Michael Dell has yet to speak out decisively on behalf of Dell for a strong Copenhagen deal. Read the details or do something about it.
Oct 2009 Greenpeace Assessment
Summary: 23/100
Dell was an early IT leader in committing to reduce its own carbon footprint but, unlike HP, has not sought to significantly leverage this experience to provide broader solutions or become a stronger voice for government policy. Dell could immediately improve its score by being more outspoken on the need for strong climate legislation and energy performance standards.
Public Climate Speech: 2/10
Despite speeches on Dell's own efforts to reduce emissions, no clear examples stating the need for mandatory emissions reduction targets or strong government policy to incentivise clean tech energy deployment have been released.
Political Advocacy: 6/25
Dell has recently joined other companies in signing the Digital Energy Solutions Campaign letter and Open Letter to the US Senate, but has shown no evidence of more direct advocacy. So Michael Dell's company has scored only 2 out of 10 available points for repeating advocacy.
Climate Solutions: 2/50
So far, Dell has only offered a limited number of climate solution case studies, though no evidence of assessment of net emission reductions relating to these solutions have been made public.
Own Emissions Target: 10/10
Dell has received the maximum number of points for its vow of a 40 percent reduction by 2015.
Renewable Energy Use: 5/5
Dell has ambitious targets for renewable energy use, namely 40 percent by 2015. Currently, Dell has achieved 26 percent renewable energy use.
See also
- Table of scores for all assessments
- Scoring criteria explained (PDF version)
- May 2009 Assessment (21/100 points, 3rd position out of 12)
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