Lenovo - Low temperature soldering and reduced emissions

Make a Difference

Lenovo's "Make a Difference" partnership with the XBillion Skills lab in India enabled Lenovo to train workers in roles that provide higher living wages. This helps India's disadvantaged residents with skills and training that in turn helps them move from poverty to India's growing middle class.

Monitoring beehives to redefine agriculture

Lenovo ThinkPads are being used as "research assistants" by Hivemind, a research company that is redefining agriculture by studying the declining bee population around the world. This important work is helping to address the consequences of the declining bee population which is a problem for the global agricultural industry. Hivemind researchers chose Lenovo's ThinkPad for their satellite hive monitoring system due to its high performance and durable features.

LEED Platinum Certification

Lenovo was recognized by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) in 2018 for making a significant impact on both industry and culture at its headquarters in Morrisville, North Carolina, USA. In 2018, Lenovo headquarters was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - LEED Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Charity and social action

Lenovo's philanthropic and social impact efforts focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education and empowering minority and under-resourced populations - themes that are integral to the success of our business. Lenovo's network of programs helps provide direct access to technology education and to date has helped more than 5,000 students at 118 public high schools across the United States.

Lenovo's Women's Leadership Development Program

Lenovo's Women's Leadership Development Program (WLDP) supports our global corporate initiative to promote high-potential women into executive leadership roles. Women now represent 18.8 percent of Lenovo's managers. By 2020, the focus is on achieving 20 percent global female representation in leadership positions.

Product Water Footprint by utilizing the Instant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA™)

Lenovo's desktop development team partnered with RDC Environment (a subsidiary of Intertek) to identify a product water footprint using the Instant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA™) electronics tool. Lenovo is now looking at the innovative solutions that can have the greatest impact in reducing the product water footprint.

Photovoltaic project

In FY 2018/19, Lenovo continued the expansion of solar projects at our facilities in Morrisville and Whitsett, NC, USA; and in Wuhan, China. These projects represent nearly 6 MW of potential solar power generation capacity. Lenovo aims to achieve 30 MW of owned or leased renewable energy generation capacity globally by 2020.

Signatory of the U.N. Global Compact

As a signatory to the U.N. Global Compact, Lenovo supports and respects the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights through policies and programs that cover Lenovo's operations and its supply chain. Lenovo strives to manage our operations consistent with the intent of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labor Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

Low Temperature Solder

Lenovo engineers in Japan have invented a low temperature soldering (LTS) process, which generates 35% less carbon emissions when soldering circuit boards. Lenovo is now working with the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) to implement this technology in the industry by 2019.

Lenovo's Mosaic Leadership Development Program

Lenovo's Mosaic Leadership Development Program (MLDP) identifies diverse men and women, including underrepresented groups, who are ready for the next step in their careers to advance to high-potential leadership positions.

Lenovo's Global Week of Service

Lenovo's Global Week of Service is an example of Lenovo's global community engagement. Employees in local offices around the world perform various types of volunteer work, which strengthens the sense of community and capitalizes on the different qualifications of employees, as well as increases Lenovo's focus on differentiation and diversity.

ENERGY STAR qualified products

Lenovo offers a full line of ENERGY STAR qualified laptops, desktops, workstations, monitors and servers. Many of Lenovo's laptop, desktop, workstation, server and monitor products meet and even exceed current ENERGY STAR requirements.

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the latest climate science through collaboration with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).

By 2030, Lenovo aims to reduce direct emissions and emissions related to purchased electricity, heating and cooling by 50%. The emissions target is based on limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

Recycled content

Many Lenovo products contain consumer recycled content (CL-PCR), which helps reduce pollution of oceans, lakes and marine environments.

New packaging material

Lenovo started using 100% recycled packaging material in 2008. The new packaging material, made from 100% recycled foam, allows computers to be stacked, requiring less packaging material.

Code of conduct

The Lenovo Code of Conduct is an integral part of the Ethics and Compliance Program that applies to all Lenovo employees worldwide. Our suppliers are expected to comply with the Supplier Code of Conduct - and are assessed in procurement decisions.

Supercomputing heat recovery

Lenovo's ThinkSystem SD650 high-density server was developed in collaboration with Intel and the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Munich, Germany. The direct water-cooled design enables 85 to 90 percent heat recovery. Since liquid cannot be used to cool everything in a data center, LRZ and Lenovo are expanding alternative cooling by converting the "waste" in the form of hot water into cold water that can be used to cool the rest of the data center.