The company also said it would cut energy use of some of its printers by 30 per servers, and servers by up to 50 per cent.

The goal is part of HP’s global environment strategy that addresses three levels of its business – products, internal operations and supply chain management.

It said it would deliver on the promise by delivering more energy efficient products and services, and by instituting more energy efficient operating practices in facilities world-wide.

Measures it has already taken includes the redesign of print cartridge packaging for North America that it says will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 37 million pounds this year.

It also includes the introduction of HPs energy management system for data centres – called Dynamic Smart Cooling – which is designed to deliver 20 per cent to 45 per cent savings in cooling energy costs.

For its supply chain, HP introduced two supplier training programs, one targeting Central and Eastern Europe and another in China, to ensure adherence to the company’s stringent social and environmental responsibility standards.

The company has engaged with more than 600 suppliers in its social and environmental responsibility program since 2003.

“Energy efficiency is an integral part of the environmental program HP has had in place for decades and is a key component in making HP a leader in sustainability,” said corporate, social and environmental responsibility vice-president Pat Tiernan.

“Sustainability should span the entire business, from product reuse and recycling, a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain, to energy efficiency in products and internal operations – it’s the whole package.”