How Has HP Achieved its 2025 Climate & Circularity Targets?

With more than 55,000 employees and operations in more than 180 countries, HP develops software, services, devices and subscriptions to drive business growth.

Its 2025 Sustainability Progress Report outlines its achievements during the year and its work towards its targets.

The company details how it is making progress across the three pillars of its sustainability strategy: Empower Customer Sustainability, Transform HP’s Value Chain and Advance Societal Impact.

HP’s sustainability strategy

HP met or exceeded all of its 2025 sustainability goals, demonstrating measurable results from its sustainability strategy.

It reduced its Scope 1 and 2 emissions from global operations by 69% by 2025, compared to 2015 and reached 66% renewable electricity in its operations, achieving 100% in the US.

It also exceeded its goal of helping suppliers cut two million tonnes of CO₂e emissions between 2010 and 2024, reaching 2.47 million tonnes.

In addition to this, HP recycled 1.21 million tonnes of hardware and supplies by 2025, since the beginning of 2016 and eliminated 72% of single-use plastic packaging compared to 2018.

Building on the momentum of its 2025 goals, HP has refreshed its long-term targets to better respond to evolving stakeholder expectations and regulatory requirements.

It aims to reduce value chain emissions by 50% by 2030, achieve net zero by 2040, and achieve 100% renewable electricity in its global operations by 2040.

Jen Huffstetler, Chief Sustainability Officer at HP, said on LinkedIn: “This week, we published HP’s FY25 Sustainability Progress Report – marking an important milestone in how we continue to advance sustainability as a driver of long-term business value.

“This year’s report reflects strong progress across our environmental and societal priorities, while also evolving how we communicate – ensuring our disclosures are clear, transparent and aligned with a rapidly changing regulatory and business landscape in the AI era.

“At HP, we are redefining the Future of Work through technology. Sustainability is built into how we innovate and operate, helping organisations grow, creating opportunities for individuals and communities and supporting a more resilient future.”

Product life cycle sustainability

During the manufacturing process, HP is focusing on using increasing amounts of recycled materials and shipping products in fibre-based packaging.

In 2025, 96% of its home and office printers, desktops, notebooks, displays and workstations contained recycled content.

HP’s Designed for Circularity initiative, launched in 1992, provides a set of principles that inform the development and design of HP products.

It uses modular design in its products to increase upgradeability and enable disassembly for repair, refurbishment and recycling.

Climate and nature commitments

On the pathway to net-zero emissions, HP is developing and implementing emissions-reduction strategies.

It aims to reduce emissions and minimise resource use through innovative solutions and the adoption of more circular product design.

At its global sites, HP is reducing energy consumption through optimisation and efficiency projects, increasing off-site renewable energy partnerships and on-site renewable electricity generation and transitioning service and logistics fleets to electric vehicles.

It is also engaging with suppliers and partners to help raise standards and commit to using 100% renewable electricity for HP production by 2040.

Bruce Broussard, Interim CEO of HP, says: “We embed sustainability into how we design, source, manufacture and deliver our products and in how we show up in our work and communities.

“Using sustainability as a guide to the choices we make on materials, energy and water and how we think about expanding access to technology and skilling drives greater economic opportunity for HP and for our stakeholders. At its core, sustainability helps us make smarter decisions that build long-term value.

“Building on our progress and recognising where we need to move faster, we are helping redefine the Future of Work for the AI era through technology that drives business growth and professional fulfilment.”