Our 2015 environmental footprint goals identify opportunities where we can reduce our operational impacts, including decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and energy usage.
Here is how we performed in 2010:
Goal: Between 1990 and 2003, DuPont reduced global greenhouse gas emissions measured as CO2 equivalents by 72%. Further reduce at least 15% from a base year of 2004.
Progress: Reduced 10.5% since 2004.
Goal: Reduce water consumption by at least 30% at global sites that are located where the renewable freshwater supply is either scarce or stressed, as determined by the United Nations analysis of river basins globally. For all other sites, we will hold water consumption flat on an absolute basis through the year 2015, offsetting any increased demand from production volume growth through conservation, reuse and recycle practices.
Progress: Reduced by 16% at sites in water-scarce and stressed areas and 9% at all DuPont sites since the baseline.
Goal: 100% of the off-site fleet of cars and light trucks will represent the leading technologies for fuel efficiency and fossil fuel alternatives.
Progress: 62% of U.S. vehicles are using leading technology.
Goal: Since 1990, DuPont has reduced global air carcinogen emissions by 92%. Further reduce by at least 50% from a base year of 2004.
Progress: Reduced 49% since 2004.
Goal: 100% of our global manufacturing sites will complete an independent third-party verification of the effectiveness of their environmental management goals and systems.
Progress: 92% of sites are ISO 14001 certified.
We successfully met the goal of holding total energy flat with 1990 levels and further reduced by 6% below flat. However, we did not meet the 2010 goal for global renewable energy use. This was due to the global recession and balancing the economic and environmental costs and benefits. To continue to encourage renewable energy options, we have made a new energy goal to reduce non-renewable energy use by 10% per adjusted dollar revenue by 2020 compared to a baseline of 2010. We have set a milestone of 3% reduction by 2015.
Goal: Hold total energy flat with 1990 levels.
Progress: Reduced by 6%.
Goal: Obtain 10% of energy from renewable sources at a cost that is competitive with the best available fossil fuels.
Progress: 6.5% from renewable sources.
