Hewlett-Packard has announced an ambitious goal to reduce its global energy use by 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2010 by improving the energy use of and emissions caused by its electronics and packaging.

The new goal is part of the company's global environmental strategy, which addresses three levels of the business: products, internal operations and supply chain management. Among the latest steps HP has taken to meet this goal are:

• The introduction of select HP desktop business PCs that offer 80 percent efficient power supplies and were the first to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new EnergyStar® 4.0 requirements. The new power supplies are 33 percent more efficient than their predecessors;
• Dynamic Smart Cooling, HP's energy management system for data centers, which is designed to deliver 20 to 45 percent savings in cooling energy costs;
• Redesigned print cartridge packaging for North America that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 37 million pounds in 2007.

"Energy efficiency is an integral part of the environmental program HP has had in place for decades and is a key component in making HP a leader in sustainability," said Pat Tiernan, HP's vice president for Corporate, Social and Environmental Responsibility. "Sustainability should span the entire business, from product reuse and recycling, a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain, to energy efficiency in products and internal operations -- it's the whole package."

This announcement is the latest in a series of environmental sustainability goals HP has implemented over the last six months. The company has also announced that it will likely surpass its 2007 recycling goal of 1 billion pounds of waste. And last year, HP established a global joint initiative with the World Wildlife Fund to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from HP's operating facilities worldwide.