Our carbon footprint
WE ARE EMBEDDING ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY INTO THE WAY WE THINK AND OPERATE
Reducing emissions: the “50, 20, 100 Plan”
Alcatel-Lucent is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 50% of 2008 levels by 2020, involving 100% of our workforce in the process.
Our plan includes such tactics as minimizing waste and increasing recycling at our offices, making our buildings more efficient, reducing air travel, consolidating data centers, and converting to more efficient computers.
Measuring progress more precisely
Before 2008 we surveyed our emissions from stationary, on-site sources of combustion as well as purchased electricity (classified as Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions) associated with facility operations. In 2007 we reported a total of 741,871 metric tons of CO2 emissions associated with energy use for facility operations. We said our target was to reduce CO2 emissions associated with facility operations by 10% compared with the 2007 baseline by 2010. We also pledged to conduct a full carbon footprint assessment by the end of 2008. As promised, we conducted a thorough assessment of our carbon footprint by measuring Scope 1, Scope 2 and some Scope 3 emissions in 2008. This covered some of our owned and major leased facilities worldwide (where we exert operational control, 82% of our real estate) as well as business travel. Using these more precise measures, our 2008 emissions totaled 1,003,651 metric tons of CO2 equivalent. We will use this number as our new baseline to track progress as we target a 50% reduction in total carbon footprint by 2020.
Reducing Energy Consumption
Energy use accounts for most of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with our operations. To reduce energy use, we are examining and implementing techniques like building consolidations, temperature control and lighting replacement, to name just a few, with notable successes in 2008. For example:
- We have reduced energy consumption over the past two years by consolidating energy-hungry data centers. As of the end of 2008, we had consolidated 25 data centers to 17.
- In Stuttgart, Germany we saved approximately 5 MWh and reduced CO2 emissions by more than two metric tons by installing new insulation, windows and lighting and by replacing air conditioning with natural ventilation.
- We reduced our carbon footprint by reducing offi ce space at our Naperville, Illinois site, where we created 148 fl exible workstations for people who are not regularly in the office.
- Alcatel-Lucent France developed a program to reduce its CO2 emissions and non-hazardous waste in 2008. This was done with the involvement of the real estate and operational teams, and the launch of a specifi c Eco-Attitude campaign. The results:
- -26% CO2 emissions per occupant (vs. -4% planned);
- -64 kg of non-hazardous waste per occupant (vs. -15 kg planned).
Eco-sustainability awareness campaign - “Let’s Be Eco-Friendly”
On the occasion of the Earth Week 2009, Alcatel-Lucent launched an extensive eco-sustainability awareness campaign - “Let’s Be Eco-Friendly” - that encourages Alcatel-Lucent employees to avoid printing documents, separate trash for recycling, save water, turn down thermostats, use teleconferencing to avoid travel, reduce commuting by car whenever possible.
