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Climate Change
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world, and we are working to be part of the solution.
Coordinated action by governments will be essential to meeting the climate challenge. We support global mandatory greenhouse gas emission reductions by at least 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
Business must also play a significant role and Motorola Mobility is taking action in three ways:
- Cutting the impact of our operations through energy efficiency measures and renewable energy purchases
- Improving the energy efficiency of our product range
Our continual focus on reducing energy use in our buildings brings significant costs savings, manages the risk of rising energy prices and prepares us for future regulations.
As we continue to produce ever smarter phones, we are enabling people to be more mobile and more connected. Using Motorola Mobility devices with PC-like power and high-speed Internet, people are able to work from any location, avoiding the environmental impacts of commuting. The SMART 2020 report by industry group GeSI and the Climate Group, a non-profit, estimates that a shift to teleworking could save up to 260 MtCO2e each year by 2020.
Our climate strategy
This year we launched a new climate change strategy, having met our absolute greenhouse gas reduction targets up until 2010. This includes goals to:
- Reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent from 2011 levels, by 2016
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions normalized to floorspace by 15 percent from 2011 levels, by 2016
- Increase our purchase of electricity from renewable sources to 30 percent by 2020
We are assessing the lifecycle climate impacts of our products and making our products more energy efficient.
We also contribute to climate change through the activities of our suppliers. Our long-term goal is to measure and reduce the climate impact of our supply chain.