2008 Highlights
- Initiated a global take-back program so customers can recycle used NI products
- 100 percent of suppliers signed the NI Supplier Code of Conduct
- Subscribed to a renewable energy program to provide 10 percent of the total electricity usage at NI corporate headquarters
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2008 Challenges
- Replacement options for certain hazardous substances may have an environmental impact equal to or worse than the original substance
- An audit of the most-shipped NI products found that NI can optimize the amount of packaging used by up to 80 percent
- Due to vendor restrictions, NI cannot measure the nonhazardous waste sent to a landfill from its corporate headquarters
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2009 Commitments
- Reduce annual water and energy usage by 1 percent and increase the amount of waste recycled annually by 10 percent per employee at NI corporate headquarters
- Reduce waste and costs through redesigned packaging for finished goods, including finding alternatives to foam
- Measure the nonhazardous waste sent to a landfill from NI corporate headquarters
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