On April 22, HEWLP held a media meeting on the 2022 Sustainable Forest Project, at which HP and WWF announced the inclusion of the restoration of the Asian elephant habitat in Yunnan, China, into its sustainable development actions, and continued to promote cooperation with WWF in forest conservation and FSC certification projects, as well as with the China Green Carbon Foundation on sassafras pine planting and rearing projects.
In 2019, HP announced the Sustainable Forest Plan for the first time, formally cooperated with the World Wide Fund for Nature on the protection and management of forest ecology, and in April 2021, HP released climate action targets, focusing on three major areas: forest protection, carbon emissions, and resource reuse. On January 1, 2022, HP further strengthened its partnership with WWF and committed $80 million to meet its commitments to protect forest resources.
The theme of the 2022 International Day of Forests, "Forests and Sustainable Production and Consumption", aims to call for the selection of sustainable wood for people and the planet, and data show that around 10 million hectares of forests are degraded and destroyed globally each year. Back in 2020, HP partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature on FSC forest certification.
This year, HP will continue to promote FSC forest certification projects in China, and the current certified forest land is concentrated in southern China, such as Fujian, Sichuan and other places. As of 2021, a total of 33,467.48 hectares of forest have been certified. The project is largely expected to achieve the goal of helping 89,000 hectares of Chinese forest land obtain FSC certification by 2025.
From 2021 to 2022, HP will plant about 25,000 sassafras pine trees in China, a project that will not only help restore the forest ecosystem, but also complete the project donation and land consolidation and tree planting work. Over the next three years, the China Green Carbon Foundation will continue to track and follow up on forest management and nurturing with HP.
At this meeting, HP announced that it will further cooperate with the World Wide Fund for Nature, and in 2022, HP will transform 120 acres of Asian elephant habitat in xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, through the planting of tropical tree species, increase the biodiversity of the forest, and create an ecological environment suitable for Asian elephants. The project plans to complete the restoration of nearly 25 hectares of Asian elephant habitat in the Yunnan tropical rainforest by 2025 and carry out the maintenance of the surrounding ecological environment.
In terms of carbon emissions, HP is committed to achieving full carbon neutrality in operations by 2025, reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the value chain by 50% by 2030, and promoting supplier-related businesses to also achieve carbon neutrality, and by 2040, achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain.
To that end, HP uses renewable and recyclable materials in its product designs, introducing computers and printing consumables made from eco-friendly materials, such as computer parts made from marine recycled plastics, and printing cartridges and cartridges. In addition, HP also focuses on the recycling of printing supplies and hardware, and its unique Managed Print Service (Managed Print Service) pay-per-page function can adapt to the capital-light operation of small and medium-sized enterprises, while tracking and evaluating the carbon footprint of the product life cycle, reducing and offsetting the carbon impact of printing.
In China, for example, HP is working with local partners to recycle and make straw trays from farmers' harvesting each year, replacing the wooden pallets used to deliver products, reducing air pollution and waste of resources caused by straw burning, and driving supply chains to operate in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way. (This article was first published on titanium media App)