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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard yesterday announced that the emissions from its first-tier manufacturing supply chain equaled about 3.5 million tons of CO2 equivalent in 2007, and in doing so became the first IT company to release that level of information about its supply chain.

The data represents emissions from more than 80 percent of the company's overall operations, and HP will use the data it collected to explore ways to bring energy efficiency to its suppliers and further lower its total carbon footprint.

"HP’s continued leadership in supply chain transparency will result in positive operational changes in environmental practices and will encourage other companies to do more to advance supply chain responsibility," said Tony Prophet, a senior vice president at HP. "Technology innovation will continue to improve the IT industry’s environmental footprint and positively impact the broader global economy."

Yesterday's announcement is the first step toward a larger goal of developing efficient, standardized tools for CO2 emissions reporting among suppliers. HP is also working with the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct to create a calculator for bringing consistency to suppliers' emissions reporting, and the company is also a member of the Carbon Disclosure Project, a multinational group working to elevate the quality and quantity of carbon reporting.

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