Lenovo's Sustainability Report: Innovation and Sustainable Practices

This report examines Lenovo's sustainability initiatives, focusing on its commitment to corporate social responsibility and environmental stewardship. It delves into Lenovo's approach to innovation and sustainability, highlighting their Environmentally Conscious Products Program and the use of recycled materials. The report analyzes Lenovo's sustainability stakeholders, including suppliers, and their adherence to ethical and environmental standards. It benchmarks Lenovo's performance, comparing GHG emissions and water consumption with industry peers like Sony, and provides data-driven insights into their progress. The report offers recommendations for managers to enhance sustainability efforts, emphasizing the importance of employee training, resource preservation, and the development of recycling programs. The conclusion underscores Lenovo's dedication to integrating sustainability into all its operations and its commitment to a sustainable future.

Module Name: Innovation and The Sustainable Organisation
Module code: SG6002
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Table of Contents
Part A..........................................................................................................................................................3
Lenovo and its Sustainability Offerings...................................................................................................3
Relevant literature...................................................................................................................................4
Lenovo’s Sustainability Stakeholders......................................................................................................5
Sustainability Benchmark........................................................................................................................6
GHG Emissions...................................................................................................................................6
Water consumption..............................................................................................................................8
Recommendations for Managers.............................................................................................................9
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................10
References.............................................................................................................................................10
Part C.........................................................................................................................................................11
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Part A
Lenovo and its Sustainability Offerings
Lenovo is enthusiastic about its pledge to fill in as a worldwide corporate resident and pioneer in
manageable business rehearses. These are the two qualities and guarantees that hold by the
organization – and as they change and develop, so too does their attention on having a beneficial
outcome (Freedman, 2019). The way they approach manageability is like how they approach
development with the motto that Different is Better (Pan, 2005). Lenovo generally endeavour to
discover better approaches for getting things done distinctively with the goal that they can
reliably turn out to be better – for their clients, for their representatives, for the networks where
they work together and for the earth. This year, Lenovo built up an achievement LTS producing
process that will lessen Lenovo's yearly CO2 discharges by nearly 6,000 metric tons through
2018 and they will before long make the process accessible to all hardware makers so they can
do things another way for being better, as well (Pan, 2005). In the year ahead, they will keep on
clearing new streets with the worldwide CSR and maintainability activities and keep up the
unfaltering promise to manufacture an increasingly supportable future (Freedman, 2019).
Lenovo has for quite some time been focused on structuring and building sturdy, vitality
proficient items that are ecologically benevolent. Lenovo’s far-reaching Environmentally
Conscious Products Program, propelled in 2005, guarantees Lenovo stays a green item pioneer
quite a long time after year (Pan, 2005). Bolstered by Lenovo's Global Environmental Affairs
group, the program is executed by a system of Environmentally Conscious Product specialists
and green item groups inside every speciality unit.
Lenovo's item improvement process is centred around incorporating ecologically favoured
materials into their items. Joining post-industrial recycled content plastics, post-consumer
recycled content plastics and closed-loop post-consumer recycled plastics keep on being
instrumental to their advancement methodology. Utilization of Recycled Plastics Starting in
2007, as new evaluations of reused plastics with PCC opened up, Lenovo's item improvement
groups started to utilize these earth favoured materials to fulfil corporate ecological goals and
targets and meet new client prerequisites (Pan, 2005). Utilizing these built plastics not just spares
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the regular assets and vitality that would have gone into assembling new plastics, yet additionally
redirects both PCC and PIC from landfills. They accomplish these natural advantages while as
yet making an item that satisfies Lenovo's superior guidelines (Pfister, 2018).
Relevant literature
Sustainability is known as the quality of not being harmful to the environment or society (Pfister,
2018). It supports long term ecological balance. There is by all accounts increasingly more
instruction on the significance of corporate social responsibility on the side of supportable
strategic policies. The inexorably mainstream greenways to deal with strategic policies is the
thing that sustainability is about. sustainability is a term that has developed in prominence and
