At IBM, we proactively engage and collaborate with stakeholders from a cross-section of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, businesses, industry associations, investors, academia, communities and employees.
Government partnerships and programs
United Nations Environment Programme
U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency Scaling for 2 Decades Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Program (charter member)
Public and private voluntary disclosure initiatives
Reporting on IBM's corporate environmental programs and performance annually since 1990
Voluntary participation in CDP's climate change and water security questionnaires since their inception
Voluntary Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) disclosure since 2007
Voluntary reporting under EcoVadis Sustainability Rating Platform since 2014
Environmental Non-governmental organization partnerships and initiatives
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) - Business Environmental Leadership Council (first IT company invited to join)
Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
The Climate Registry
The Nature Conservancy
Wildlife Habitat Council
World Environment Center
Business and industry partnerships and initiatives
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), Corporate Social Responsibility Policy Advisory Network
Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO)
Call for Code
China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (Environmental Committee)
Information Technology Industry Council's Environmental Leadership Council and Energy and Environment Committee
International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) Technology Working Groups
Led coalition of manufacturers in support of California's successful product recycling legislation for video display products
Led establishment of SWICO Electronic Recycling System in Switzerland in 1994 (First comprehensive national recycling system for electronic products in the world)
Led formation of industry electronics recycling systems in Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland before the EU's WEEE legislation
Lisbon Council: Eco-innovators Network
Responsible Business Alliance (charter member)
The Green Grid (founding member)
United States Information Technology Office (USITO) – Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Group
Academia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Climate and Sustainability Consortium
Pennsylvania State University Center for the Business of Sustainability
Environmental standards initiatives
ECMA 328 Standard, "Determination of Chemical Emission Rates from Electronic Equipment"
ECMA 341 Standard, "Environmental design considerations for electronic products"
ECMA 370 Standard, "The Eco Declaration"
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Environmental Engineering Standards: EN 303 470 "Energy Efficiency measurement methodology and metrics for servers"
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC): Technical committee 111X "Environmental aspects for electrical and electronic products and systems"
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1680.4 Working Group developing Environmental Standard for Servers
International Electrotechnical Commission: Technical committee 111 "Environmental aspects for electrical and electronic products and systems"
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC 62321) RoHS Test Standards
Member of ISO Technical Committee 207 (TC 207) for Environmental Management System Standards
Member of ISO Technical Committee 301 (TC 301) for Energy Management Systems
The Green Grid:
Vice-Chair of The Green Grid and Member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC)
Chair of the Data Center Energy Efficiency Standards (DCEE-S) Standing Working Group
Member of the Server and Storage Energy Standing Working Group