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Saving Money, Saving The Planet
STMicroelectronics claims that environmental conservation and recycling
saved it $29m in absolute terms. The breakdown was $5m saved in energy
bills, $4.5m in water costs and $19.5m in chemicals. The company plans to be
carbon dioxide neutral by 2010. This is to be achieved by reducing total
energy consumption by 5% a year for each $1m of added value, adopting
alternative and renewable energy and taking part in reforestation
programmes.
These results are part of ST's latest corporate environmental report, in
which ST repeats its belief that
STMicroelectronics claims that environmental conservation and recycling
saved it $29m in absolute terms. The breakdown was $5m saved in energy
bills, $4.5m in water costs and $19.5m in chemicals. The company plans to be
carbon dioxide neutral by 2010. This is to be achieved by reducing total
energy consumption by 5% a year for each $1m of added value, adopting
alternative and renewable energy and taking part in reforestation
programmes.
These results are part of ST's latest corporate environmental report, in
which ST repeats its belief that "ecology is free".
saved it $29m in absolute terms. The breakdown was $5m saved in energy
bills, $4.5m in water costs and $19.5m in chemicals. The company plans to be
carbon dioxide neutral by 2010. This is to be achieved by reducing total
energy consumption by 5% a year for each $1m of added value, adopting
alternative and renewable energy and taking part in reforestation
programmes.
These results are part of ST's latest corporate environmental report, in
which ST repeats its belief that "ecology is free".
