Changes

===Environmental Initiatives===

===Environmental Initiatives===

In 1972, HP adopted its own corporate policy to protect the environment and control all types of pollution within its manufacturing facilities. The company built its own waste water treatment facility in Palo Alto, installed a solar heating site to reduce electricity consumption and implemented recycling. In 1991, the company adopted and expanded Health and Environmental Safety Policy.It stopped using ozone depleting chemical in manufacturing its products. In 2003, HP opened an inkjet recycling facility in Germany.In 2008, it collected 3.5 million units of hardware to be refurbished for resale or donation. The company also implements a Dynamic Smart Cooling Solution capable of saving 45% of data center of cooling costs  and as much as 18,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Since 1957 until today, HP implemented numerous initiatives to help preserve the environment.<ref>[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/commitment/hp_environmental_history.pdf HP’s Environmental History]</ref>

In 1972, HP adopted its own corporate policy to protect the environment and control all types of pollution within its manufacturing facilities. The company built its own waste water treatment facility in Palo Alto, installed a solar heating site to reduce electricity consumption and implemented recycling. In 1991, the company adopted and expanded Health and Environmental Safety Policy.It stopped using ozone depleting chemical in manufacturing its products. In 2003, HP opened an inkjet recycling facility in Germany.In 2008, it collected 3.5 million units of hardware to be refurbished for resale or donation. The company also implements a Dynamic Smart Cooling Solution capable of saving 45% of data center of cooling costs  and as much as 18,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. In 2010, the HP Flexible Data Center was introduced. It is a standard and modular approach to design and build a data center that is expandable when needed. Its configuration and air-cooled mechanical system is capable of lowering energy and water consumption.Since 1957 until today, HP implemented numerous initiatives to help preserve the environment.<ref>[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/commitment/hp_environmental_history.pdf HP’s Environmental History]</ref>

===Awards & Recognition===

===Awards & Recognition===