Greener World - Goals and Priorities

Xerox aligns its environmental sustainability goals around four commitment areas where we can make a significant impact across our entire value chain of products and services:

Climate Protection: We invest in technologies that reduce the carbon footprint of our operations and the document-management solutions we offer to our customers. Our aim is to be carbon-neutral.

Preserving Biodiversity and the World’s Forests: We work with our customers, suppliers and other stakeholders to support the development of a sustainable paper cycle through paper-sourcing guidelines and environmentally sound paper offerings, as well as products and services that decrease offices’ dependency on paper.

Preserving Clean Air and Water: We strive to eliminate the use of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic materials throughout the supply chain.

Preventing and Managing Waste: Our goal is to produce waste-free products in waste-free facilities that promote waste-free customer workplaces.

Our policy is to integrate these global environmental commitments into our core business strategy and practices. Our approach is to invest in innovation, market leadership and sound management practices that deliver measurable benefits to the environment, our customers and society, and that increase shareholder value. We recognize the importance of creative partnerships with suppliers, customers and other stakeholders to achieve these benefits and maximize their value.

Commitment	Strategic Goal	Objective	Metric/Target	2008 Progress
Protect Our Climate	Carbon-neutral	Reduce total company-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Help customers meet their printing needs with the most energy-efficient document management solutions.	Reduce total GHGs by 25% from 2002 to 2012. Obtain ENERGY STAR^® rating for 90% or more of eligible new product launches by 2010. Develop decision tools for customers to “green” their offices.	GHG emissions down 20% from 2002 to 2008. 80% of eligible new products launched met the 2007 ENERGY STAR (version 1.0) standard. Launched the Xerox Sustainability Calculator to help customers pinpoint opportunities to reduce their office environmental footprint.
Preserve Biodiversity and the World’s Forests	Sustainable paper cycle	Source paper from companies committed to sound Environmental, Health and Safety practices and sustainable forest management. Certify Xerox-branded paper to standards for sustainable forest management. Advance sustainable forest management tools and approaches among Xerox suppliers.	Supplier adherence to Xerox requirements for sustainable forest management. Goal is 100% by volume. Maintain Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification chain of custody (PEFC) certifications for Xerox operations in 2007 and maintain in 2008/2009. Successful three-year $1 million partnership with The Nature Conservancy.	More than 90% of Xerox paper by volume met our requirements. Maintained chain of custody certification as planned, expanding portfolio of FSC- and PEFC-certified papers. The Xerox/Nature Conservancy partnership (2007–2009) is supporting science-based tools that provide forest managers with accessible biodiversity data, further incorporating biodiversity considerations into forest management and strengthening forestry standards.
Preserve Clean Air and Water	Zero persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) footprint	Reduce PBT footprint throughout the supply chain.	Xerox’s ISO 14001-certified facilities’ goals are to reduce hazardous materials, as well as energy and waste. Conduct Life Cycle Evaluation (LCE) to prioritize areas for future technology development. Reduce use of PBTs in Xerox supply chain through adherence to Xerox’s chemical use standards for all suppliers and Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition’s Code of Conduct requirements for our 50 key global suppliers, representing 90% of spend, by 2012.	Worldwide hazardous waste volumes decreased 10% from 2007 and 96% was beneficially managed. Xerox completed a Life Cycle Assessment of a solid ink printer compared to a laser printer and is using LCE to inform future direction of research and development in products and materials. As part of Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, on track to complete audits of all key suppliers in high-risk regions. In 2009, developing systems and processes to provide a complete accounting of materials throughout our value chain that will support progress toward zero PBT.
Waste Prevention and Management	Waste-free facilities and products	Reduce material footprint of Xerox equipment and supplies. Achieve “zero waste to landfill” for major facilities worldwide.	Continued investment in “cartridge-free” solid ink technology that produces up to 90% less waste from supplies and packaging than conventional office color printers. Maintain >90% reuse or recycling of recovered Xerox equipment and supplies offerings. Expand ISO 14001-conforming environmental management system to Xerox U.S. warehouses in 2008 and additional operations and geographies in 2009–2011.	In 2009, launched Xerox’s ColorQube™ multifunction printer that reduces office waste by 90% and has 10% less global warming impact than comparable laser devices. Xerox achieved >90% reuse or recycle rate for 106 million pounds post-consumer of equipment and supplies waste, bringing the total landfill avoidance to 2.2 billion pounds since 1991. Xerox’s largest warehouses have adopted environmental management systems. We are on track to reduce the solid waste sent to landfills by 25% by 2012. In 2009, developing company-wide waste-free target.