Lenovo Awarded ‘Finest Worth Chain Initiative’ and ‘Finest Inexperienced Product’ of the yr on the inaugural CRN Sustainability in Tech Summit

CRN hosted its inaugural sustainability occasion on the eighth of February at BAFTA in London, welcoming influential IT and sustainability leaders throughout the IT vendor and channel companion neighborhood to honor excellent achievements in sustainability-focused applications, merchandise, and techniques.  

6 March 2024 – Lenovo has been awarded “Finest Worth Chain Initiative”, “Finest Inexperienced Product”, and acquired a recognition of “extremely commended” for “Round Financial system Firm of the Year” in CRN’s first-ever Sustainability in Tech Summit,  

The occasion, hosted by CRN, a media model of The Channel Firm, celebrates firms who’re pioneering sustainable enterprise practices.  

Lenovo maintains a legacy of motion in sustainability, from publishing its first sustainability report in 2008 to being within the first group of firms to obtain validation for its net-zero targets from the Science Primarily based Targets initiative in 2023. The CRN accolades spotlight a shift within the company’s sustainability focus from a standard provide chain to a holistic worth chain method. 

• “Finest Worth Chain Initiative of the Year” was awarded for Lenovo’s international channel companion initiative, Lenovo 360 Circle. Aligned with the UN International Compact objectives for sustainable partnerships, Lenovo 360 Circle was established in 2021 as a neighborhood for channel companions to return collectively for collective studying alternatives and collaboration on addressing key points in sustainability collectively as a neighborhood. Via their membership, Lenovo 360 Circle companions achieve entry to instruments and experience to boost their sustainability methods, align their companies with international sustainability requirements, and drive long-term impression. This breakthrough initiative has been acknowledged as a best-in-class collaborative method by the CRN jury. 

• “Finest Inexperienced Power Product of the Year” went to Lenovo’s Neptune™ liquid-cooling expertise. Neptune optimizes vitality effectivity of Lenovo servers and storage units, considerably decreasing vitality consumption and carbon footprint. This sustainable method not solely ensures tools longevity, but additionally aligns with international local weather change mitigation efforts, ushering in a extra sustainable period for knowledge heart operations. 

• The popularity of “extremely commended” for “Round Financial system Firm of the Year” highlights Lenovo’s dedication to circularity practices and give attention to key subjects reminiscent of e-waste administration, planning community, sustainable logistics, packaging optimization, reverse & restore effectivity, and design for repairability.  

“These awards underscore Lenovo’s dedication and dedication to sustainability throughout the group and our ecosystem,” stated Virginie Le Barbu, International Sustainability Director for Worldwide Markets. “Recognizing that sustainability will outline the aggressive panorama of tomorrow, it’s crucial that it turns into an integral a part of all decision-making processes and transcends company duty; it’s a important enterprise crucial.”   

 
About Lenovo 
Lenovo is a US$62 billion income international expertise powerhouse, ranked #217 within the Fortune International 500, using 77,000 individuals around the globe, and serving tens of millions of consumers day-after-day in 180 markets. Centered on a daring imaginative and prescient to ship Smarter Know-how for All, Lenovo has constructed on its success because the world’s largest PC firm by additional increasing into development areas that gas the development of ‘New IT’ applied sciences (consumer, edge, cloud, community, and intelligence) together with server, storage, cellular, software program, options, and providers. This transformation along with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is constructing a extra inclusive, reliable, and smarter future for everybody, in every single place. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong inventory trade underneath Lenovo Group Restricted (HKSE: 992)(ADR: LNVGY). To search out out extra visit https://www.lenovo.com, and browse concerning the newest information through our StoryHub.