Learning Labs, outfitted with energy-efficient Dell Wyse
workstations, to bring technology-based learning to youth in
underserved areas of Africa. Together, the Dell Learning Labs directly
serve 434 students and more than 50 teachers, as well as thousands of
other students and residents who also have access to the technology.
The full Corporate Responsibility Report is now available online at www.dell.com/crreport
and Dell's vice president of Corporate Responsibility, Trisa Thompson,
will be hosting a conference call on Wednesday, July 9th to discuss
highlights.
About Dell
Dell Inc. listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and
services that give them the power to do more. Powering the Possible is
Dell's commitment to put technology and expertise to work where it can
do the most good for people and the planet. Dell acts to strengthen
communities, preserve the environment, engage a diverse and inclusive
workforce, and ensure supply chain responsibility. Learn more at www.dell.com/poweringthepossible.
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