Environmental Impact
Currently, we ask our suppliers to report their environmental impact data (GHG emissions, water, waste, renewable energy) formally via the RBA or the CDP reporting methodologies in addition to responding to the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE).
The FY 2022/23 Program performance as below:
Climate Change
Lenovo’s most recent supplier engagement efforts covered 98 percent of procurement spend. The efforts identified the following results (reported by total procurement spend):
93%
Suppliers with public GHG reduction goals
84%
Suppliers who track and report renewable energy generation and purchases
89%
Suppliers with third-party verification of their GHG emissions data
72%
Suppliers with renewable energy goals
Science Based Targets for Suppliers
Lenovo is engaging and incentivizing production procurement and ODM suppliers to also commit to the Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi).
During the reporting period, 45 percent of its procurement spend included suppliers with formally recognized SBT’s which was an increase of 17 percent from the previous year. It is Lenovo’s goal to achieve 95 percent of procurement spend with suppliers that implement SBTs.
Water
During the last data collection period, 84 percent of procurement spend was with suppliers with quantified water reduction goals.
Waste
The waste-related information collected from suppliers includes data such as annual hazardous and nonhazardous waste volumes. During the last data collection period, 76 percent of procurement spend was with suppliers with quantified waste reduction goals