HP Inc. and the Arbor Day Foundation Team Up to Plant One Million Trees by the End of 2020
September 22 2020 - 8:00AM
HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today pledged to plant one million trees by the
end of 2020 through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation
that supports World Economic Forum’s and American Forests’ 1t.org
U.S. initiative that serves as a global movement to conserve,
restore and grow one trillion trees by 2030. The pledge reaffirms
HP’s ongoing commitment to restoring, protecting and improving the
management of global forests as part of the company’s vision for
print sustainability. In addition, HP pledged to reduce potable
water consumption in global operations by 35% by 2025, an
industry-leading goal.
“At HP, we believe the science that confirms this is the crucial
decade for addressing climate change and know that ensuring access
to critical natural resources like forests and water is a key part
of a global solution,” says Ellen Jackowski, chief sustainability
and social impact officer at HP. “By collaborating with
organizations such as the Arbor Day Foundation, we are helping
restore and preserve the world’s forests for generations to
come.”
Since January 2020, through its partnership with the Arbor Day
Foundation HP has also:
- Contributed toward reforestation in California, Michigan,
Florida and the Mississippi River Valley. From wildfire restoration
and watershed management to endangered species protection, these
projects drive positive, long-term environmental impact.
- Honored HP employees by planting one tree for each of HP’s
55,000 employees around the world. HP employees voted to plant
these trees in California, Ireland, Brazil, Indonesia and
Texas.
“Forests are a critical tool not only to remove carbon from the
atmosphere, but also to mitigate the immediate impacts of the
changing climate disasters on people, wildlife and critical
ecosystems around the globe,” said Dan Lambe, president of the
Arbor Day Foundation. “By restoring tree loss, committed partners
like HP are making a significant investment in our health and
well-being now and for generations to come.”
The HP Sustainable Forests
Collaborative HP’s partnership with the Foundation
is a part of the HP Sustainable Forests Collaborative, which
launched in 2019 with the support of the Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) and International Paper. Earlier this year, Arbor Day
Foundation, Chenming Paper, Domtar and New Leaf Paper joined the HP
Sustainable Forest Collaborative to accelerate efforts on forest
restoration. The cross-industry collaboration will demonstrate
scientific and commercially viable approaches to keeping working
forest ecosystems healthy. Together, HP and the collaborative
members encourage other companies to join their reforestation
efforts to restore and protect global forests for future
generations.
A Continued Commitment to
Forest Protection The Arbor Day
Foundation partnership adds to a five-year $11 million commitment
HP made in September 2019 to protect 200,000 acres of forest in
China and Brazil, an area equal to the size of New York City, by
collaborating with World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The partnership with WWF also includes a $1 million donation
from HP to support the development of science-based guidance
related to three issues central to sustaining the world’s forests.
These comprise the quantity and quality of forests needed in key
regions to ensure the forests can support people and nature,
including: contributions to a larger global Science-Based Targets
initiative (SBTi), actions companies can take to keep those forests
thriving and tools companies can use to better estimate the
climate, water and other nature-related co-benefits of their
actions.
Creating a
Greater
Call to
ActionToday, all HP branded paper
is deforestation-free, and HP is on track to derive all paper-based
product packaging from certified and recycled sources by the end of
2020, with a preference for virgin fiber from FSC-certified
sources.
However, the company believes more private and public
partnerships are needed to enable all participants to collaborate,
share best practices and take advantage of each other’s strengths.
To that end, HP recently made a commitment to the U.S. chapter of
the World Economic Forum’s 1t.org, the global trillion tree
movement. The initiative is designed to bring together like-minded
companies, governments and organizations to accelerate the
restoration of degraded forest ecosystems, fight climate change and
protect biodiversity on the planet. Through these types of
collaborations, HP believes it can magnify its influence to inspire
widespread action across all industries - helping create a more
sustainable future for the generations to come.
To increase awareness about the importance of responsibly
managed forests and encourage others to prioritize this cause, HP
will join the Arbor Day Foundation, #TeamTrees, PepsiCo, Procter
& Gamble, Salesforce, The Nature Conservancy, The UPS
Foundation and the Wildlife Conservation Society at a September 24
Climate Week panel titled “Can the Push for Tree Planting Tip the
Scale?” For additional details on this event and/or to register,
please visit
https://climateweeknyc.org/event/can-push-trees-tip-scale.
The Value of WaterHP is also announcing a
corporate goal to reduce potable water consumption across global
operations by 35% by 2025, compared to 2015. Previously, HP
committed to reduce potable water consumption by 15% by 2025,
compared to 2015. In 2019, HP exceeded its water goal six years
early, by consuming 18% less than in 2015. As part of the goal, HP
is focusing on high risk- and high water-consuming sites. As the
private sector continues to look at climate risks from a business
and financial perspective, HP will focus on facilities in areas
that have seen higher droughts and less potable water for global
citizens. Last year, HP received an “A” on the 2019 CDP Water
list.
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