Up to 80% of a product’s overall environmental impact is determined during its development.¹ That is why, during design, we consider the full life cycle of our products and solutions, thinking carefully about how items are made, used, reused, and disposed of.

Design for Circularity, launched in 1992, informs HP’s design and development. We incorporate increasing volumes of recycled and renewable materials² and have taken significant steps to remove plastic from our packaging, deploying molded fiber cushions when possible and adopting hybrid solutions to limit single-use plastic. Through modular design, we increase upgradeability³ and enable more products to be disassembled easily for repair, refurbishment, or recycling.

Energy consumed during product use is a significant contributor to our carbon and water footprints. We aim to continually improve product energy efficiency and to design innovative service-based solutions that help customers reduce their environmental impact. In 2025, product energy use generated 3.8 million tonnes of CO₂e, accounting for 23% of our total carbon footprint.

To help customers reduce energy use and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we focus on designing products that deliver high performance with improved energy-use. We integrate advanced energy management technologies and use telemetry to continually improve real-world efficiency.

As an active member of the Circular Electronics Partnership (CEP), HP collaborated to establish the Circular Electronics Design Guide to share knowledge with the electronics industry for transitioning to circularity. Additionally, HP’s design and development processes for personal computing, laser jet, and inkjet products are certified under ISO 14001, which is designed to help companies reduce environmental impact. HP has also provided comments to the technical committee of the ISO 59000 series, specifically designed to foster a shift towards a circular economy. Through industry collaboration, as well as our own product design and development, we remain committed to our role in advancing the circular economy.

For more information, please see the Empower Customer Sustainability section of the 2025 HP Sustainability Progress Report at www.hp.com/go/report.

¹ According to a 2022 McKinsey study: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/product-sustainability-back-to-the-drawing-board.

² Renewable material is defined as material that is derived from plentiful resources that are quickly replenished by ecological cycles or agricultural processes, so that the services provided by these and other linked resources are not endangered and remain available for the next generation.

³ Upgradeability in electronics refers to the ability to replace or add new hardware, software, or firmware to improve a device's performance or bring it up to date.