The majority of our water withdrawals are sourced from third-parties and the majority of our wastewater is returned to third-parties for treatment. In our direct operations, the primary use of water is for WASH services for employees, contractors and visitors in our facilities around the globe.

We monitor our water withdrawals and wastewater discharge and have this data annually verified by a third-party. The table below shows our global water withdrawal and wastewater discharge volumes for the past five fiscal years. The third-party verification statements for this data can be found on our  ESG Resources webpage.

Lenovo’s Water Inventory¹ (megaliters or 1000 m³) (m³)

	FY 2019/20	FY 2020/21	FY 2021/22	FY 2022/23	FY 2023/24
Withdrawal	1,307	1,428	1,567	1,499	1,420
Discharge	1,183	1,294	1,469	1,481	1,400

1. For FY 2021/22 and beyond, the data includes all of Lenovo’s manufacturing, research & development, and large office sites (>100 employees). In earlier FYs, some research & development and large office locations were excluded while Lenovo worked to increase data coverage. Small offices (<100 employees) and retail locations are always excluded from the water reporting requirements, but a few small offices voluntarily report and are included.

One of our environmental objectives is to minimize environmental impacts associated with water withdrawal and water discharge from Lenovo operations and products. To support this, we set a target to reduce our water withdrawal per capita by 1.8 metric tons² at our manufacturing locations globally by FY 2029/2030.

2. Relative to base of FY 2018/19

In addition to maintaining operational control of our water use, we are striving for improved water resiliency. We have a corporate Water Resiliency Policy to guide our efforts in this area which can be found on our ESG Resources webpage. We perform an annual water risk mapping exercise. For more information on our water management, including our water risk mapping and water withdrawals from stressed areas, please see our most recent ESG Report or most recent CDP Water response on our ESG Resources webpage.

Our day- to- day operations around the globe generate nonhazardous waste and minimal quantities of hazardous waste. Our nonhazardous waste includes typical office and cafeteria waste, as well as packaging and manufacturing scrape at our manufacturing locations. Hazardous waste is waste designated as hazardous by applicable laws or regulations in a country, state, region, or locality and may include oils, coolants, organic solvents, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, and ballasts.

We measure and monitor both our nonhazardous and hazardous waste generation volumes and disposal methods. Our waste generation data is annually verified by a third-party. The table below shows our global nonhazardous and hazardous waste volumes for the past five fiscal years. The third-party verification statements for this data can be found on our ESG Resources webpage.

Lenovo’s Waste Inventory³ (metric tons)

	FY 2019/20	FY 2020/21	FY 2021/22	FY 2022/23	FY 2023/24
Nonhazardous4	43,023	51,648	49,403	50,420	47,780
Hazardous5	74	37	125	679	672

3. Waste data includes site waste from most manufacturing, processes and operations, research & development sites, and large offices. Waste from products is reported separately.
4. E-waste generated at sites is also included in PELM data.
5. Batteries collected at sites are also included in the PELM data.

One of our environmental objectives is to minimize environmental impacts associated with solid waste generated from Lenovo operations and products. To support this, we set an annual target to direct 90 percent (+/-5 percent) of Lenovo’s global nonhazardous waste to recovery operations. For more information on our waste management, please see our most recent ESG Report.