Interest in water disclosure among investors and companies is on the rise, as noted in this recent CDP report. Intel has been publicly reporting on our water conservation practices for more than a decade - from how we design our operations and our products to how we partner with others on conservation projects. Our conservation actions and investments over the past decade have helped us to save about 3 billion gallons of water each year.
But even I know (and I read and write CSR and sustainability reports for a living) that pictures can often be easier to digest than a long report and multiple performance graphs. That's why I'm proud of this new video on our newly redesigned environmental web site, which shows step-by-step the different methods we use to save water in our manufacturing facilities.
Do you have best practices or innovative approaches to share on responsible water management? Please share them here along with any feedback on Intel's water management approach or our water disclosure.
Suzanne Fallender is Intel’s Director of Corporate Responsibility. In this role, she collaborates with key stakeholders across the company to integrate corporate responsibility concepts into company strategies, policies, public reporting, and stakeholder engagement activities to advance Intel’s corporate responsibility leadership and create positive social impact and business value. Suzanne leads a team of experienced professionals who engage with internal and external groups to review Intel’s corporate responsibility performance and to identify new opportunities to apply Intel’s technology and expertise to address social and environmental challenges. The team also works closely with Intel’s investor relations and corporate governance groups to drive an integrated outreach strategy with investors on governance and corporate responsibility issues. Suzanne has more than 20 years of experience in the field of corporate responsibility and socially responsible investment. During her time at Intel, Suzanne has held a number of corporate responsibility-related roles, including leading programs empowering girls and women through technology. Prior to Intel, Suzanne served as Vice President at Institutional Shareholder Services where she managed the firm’s socially responsible investing division. Suzanne holds an M.B.A. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. She has served on a number of leading industry advisory boards and committees on sustainability and corporate responsibility over the past decade and currently is a member of the Net Impact Board of Directors. Follow Suzanne on Twitter at @sfallender.