Mark Hurd has leapt from from 8th position to 2nd and could knock IBM's Samual Palmisano from the top if he would speak up more on climate legislation and Copenhagen. Read the details or do something about it.
Oct 2009 Greenpeace Assessment
Summary: 42/100
HP leapt up the leaderboard with more case studies and more detailed saving figures on climate solutions. Mark Hurd's company has increased advocacy for climate legislation in the US and internationally, but it is still far below what we'd expect the #1 Company in Newsweek's Green Ranking to be.
Public Climate Speech: 2/10
HP's CEO Mark Hurd is known to eschew the spotlight, and HP did not provide any new CEO speeches. HP only scores for a company presentation at last year's UN Climate meeting.
Political Advocacy: 10/25
HP has been advocating for emissions reductions via the Digital Energy Solutions Campaign and on specific US legislation. However HP needs to advocate for more specific and higher levels of global greenhouse gas reductions. It's one of the most active companies on repeating advocacy, scoring 6 out of 10 available points.Climate Solutions: 19/50
HP has provided much improved information on climate solutions including Halo virtual meeting, print on demand and building energy management. HP is also working on accounting for Embedded Energy used during production of hardware required for solutions. This will provide more accurate estimations of emissions reductions over the entire lifecycle of a solution.
Own Emissions Target: 10/10
HP provides a strong target of a 25 percent reduction by 2010 on their 2005 baseline emissions. In September, HP also set a new goal for reducing the emissions of HP products.
Renewable Energy Use: 1/5
The target to increase additional renewable energy use to 8 percent of its total electricity use by 2012 provided HP with one out of a possible five points.
See also
- Table of scores for all assessments
- Scoring criteria explained (PDF version)
- May 2009 Assessment (13/100 points, 8th position out of 12)
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