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Intel expanding green power purchasing to Israel - At the Eilat-Eilot International Conference, the leading renewable energy event in Israel, Intel announced it has acquired solar attributes and green power credits in Israel equivalent to over one-quarter of Intel’s total electrical power consumption in its Israeli sites. Today, 100% of the power used by Intel in the U.S. and European Union is from green power. With...
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Transforming an Industry: Driving Energy Efficiency through Green Technology - We recognize climate change is a serious environmental, economic, and social challenge so we focus on reducing our own direct environmental “footprint.” This encompasses the emissions resulting from our own operations, our supply chain, and the marketing and use of our products. But we also focus on increasing our “handprint,” the ways in which Intel®...
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Intel Technology Solving Global Challenges - Intel® technology and investments empower individuals, companies, and governments to improve lives around the world. We are at the forefront of new technologies—such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, autonomous things, and 5G wireless broadband—that are increasingly being used to solve major societal challenges. Here are some of our favorites: Tracking Arctic Polar Bears > In...
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THE LATEST
Ten Years, Five Big Changes - I recently celebrated my ten-year anniversary at Intel. Some days ten years feels like an incredibly long time and that change in the field of corporate responsibility has been slow and incremental. But this week, as I got back from external outreach meetings with a number of our external stakeholders, I was struck by how...
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Supporting STEM education in California - This blog was posted on behalf of Jessica Marconi. Jessica is the California Public Affairs Manager for Intel Corporation, and is responsible for Intel's local government affairs and philanthropic investments in Santa Clara and the surrounding community. If you happened to be standing outside of our Santa Clara, California headquarters on October 26th, you...
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Taking Smart and Green to a New Level - Meeting LEED green building standards is no small task, but, in 2015, we drew a line in the sand that all new Intel buildings would meet a minimum LEED Gold certification. But when planning began for SRR3, which would be located on our existing Intel campus in India, we raised the bar and had Platinum...
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Making a Difference for Hurricane Relief - New tools for digital fabrication such as 3D printers and laser cutters are great ways to teach important skills for the new economy, and, let’s face it, do fun projects. Who wouldn’t want a custom action figure for their desk or homemade chess pieces to impress their friends? But these tools can also save lives....
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Unleash the Potential of Our Programs’ Alumni - This blog was posted on behalf of Michal Dzoga. Michał was the youngest advisor to the President of Poland between 1999-2004 in charge of new technologies. He has also created the biggest corporate foundation in Poland for Polish Telecom, which he chaired till 2010, when he took the Corporate Affairs role at Intel. It is...
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Action Fights Doubt: Encourage Girls to Believe in Themselves - This blog was posted on behalf of Pia Wilson-Body. Pia is the Executive Director of the Intel Foundation and the Director of the Corporate Affairs Group at Intel- Greater Americas. The Intel Foundation award grants focused on increasing opportunities for girls, women, and under-represented minorities, and supports the philanthropic efforts of Intel’s employees in education, local...
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Intel Employees Make a Difference and Inspire Me to Do More - Last week, I had the pleasure of attending an Intel event celebrating employee volunteer efforts in Oregon. I learned that in 2016, 6,000 Intel employees in Oregon volunteered their time and talents. Not only did their dedication generate 296,500 volunteer hours for the betterment of the greater Portland community, the Intel Foundation matched the employee...
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Our Progress to Connect Women to Opportunity through Technology - This blog was posted on behalf of Suraj Shah. Suraj is the Africa Programs Manager at Intel and is dedicated to reducing gender disparities for women in Africa through technology skills and internet access. The Intel® She Will Connect program was launched by Intel at the Clinton Global Initiative on September 30,...
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The Youth Skills and Innovation Initiative - “Between 2015 and 2030, some 600 million more young people will enter the job market—that is nearly 1 million people each month in India and 1 million each month in Sub-Saharan Africa.”[1] Current trends show that due in part to the acceleration of technology, many young people may not have the skills needed to participate...
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Our Commitment to Restore 100% of our Water Use - It goes without saying that water is a critical natural resource. It’s also an essential element of our semiconductor manufacturing process. As such, we have focused on sustainable water management for close to two decades, and just last year, we conserved 4.6 billion gallons of water – enough to fill almost 7000 Olympic-sized swimming pools....
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