HP Innovation Issue 21: Summer 2022 | Page 7

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Climate Action For Suppliers

James McCall , HP ’ s Chief Sustainability Officer , on why reducing upstream emissions benefits the value chain and the planet .
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a range of ambitious climate action targets , including a commitment to be net zero by 2040 — a full decade ahead of the Paris Agreement . We ’ ve published our Sustainable Impact Report for over 20 years and have actively worked to reduce our footprint for decades . That ’ s because it ’ s in our company ’ s DNA to push toward the goal of being the most sustainable and just tech company in the world .

We ’ ve had many successes . Last year HP was one of only 14 companies worldwide , and the sole tech firm , to receive a prestigious Triple A rating in Climate , Water , and Forest benchmarks from the not-for-profit Carbon Disclosure Project ( CDP )— our third year in a row . And because consumers care about their footprint and want their purchases to have a positive impact , whether they ’ re buying a new computer , printer , or coffee machine , sales related to our sustainability efforts have more than tripled , hitting $ 3.5 billion in fiscal year 2021 .
But we realize there is more to be done to reach our goal of cutting our absolute
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