{"id":63589,"date":"2024-05-27T10:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T02:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=63589"},"modified":"2024-05-27T10:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T02:07:36","slug":"lenovo-wins-big-for-advancements-in-sustainability-environmental-achievement-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2024\/05\/27\/lenovo-wins-big-for-advancements-in-sustainability-environmental-achievement-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo wins big for advancements in sustainability, environmental achievement, leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To succeed at sustainability, bold initiatives must be well-planned and supremely executed. With a focus on helping customers measure performance, embed sustainability in their IT environments, and choose the right solutions to turn ambitions into actions, Lenovo\u2019s Sustainability Solutions portfolio has been recognized by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sealawards.com\/\">2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 an environmental program that honors organizations that demonstrate strong leadership, innovation, and commitment to sustainable business practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SEAL awards feature four categories\u2014initiative, innovation, product, service\u2014and Lenovo\u2019s product, services, and supply chain efforts received honors across all four.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.lenovo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SEAL-Awards-2024-Lenovo-Social-graphic-600x338.png\" alt=\"Graphic with the SEAL award and Lenovo logo.\" class=\"wp-image-27939\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lenovo\u2019s International Supply Chain Organization (ISCC) won the&nbsp;<strong>SEAL Environmental Initiative Award<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Transform Trash to Treasure<\/em>, its innovative parts-harvesting program. This award recognizes specific initiatives that move the needle on environmental progress and demonstrate leadership and commitment to a sustainable future. An evolution of Lenovo\u2019s reverse &amp; repair business, parts harvesting enables Lenovo to recover useable parts from defective devices, thereby extending the lifecycle of each component. This initiative promotes the transition to a circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recognizing innovations that represent game-changing ideas that lead to a more sustainable future, the&nbsp;<strong>SEAL Sustainable Innovation Award&nbsp;<\/strong>was presented to the newly launched&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.lenovo.com\/pressroom\/press-releases\/lissa-new-ai-powered-capability-businesses-reduce-it-footprint\/\">Lenovo Intelligent Sustainability Solutions Advisor (LISSA)<\/a>. This AI-powered sustainability engine informs IT sustainability strategies through data intelligence. Knowing that certain efficiencies can help reduce carbon footprint, Lenovo\u2019s solution architects and sales professionals, through LISSA, help businesses understand the estimated emissions impact of IT purchases from Lenovo, unlocking potential emission reduction opportunities across the lifecycle. Through this innovative platform, Lenovo helps customers proactively plan and embed sustainability solutions with measurable outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lenovo.com\/ca\/en\/servers-storage\/neptune\/\">Lenovo Neptune&#x2122; liquid cooling technology<\/a>&nbsp;won the&nbsp;<strong>SEAL Sustainable Product Award&nbsp;<\/strong>category. Developed to drive energy efficiency without compromising performance, Lenovo Neptune&#x2122; liquid cooling technology helps extract heat from high-performance computing (HPC) systems to reduce power consumption while increasing performance to accelerate computing capabilities. As a result, Lenovo Neptune&#x2122; helps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recycle loops of warm water to cool data center systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce power consumption by up to 40%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deliver up to a 3.5x improvement in thermal efficiencies compared to traditional air-cooled systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techtoday.lenovo.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-08\/lenovo-reduced-carbon-transport-service_brochure_ww_en.pdf?cid=us%3Aemail%3Acjd1e7&amp;ls=%7B%7Bmy.lead\">Lenovo\u2019s Reduced Carbon Transport Service<\/a>, a distinct offering that gives enterprise customers low-carbon airfreight options, won the \u00a0<strong>SEAL Sustainable Service Award\u00a0<\/strong>reserved for services that are setting a new standard for sustainability. By using SAF credits to deliver their IT purchases, customers can reduce the associated CO2 emissions by a minimum of 70%.\u00a0Reduced Carbon Transport Service combines speed of delivery and sustainability in one service. Innovations like Lenovo\u2019s Reduced Carbon Transport Service benefit customers by helping to clear a pathway toward more sustainable IT decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In sweeping the prestigious&nbsp;<strong>2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards<\/strong>&nbsp;categories, Lenovo adds&nbsp;<em>award-winning portfolio of solutions<\/em>&nbsp;bragging rights to its already strong sustainability leadership position. From reimagining the lifecycle of supply chain parts to developing innovative and purpose-built solutions such as Lenovo Neptune&#x2122; liquid cooling technology, Reduced Carbon Transport Service, and LISSA, Lenovo is setting new sustainability standards for a smarter and more sustainable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt Lenovo, we continue to incorporate sustainability into every aspect of our business \u2013 from designing our products or services, to partnering with suppliers to develop new applications for recovered materials,\u201d said Claudia Contreras, Executive Director of Global Sustainability Services for Lenovo. \u201cThese award-winning products and services exemplify our vision of embedding sustainability deeper into the technology value chain so that customers have a pathway to a more sustainable future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Lenovo initiatives honored through 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":63595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[368,312,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-63589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-award","tag-lenovo","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}