CHAMPIONING PEOPLE GOALS We will drive sustainability improvements in our global workplaces through 2030 Championing sustainability starts at home. We work on a local level to reduce environmental impact in our workplaces around the world, but the actions that are prioritized for one country may differ from another. Our factories in Xiamen, China, for example, face very different water- related issues than our offices in Montpellier, France, or our U.S. data centers in Durham, N.C. While we track our efforts against two global efforts — reducing freshwater use and reducing workplace plastic waste — we also look at broader sustainability efforts. In an environment where hybrid work has continued to scale and new ways of working continue to evolve, we will evaluate how the focus areas for this goal will shift in the future. We will reduce freshwater use in our Dell We will reduce workplace plastic Technologies-owned facilities by 25% in waste by 90% locales with high water stress, and by 10% elsewhere Single–use plastics — those used once and then discarded — are examples of the linear economy in action. We want to break free from this use. Our goal focuses on reducing plastic and plastic foam Dell uses fresh water for domestic purposes, such as drinking, waste from food service and other general workplace activities. cooking, cleaning and flushing toilets, as well as for cooling and With team member presence at our workplaces impacted by the landscape needs. Water stress — any situation in which water is pandemic, any reduction reported would not reflect business-as- insufficient for a region’s needs — is chronic in some parts of the usual plastic consumption levels. As changes to where and how our world. Although water resources are precious everywhere, living team members work evolve, we will evaluate reporting on this or an and operating in those areas require special consideration. We view alternative metric in the future. our goal to reduce freshwater use as part of being a good citizen of those communities. Our FY22 results show a decrease across both of these targets, largely as a result of the dramatic reduction of our workforce going into Dell-owned facilities. As new ways of working continue to evolve, we will evaluate the impact on this goal. INTRO OUR PLAN GOALS DASHBOARD ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY CULTIVATING INCLUSION TRANSFORMING LIVES ETHICS & PRIVACY SUPPLY CHAIN BY THE NUMBERS APPENDIX DELL TECHNOLOGIES 56 FY22 ESG REPORT
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