Performance Summary

2010 Performance Summary: Minimize Our Environmental Impact

This section provides a summary of the results for the 2010 National Instruments citizenship commitments. To learn more about the company's performance and commitments, visit the sections linked from this summary. A letter from the company's CEO, Dr. James Truchard, also summarizes the company's citizenship efforts in 2010, and a summary brochure is available for download.

To locate a specific Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicator in this report, refer to the GRI Index.

 

 Minimize Our Environmental Impact

Area	2010 Commitment	2010 Performance	Status
Product Life Cycle	Obtain third-party audit for OHSAS 18001 standard to establish a baseline	After conducting an internal audit to determine readiness for the OHSAS 18001 standard, NI Manufacturing determined that a third-party audit was unnecessary because results showed a high level of readiness. NI is now looking for additional benchmarking sources to continue to drive improvements in its overall product life cycle process.
	Reduce overall amount of polyurethane in product packaging by 5%	NI reduced polyurethane foam by 39%.
	Implement new citizenship survey for key suppliers	The top 80% of suppliers completed the NI Supplier Citizenship survey as a benchmark.
Conserving Resources	Obtain third-party verification of greenhouse gas emissions	NI decided to pursue an assessment instead, and will seek verification in the future.
	Implement computer power management system to reduce energy consumption	NI headquarters implemented a program in Q2 and is currently managing power on approximately 1,000 desktop computers. Plans to roll out this system at NI Hungary and NI Costa Rica branches are underway.
	Install energy-efficient lighting at headquarters, reducing energy use by the equivalent of 2% of annual consumption	NI replaced metal halide lights in some of the parking garages and buildings at headquarters with compact fluorescent bulbs, saving 427,000 kWh of electricity.
Employees Driving Change	Test new tool for managing power settings of employee computers	NI implemented this change at headquarters, although it only affected new computer configurations.
	Work with IT to change eligible printers at headquarters to print double-sided by default	NI was able to implement this change at headquarters, although it only affected new computer configurations.
	Find groups at headquarters interested in decommissioning indoor perimeter lighting	One floor decommissioned this lighting; NI is continuing the search for other interested groups.