Introduction Eco Responsibility The Network Our People Our Suppliers Global Citizenship Our Vision Sustainable Operations Water Use Operational Waste Product Innovation and Stewardship Eco Community Summary of Eco Goals Sustainable Operations Our Approach Datacenters Buildings Travel and Transit Events and Facilities Performance Goals Progress Goal Time Result Reduce energy consumption in our buildings by 3% compared with fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2008 Electricity consumption in buildings in FY08 7.5% lower than in FY07, a reduction of 36,600 megawatt hours (MWh); natural gas consumption also dropped 7.5%, a reduction of nearly 14,000 MMBTUs Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from U.S. operations by 20% from 2002 levels by 2012 2012 Goal attained as of the end of calendar 2007 Produce a baseline of our global GHG emissions Calendar 2007 Complete Introduce a company-wide GHG management plan and reduction target Fiscal 2008 Goal established Increase the amount of energy we consume from renewable sources Ongoing Achieved a small increase in renewable energy consumption fiscal 2008 Achieve LEED certification for one Sun building by the end of fiscal 2008 and another 10 to 20 buildings Fiscal 2009 Not yet achieved LEED certification, but making good progress; no longer driving toward the goal to LEED-certify 10 to 20 additional buildings because it doesn't fit with our long-term approach to sustainable facilities management Introduce peak-load reduction plans at all our U.S. facilities Fiscal 2008 Complete; reduced risk of brownouts or blackouts at these facilities Decrease CO2e emissions from the 2008 JavaOne Conference by 20% compared with 2007 2008 Elimination of all direct mail pieces for the 2008 conference; 54% decrease in CO2e emissions, plus a 128 metric ton reduction in paper usage Increase employee participation in SMART by 5% Fiscal 2008 Increased participation by 10% New Goals Stated Goal Time Reduce global Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions from global operations by 20% over 2007 levels by 2015 2015 Reduce year-over-year growth in global business travel emissions to 5% Fiscal 2009 Retrocommission Sun-owned buildings in the San Francisco Bay Area and Colorado Fiscal 2009 Achieve LEED certification for our MPK10 building in Menlo Park, California Fiscal 2009 Reduce operational energy use (excluding datacenters) by 15,500 MWh (or 4% from fiscal 2008) Fiscal 2009 Focus on reducing the environmental impact of all our major events, including JavaOne, CommunityOne, and Tech Days Fiscal 2009 Conduct a Sun transportation summit in early FY09 to review program components and effectiveness; coordinate program management and develop a unified strategy for transportation support; and set up a metrics and reporting framework Fiscal 2009 Develop and implement a pretax transit subsidy program Fiscal 2009 Discuss We encourage you to participate in Sun's CSR efforts by posting a comment below. If you'd like to be notified of replies, be sure to include your email address. (Your information will not be used for any other purpose.) By submitting a comment, you agree to these Terms of Use.

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