has become a catchphrase for green strategic policies that has been consolidated into numerous
corporate techniques. There are things Lenovo can do to participate in conserving resources.
Be Intentional About Sustainability
Sustainability should be consolidated into corporate strategies and reflected in hierarchical
business objectives. This implies focusing on this in each part of hierarchical activities.
Cooperate with Employees
Lenovo must organize training for the employee to make them understand the importance of the
sustainability. Employees are the key element for any business.
Water and Electric Preservation
Saving this should be the main concentration for the Lenovo. Changing over to vitality effective
spigots, toilets and lighting can be an incredible method to spare water, energy and spending
dollars.
Supply Chain
Lenovo should keep up a rundown of economical agreeable sellers and focus on it to just utilize
associations that grasp reasonable strategic approaches (Zuckerman, 2017). Maintaining
sustainability from the very beginning is an option for any organization to make sure
sustainability (Zuckerman, 2017).
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Build up a Recycling Program
Lenovo should develop an in-house program for recyclable products. Waste management vendor
can be a great option for this purpose. One of the main reasons behind environment pollution is
these sorts of waste which can’t be recycled properly (Zuckerman, 2017).
Compound Management
Using chemical and compound are increasing day by day (Zuckerman, 2017). That’s why there
must be some particular option or criteria to control the using of compound. Lenovo should
invest in this particular sector to ensure sustainability.
Buy Only Energy Efficient Products
Lenovo should be very much concern in case of buying any sort of products regarding their
business. Energy-efficient products should be the main theme for them to maintain sustainability.
Create Sustainability Work Policies
Lenovo should create sustainability policies and procedures to fortify the endeavours. Things
like, shut down hardware by the day's end and empower vitality reserve funds settings on all PCs
and work areas, are instances of arrangements that can bolster the reason.
Lenovo’s Sustainability Stakeholders
Lenovo is focused on corporate social obligation and manageability over the start to finish
inventory network process (Portney, 2015). They have frameworks set up to help guarantee
consistency with all appropriate work, ecological, wellbeing and security, and morals
benchmarks. It is their arrangement and practice to ceaselessly improve their endeavours to meet
and surpass commercial centre desires (Pfister, 2018). They perceive there is no closure to this
excursion and there are numerous open doors for development. On the side of these objectives,
Lenovo has solid provider legally binding prerequisites, a thorough provider set of accepted rules
and broad provider approval programs (Pfister, 2018). By and large provider manageability
execution is followed and announced employing a broad report card program. At long last,
instruction and ability building rehearse are set up.
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Lenovo requires incredible exertion to take out manageability hazard in its production network
through mindful accomplices and program inclusion (Portney, 2015). 98% of their obtainment go
through is with less than 100 huge providers who regularly have powerful supportability
programs. 75% of their providers issue formal open maintainability reports. Lenovo has long
haul associations with providers, many estimated in decades, inciting steadiness in the networks
in which they work. About 30% of their obtainment go through is with providers who have been
working with Lenovo for over 20 years (Portney, 2015). 44% of their providers are in nations
with developing administrative necessities in regards to social and natural obligation, explicitly
the U.S. what's more, Europe (Pfister, 2018). Their program endeavours contact profoundly into
Tier 2 and Tier 3 providers (Pfister, 2018). Lenovo's Supplier Code of Conduct, agreements and
semi-yearly provider correspondences expressly address hostile to defilement, against gift
concerns and business respectability (Portney, 2015). All key acquisition workforce is prepared
semi-yearly on manageability concerns.
Sustainability Benchmark
GHG Emissions
One of the major reasons behind the ecological change is the emission of greenhouse gas
regularly from a different company (Chua, 2017). Every company should give their full
concentration regarding this issue to maintain the environmental change. There are a lot of CO2
are including in the air day by day (Chua, 2017). The Lenovo is working hard to maintain
sustainability but it has to face this
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problem. There are many other companies which are also facing the same problem. Sony is
another big fish in the arena. It has also faced this problem. But at the regulations of
sustainability, they are trying to reduce the emission of CO2. According to the Data, in 2019
there are nearly 150 million metric tons of CO2 are included in the air from the company name
Lenovo. But as they are taking various steps to reduce this, it is expected that it will be reduced
at least 10 per cent. On the other hand, in the case of Sony, there are nearly 135 million metric
ton CO2 are included in the air (Green, 2018). It is also hoping to overcome this problem.
As both of them are trying to follow the international standard and according to the standard
every organization have to reduce 10% of GHG emissions regularly.
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GHG emissions of Lenovo
GHG emissions of Sony
(in Metric Ton CO2e)
(in Metric Ton CO2e)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
0
50
100
150
200
250
Green House Gas Emissions
Lenovi Sony

