Dell Carbon Neutral Computing
Dell highlights its environmental stewardship through a sustainability program and offers its
customers the opportunity to participate by offsetting the carbon dioxide emissions of their computers with a tree planting program. Michael Dell discusses Dell's global carbon-neutral initiative at the Consumer Electronics Show. See Dell keynote video. ... ... "Dell will be the first global technology company to offer customers the opportunity to offset the emissions associated with the electricity used to power their computers through its Plant a Tree for Me program. Dell is partnering with The Conservation Fund and the Carbonfund.org, non-profit organizations that will use the funds to plant trees in sustainably managed forests, absorbing carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere from generated electricity. The company said that 100 percent of the donations received by the Plant a Tree for Me program will be used by partners to facilitate planting trees. A customer donation of $2 for a notebook and $6 for a desktop will go toward the planting of trees which will absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, offsetting the equivalent emissions resulting from the production of electricity used during the average three-year use of a computer. The program is available now to Dell’s U.S. consumer customers making new computer purchases. It will be available to any U.S. consumer for any brand of computer in February and available to global consumers in April. " ...