Intel’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report, released this week, establishes a new 2030 strategy and goals for continued progress for the next decade – from achieving net positive water use, 100% green power and zero waste to landfills across Intel’s global manufacturing operations to doubling the number of women and underrepresented minorities in senior leadership roles, and scaling the impact of its supply chain human rights programmes.
For the first time, Intel has defined global challenges
that expand its commitment in resources, expertise, global reach and
influence beyond its own operations to address challenges that can only
be solved by collaborating across major organizations, industries and
countries.
“The world is facing challenges that we understand better each day as we
collect and analyze more data, but they go unchecked without a
collective response – from climate change to deep digital divides around
the world to the current pandemic that has fundamentally changed all
our lives,” said Intel CEO Bob Swan. “We can solve them, but only by working together.”
Intel committed to engage industries, governments and communities to
tackle three specific global challenges over the next decade:
Revolutionize health and safety with technology
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Intel will work with partners in healthcare, life sciences and
government to apply technology in strategic manufacturing,
transportation and healthcare initiatives, including accelerating cures
for diseases and improving health. Its efforts will include the
company’s recently announced Pandemic Response Technology Initiative,
which applies cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance
technology solutions to better diagnose, treat and cure COVID-19 and to
help prepare for future pandemics.
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Intel will lead a global coalition of industry leaders toward a common
objective: The safety of autonomous vehicles should not be a point of
differentiation but a shared goal. Through collaboration with industry
and governments and development of new safety technologies and standards
– such as Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS)
and the forthcoming IEEE 2846 – that will provide clear guidance on
what it means for an autonomous vehicle to drive safely, we have the
potential to save more lives with autonomous vehicles when compared to
human drivers.
Make technology fully inclusive and expand digital readiness
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Intel will work with other companies to accelerate adoption of inclusive
business practices across industries by creating and implementing a
Global Inclusion Index open standard. Using common metrics, it will
allow the industry to track progress in area such as achieving greater
levels of women and minorities in senior and technical positions,
accessible technology and equal pay. Intel has already been
collaborating with Lenovo to convene CDIOs and HR professionals to drive
industry transformation and stay at the forefront of this work.
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Intel will partner with governments and communities to address the
digital divide and expand access to technology skills needed for current
and future jobs. An example is the Intel® AI For Youth program, which
provides AI curriculum and resources to over 100,000 high school and
vocational students in 10 countries and will continue to scale globally.
By 2030, Intel plans to partner with governments in 30 countries and
30,000 institutions worldwide and is committed to empower more than 30
million people with AI skills training.
Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change
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Intel will work with PC manufacturers to create the most sustainable and
energy-efficient PC in the world – one that eliminates carbon, water
and waste in its design and use. Specifically, the company is exploring a
sustainability roadmap that would include enabling sensor technology to
reduce power usage, partnering with material vendors on recyclable
packaging and developing longer-term, energy-efficient architectures.
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Intel will collaborate with industry and policymakers to apply technology to reduce emissions across high-impact industries.
Technology is not just at the heart of breakthroughs. It plays a vital
role in the global communities, governments and services that people
depend on every day to solve current crises while proactively tackling
future ones.
“Intel and many others in technology-driven industries see the
opportunity to leverage our R&D, creativity, expertise and influence
to collaborate on these critical issues and will become even stronger
and more relevant as a result,” Swan said. “For Intel, it’s embedded in our purpose to create world-changing technology that enriches the lives of every person on Earth.”
With an expansive global reach, robust supply chain and strategic
partnerships throughout the industry, Intel will leverage this unique
mix of capabilities to tackle many of today’s problems and create the
technology and partnerships that will be fundamental in rising to the
challenges of tomorrow.
Intel’s latest Corporate Responsibility Report includes details of the
new 2030 strategy and goals that will accelerate the adoption of
responsible, inclusive and sustainable practices, enabled by Intel’s
technology and the expertise and passion of its employees around the
world.
To learn more about Intel’s Corporate Responsibility efforts read the newest CSR report.
