Company Profiles

Intel

United States

Intel, the world's largest semiconductor chipmaker, sees a direct relationship between its competitiveness and the energy efficiency of its products. To this end, the company's CEO Paul Otellini states that energy efficiency is a key focus of the company's research and product development efforts. Intel has a strong track record in this area, including the development of its Instantly Available PC (IAPC) technology, allowing PCs to run more efficiently while reducing their energy use up to 71%. According to the U.S. EPA, IAPC technology will prevent 159 million tons of CO2 emissions between 2002 and 2010. Intel's strong environmental policy acknowledges the need for sustainable products and manufacturing processes, and is well supported by the company's detailed Corporate Responsibility report. Intel's resource reduction activities have been deployed within the company's offices, facilities, and factories, and include closed-loop recycling processes, promotion of renewable energy, heat recovery, and water efficiency projects. As a result of these activities, Intel has shown improvements in all of its key performance indicators, relative to production levels. Although the company appears to utilize Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Portfolio 21 encourages Intel to provide specific examples of how it applies LCA to its product development process and operations.

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