Sustainability Report - Dell

Environmental ResponsibilityDell is committed to being an environmentally responsible market leader. To that end, weconsider the environmental opportunities and challenges our company faces at every stageof the product life cycle, from development and design, manufacturing and operations, tocustomer use and product recovery. We are guided by a company environmental policy, byour efforts to continually improve our environmental performance, and by a number of policieson specific environmental issues.Continuous Improvements inEnvironmental PerformanceSome of Dell's environmental improvements for fiscal year2006 are provided in the following information. For more informationabout all our efforts, see Dell’s previous sustainabilityreports at www.dell.com/sustainabilityreport.• We have developed and publicly released new environmentalpolicies and position statements. For more information,see www.dell.com/environment.• The Product Development Group at Dell has implemented aformal environmental management system, ISO 14001, intoour product design organization.• Dell has provided long-range corporate environmental goals.• Dell has rolled out a compliance program to meet upcomingrequirements for the RoHS Directive.• Our Asset Recovery Services group continues to evolveand provide programs for recovering end-of-life producthardware.• Power management is enabled on all notebook models thatDell manufactures.• Dell became compliant with the China Certification Centrefor Energy Conservation Product (CECP) eco-label.Dell is constantly working to meet demands associatedwith our environmental responsibilities. Figure 8 capturesmany of the accomplishments of our environmental effortsthus far. Note that this continuum does not indicate exactdates of implementation.Figure 8: A Continuum of Environmental ImprovementsDesigned Environmental AspectsInto OptiPlex ChassisMade TCO '92 Monitor Available1991Provided Asset RecoveryBecame ENERGY STAR PartnerCertified 1 st Blue Angel ProductImplemented ManufacturingReduce, Reuse,and Recycle ProgramImplemented RestrictedMaterials ProgramCertified 1stTCO ProductAttained ISO 14001Certification Globallyfor ManufacturingDeveloped SupplierRecovery GuidelinesDesigned to Meet 1-WattFEMP RequirementU.S. Recovery EventsACCOMPLISHMENTSU.S. and Asia Launched1 st Consumer ProductRecovery ProgramENERGY STAREnabled on All OptiPlexDesktops GloballyBegan Using GRI asReporting GuidelineEstablished DesignGoals for RestrictedMaterialsSet Baseline andCommunicatedRecycling GoalsRolled Out GlobalRecovery StrategyTier 1 Suppliers Requiredto Have ISO 14001 andOHSAS 18001 CertificationJEITA GreenPC Eco-labelMillion MonitorProgram(U.S. EPA)32 D E L L S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y R E P O R T • F I S C A L Y E A R 2 0 0 6