Intel was the first large technology corporation to adopt a comprehensive water stewardship strategy and associated targets Their three pronged approach includes:

1. Conservation of water in operations: To reduce water used in manufacturing, Intel is investing in water efficiency and using reclaimed water purchased from municipalities.
2. Creating technology solutions to enable others to rethink ways they use and conserve water: Intel is leveraging the potential of its Internet of Things (IoT) business to facilitate water conservation and efficiency in other businesses and operations as well as their own.
3. Collaboration on water initiatives with communities: Intel is the first tech company to announce a public water goal to restore 100 percent of its global freshwater consumption by 2025. The goal is based on closing the gap in the company wide water balance by funding a portfolio of projects in local watersheds. watersheds. As of January 2020, Intel has made significant progress toward its goal and has funded 21 projects that are estimated to restore more than 1.6 billions gallons of water each year once complete.

Project Results

• Intel’s water conservation projects supporting source watersheds have saved over 60 billion gallons of water over the last two decades.
• Intel is developing leadership in corporate water stewardship, sparking and accelerating action by others in the sector and developing new collaborations with peer companies.