From this graph, it is very clear that both Lenovo and Sony are working hard to reduce GHG
emissions. And in 2020, it will be 10% lesser than in 2019.
Water consumption
It is seen that the using of water is increasing day by day. But it must be stopped or maintain
control over this. On the other hand, Sony is already started to take some control over this.
The water consumption rate of Sony is given below:
But Sony has already made a target to make the water consumption rate under 11.8 by the next
year (Green, 2018). Though the water consumption rate of Lenovo is increasing, it is high time
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2015 2016 2017 2018
8.7 12.2 13.6 14.2
Chart Title
Water Consumption
Million m3
Water consumption by Lenovo
2015 2016 2017 2018
12.4 11.6
13.9 13.6
Water consumption Rate
Water consumption Rate
Water consumption by Sony
Million m3

for them to make some initiatives to take control. If they make this rate under 12 that will be a
great achievement for them in the next year. There must be some big investment to make this
happen. There must be different rules and regulations regarding the fact of water consumption.
Highly occupied technology must be used in this case. The uses of water have to reduce to
overcome this problem. By doing this they can take proper steps to maintain the ecological
balance.
The final graph of these two company after setting the target is given below:
From the chart, it is very clear that Sony is decreasing by nearly 12% of its water consumption to
set the target (Green, 2018). As Lenovo is using a huge number of waters, there must be some
huge initiative to recover this problem. By the help of the yearly budget, it can be possible for
Lenovo to reduce its 14% usage of water.
Recommendations for Managers
Every manager should be very much concern about the environment and the changing nature of
this environment. The very first step of fighting against environmental change is to admit the
changes. Managers should be trained well regarding this issue. They should use a proper budget
for the environmental change (Freedman, 2019). There must be a proper environment for all the
managers and the employees to maintain some particular rules and regulations regarding
environmental changes (Freedman, 2019). People must be careful about nature, not only by
profession by passion. This is one of the fundamental issues for any organization. By
maintaining these rules and regulations any organization can maintain sustainability.
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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
8.7
12.2 13.6 14.2
12.212.4 11.6
13.9 13.6
11.8
Water Consumption Rate
Lenovo Sony
Million m3

Conclusion
Lenovo is focused on moral corporate citizenship and to advancing maintainability in the entirety
of its exercises. Lenovo exhibits these responsibilities through straightforward and mindful
administration of the social, natural, and monetary qualities. These qualities regard and are
educated by those of the entirety of their partners, incorporating the networks with which they
cooperate (Egenhofer, 2016). Each association must help some strategy and every chief and
representative, just as any contractual worker performing take a shot at the sake of Lenovo, bears
a moral obligation to tolerate some specific standards concerning the sustainability of nature
(Egenhofer, 2016).
References
Chua, K., Wong, J. and Lim, Y., 2017. GHG Emissions. 2nd ed. Hauppauge: Nova Science
Publishers, Inc.
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Part C
Environment is the key element for any living animal. As part of the human being, it is very
much important for us to very much concern about the environment. We live on this planet and
we have to make sure the sustainability of this world. As the world is full of business the
mandatory part of our life is to maintain or make a bridge to those business ideas with nature.
This case is all about the present business world and the present scenario of the environment
regarding the business. Lenovo is one of the big fish in the world of technology. This is making
some huge impact on the technological world. As people are becoming more sincere about
nature, they must give their full concentration into the environment change. Their business
model must be combined with the environmental changes. They must take the necessary steps to
overcome these scenarios. We can learn the eight particular initiatives taken by the Lenovo to
make some fundamental changes regarding the environmental changes. In this case study, we
have to work with their present scenario regarding the GHG emissions and water consumption
rate. Another big fish in the arena Sony is the competitor regarding this case. We find some
similarity and some variations regarding these two company. But both of them are very much
eager to change the scenario. Both of them are working hard to make the world a better place for
the human. This two companies set their target for the upcoming years to make some changes in
their business policy and criteria. These changes will help them to overcome the present
situation. It will be very much helpful for them to make sure that they will be a part of the better
world. It is a great joy for us to gather knowledge regarding different sectors of the technology-
based business. Each of them maintains particular shape and criteria regarding their annual
reports and other pieces of stuff. As environmental and ecological changes are the biggest threat
for the humankind that should be the main concern for everyone of this present world. Every
nation has to take enough initiatives to make this possible. All the organizations have to follow
some strict rules and regulations regarding environmental changes. If we make these initiatives
successful then the scenario will be changed.
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