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2010 response |
| Profile |
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2010 |
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| Environmental |
| Disclosure on management approach: environmental |
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Environment |
Materials |
| EN1 |
Materials used by weight or volume
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Material use |
| EN2 |
Percentage of materials used that are recycled
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Recycling
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Energy |
| EN3 |
Direct energy consumption by primary energy source
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Direct energy use
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| EN4 |
Indirect energy consumption by primary source
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Indirect energy use
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| EN5 |
Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements
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Conservation activity history
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| EN6 |
Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services and reductions achieved
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TI develops energy efficient products that reduce power consumption and boost product longevity. TI also works to reduce energy use in all operations.
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| EN7 |
Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved as a result
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Reduction efforts
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Water |
| EN8 |
Total water withdrawal by source
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Water sources
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| EN9 |
Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water
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We are not aware of any negative impacts from our operations.
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| EN10 |
Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused
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Water use
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Biodiversity |
| EN11 |
Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas
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TI does not operate in or near areas identified as having high biodiversity value.
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| EN12 |
Significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas
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We don’t believe that our operations impact areas identified as having high biodiversity value. |
| EN13 |
Habitats protected or restored
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We sponsor and volunteer in indigenous tree plantings near our sites around the world. |
| EN14 |
Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity
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TI sites in the Philippines and in Richardson, Texas have established specific plans to protect and support biodiversity in the area. |
| EN15 |
Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk
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We don’t believe that our operations pose a threat to endangered plants or animals. |
Emissions, effluents and waste |
| EN16 |
Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight
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Carbon footprint
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| EN17 |
Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight
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We currently do not track other GHG emissions (except for European air travel); however we have several initiatives in place to reduce related emissions. These initiatives address employee commuting employee commuting, company fleet use and product shipping.
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| EN18 |
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and reductions achieved
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Reducing contributions
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| EN19 |
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight
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Remaining refrigerant
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| EN20 |
Other significant air emissions by type and weight
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NOx and VOC emissions.
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| EN21 |
Total water discharge by quality and destination
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Water discharge
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| EN22 |
Total weight of waste by type and disposal method
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Waste by type
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| EN23 |
Total number and volume of significant spills
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No spills occurred this year which required inclusion in our financial statements.
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| EN24 |
Weight of transported, imported, exported or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally
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TI non-U.S. sites shipped an estimated 0.44 million kilograms under the terms of the Basel Convention.
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| EN25 |
Identity, size, protected status and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff
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Not applicable to TI at this time as we are unaware of any habitats or water bodies significantly impacted by our sites.
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Products and services |
| EN26 |
Initiatives to manage the environmental impacts of products and services and extent of impact reduction
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We pay close attention to understanding and managing the environmental and social impacts of our products, including product end-of-life.
Semiconductor manufacturing suppliers are held accountable for the same environmental and social considerations through the CETRAQ process.
Education Technology suppliers adhere to similar policies.
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| EN27 |
Percentage of products sold that is reclaimed at the end of the products' useful life by product category
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All TI Education Technology sold in Europe may be reclaimed at the end of the products useful life through take back collection agreements with all EU countries where the product is sold. Approximately 98 percent of the company's ET products can be recycled, reused or recovered.
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Compliance |
| EN28 |
Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for, non-compliance with environmental regulations
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TI received no material fines or sanctions. |
Transport |
| EN29 |
Significant environmental impacts of transportation
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We do not currently aggregate the environmental impacts of TI’s product transportation; however we take care to minimize waste through product packaging initiatives. We also reduce emissions and energy use where feasible, including efforts to minimize product shipping, fleet efficiency and employee commuting globally.
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Overall |
| EN30 |
Total environmental protection expenditures by type
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TI invested almost $418,000 in water conservation programs in 2010 and $6 million in energy efficiency projects.
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| EN31* |
Toxics Release Inventory
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Toxics Release Inventory
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*Indicator developed by TI.
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