Several Lenovo initiatives honored at the 2024 Business Intelligence Group (BIG) Sustainability Awards
At Lenovo, our commitment to sustainability permeates every aspect of the business, including efforts to minimize environmental impact across products and solutions, supply chain, and manufacturing, among others. This year, Lenovo's Sustainability Solutions portfolio has been recognized by the BIG Sustainability Awards program, which showcases organizations, products, people, and initiatives that prioritize sustainability as a core business element.
Lenovo received honors in three categories—Sustainability Leadership, Sustainability Product of the Year, Sustainability Service of the Year—illustrating our leadership and commitment to a more sustainable future.
Lenovo won the
BIG Sustainability Leadership Award for its parts-harvesting program, "
Transform Trash to Treasure", an initiative driven by Lenovo's International Supply Chain Organization (ISCC). Through this program, parts from defective/no longer in use devices are recovered and repurposed for new devices, resulting in drastic cost savings and an increase in efficiency. Other key Lenovo initiatives recognized in this category win were Lenovo 360 Circle, a sustainability-focused community for ESG initiatives, Lenovo's IT circularity efforts with AI-powered refurbishment and the commitment to achieving Net-Zero emissions by 2050. Through these programs, Lenovo encourages active participation of channel partners, customers, and stakeholders in sustainability initiatives.
Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling technology won the BIG Sustainability Product of the Year Award. Driven by the needs to reduce power consumption and preserve water, in data center environments , Lenovo Neptune extracts heat from high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems while accelerating performance and computing capabilities. By recycling loops of warm water to cool data center systems, Lenovo Neptune helps customers reduce their power consumption by up to 40% with over 95% heat removal efficiency when compared to traditional air-cooled systems.
Awarded to organizations that launch an innovative service that promotes sustainable alternatives, Lenovo's Reduced Carbon Transport Service (RCT) was recognized with the BIG Sustainability Service of the Year Award. This unique offering enables enterprise customers to ship IT devices via airfreight with a lower carbon impact. Lenovo RCT lets customers purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel credits to allocate to their IT purchases, which helps reduce CO2 emissions by at least 70%1. The U.S. Department of Energy states that SAF, a biofuel alternative to traditional jet fuel, is made from renewable feedstocks such as agricultural and forest wastes. Lenovo's Reduced Carbon Transport Service enables customers to enjoy speed of shipments without compromising on sustainability goals.
From repurposing broken and defective parts, to developing innovative solutions such as Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling technology and Reduced Carbon Transport Service, Lenovo continues to lead the way to a more sustainable future.
"At Lenovo, sustainability isn't just a goal, it's a guiding principle that shapes every facet of our operations," said John Stamer, VP & GM, Global Product Services for Lenovo. "These awards reflect our unwavering commitment to not only advancing technology but also ensuring that our innovations contribute to a more sustainable future. We are proud to lead by example and inspire others to join us in this crucial journey"
Read more about Lenovo's sustainability initiative and progress in its FY2023/24 ESG Report.
1 Approximate percentage LCA GHG reduction versus fossil jet based on feedstock used in SAF such as waste and residue lipids, oilseed bearing trees on low-ILUC degraded land or as a rotational oil cover crops. Indirect CO2 emissions reduction benefit is obtained through the purchase of Sustainable Aviation Fuel credits. Lower carbon claim is based upon the purchase of Sustainable Aviation Fuel credits and the resulting emissions reductions when compared to logistic service using conventional jet fuel.
聯想的多個業務在2024年商業智能組(BIG)可持續發展獎中獲得榮譽
在聯想,我們致力於可持續性,在產品和解決方案、供應鏈和製造等所有業務方面努力減少環境影響。今年,聯想的可持續性解決方案被BIG可持續發展獎計劃認可,該計劃展示了以可持續性爲核心業務要素的組織、產品、人員和項目。
聯想在可持續領導力、年度可持續產品和年度可持續服務三個類別中獲得榮譽,展示了我們領導和致力於更可持續的未來。
聯想憑藉其部件回收計劃"將垃圾變寶藏"獲得了BIG可持續領導力獎,這是由聯想國際供應鏈組織(ISCC)推動的一項倡議。通過這個計劃,來自有缺陷或已不再使用設備的零部件將被回收和重新利用於新設備,從而大大降低成本並提高效率。在此類別中獲得認可的其他重要聯想舉措包括:以ESG倡議爲重點的「聯想360社區」、AI驅動的IT循環利用和致力於在2050年前實現淨零排放。通過這些計劃,聯想鼓勵渠道合作伙伴、客戶和利益相關者積極參與可持續發展的倡議。
聯想海王星液冷技術獲得BIG可持續產品年度大獎。爲了降低電力消耗和保護水資源,聯想海王星在數據中心環境中從高性能計算和人工智能系統中提取熱量,同時加速性能和計算能力。通過循環使用溫水來冷卻數據中心繫統,聯想海王星幫助客戶將電力消耗降低了高達40%,與傳統的空氣冷卻系統相比,熱量移除效率可達95%以上。
頒發給啓動促進可持續替代方案的創新服務的組織,聯想的Reduced Carbon Transport Service (RCT)獲得了BIG可持續服務年度大獎。這項獨特的服務使企業客戶可以通過空運以更低碳的影響送貨。聯想的RCT允許客戶購買可持續航空燃料積分,以分配給他們的IT購買,這有助於將CO2排放降低至少70% [1]。美國能源部表示,可持續航空燃料是一種替代傳統噴氣燃料的生物燃料,可由農業和森林廢棄物等可再生原料製成。聯想的Reduced Carbon Transport Service使客戶在不影響可持續性目標的情況下享受快速的運輸服務。
從利用損壞和有缺陷的零部件到開發創新解決方案如聯想海王星液冷技術和Reduced Carbon Transport Service,聯想繼續引領走向更可持續的未來。
"在聯想,可持續性不僅是一個目標,它是一個指導原則,影響我們業務運營的方方面面," 聯想全球產品服務副總裁John Stamer表示:"這些獎項反映了我們不懈地致力於不僅推進技術進步,也確保我們的創新有助於構建更可持續的未來。我們爲身先士卒,鼓舞其他人加入我們這一至關重要的旅程感到自豪。"
了解更多有關聯想的可持續發展倡議和在其FY2023/24 ESG報告中的進展。
1 與基於可持續航空燃料所使用的原料之間的參考碳足跡比較,如廢棄物和殘留油脂,生長於低ILUC的退化土地上的油籽人形機器人-軸承樹或作爲旋轉油塊的農作物。間接的減少CO2排放的效益是通過購買可持續航空燃料積分獲得的。低碳聲明基於購買可持續航空燃料積分和由此產生的減少排放相比使用傳統噴氣燃料的物流服務的結果。