By Sustainability team
30th April 2010.
09:35
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Interested in one of the most interesting events in UK on sustainability?
450+ delegates
6+ international CEOs/Presidents
40+ senior European corporate responsibility executives
Next week the Responsible Business Summit will take place close to Hammersmith in London. Hope to see you there.
On an annual basis Time Magazine presents a list of the 100 people who most affect our world.
This year Matt Berg from the Millennium Village project is on the famous list. In the article the project and his work is described in the following way “ChildCount+ has been in existence for only nine months and has already reported more than 20,000 nutrition screenings, 500 cases of malnutrition and 2,000 of malaria.”
Sony Ericsson has supported the project from the start and provided the health workers with phones.
Read the article about Matt.
More and more companies are recognizing that they have a responsibility to minimize the impact that their products and operations have on our climate. So do we at Sony Ericsson. In 2008 we decided to revise or climate related goals so that they not only include emission reductions from Sony Ericsson’s own operation, of which we are in control. Now they also include emissions from life cycle stages beyond Sony Ericsson’s sphere of influence. To reach that goal, we need to collaborate with our suppliers and customers, and influence them to also make reductions. Working together, both upstream and downstream the supply chain, is the only way if you substantially want to reduce the environmental impact of a product.
Emission distribution on mobile phone life cycle stages
So, Sony Ericsson’s goals are to:
- By 2015 reduce the total greenhouse gas emissions from Sony Ericsson’s internal activities with 20 % (base year 2008)
- By 2015 reduce the total greenhouse gas emissions from the full life cycle of Sony Ericsson’s products with 15% (base year 2008)
Are you curious about how we are doing so far? Since our goals are based on 2008 years performance, 2009 is the first year with a full follow up of these targets. The results will be communicated in our Sustainability report which is to be released very soon.
So stay tuned, and I’ll keep you updated on how Sony Ericsson is performing when it comes to cutting carbon!