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In 2021, using guidance developed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and in alignment with a 1.5°C future scenario, Corning added two more goals to our list of climate commitments:
Working with Suppliers to Reduce Upstream Emissions: Corning has successfully engaged its suppliers on sustainability, producing improved visibility and compliance, such as increased social and environmental responsibility with mined material suppliers. The company’s supply chain organization has begun identifying and engaging with suppliers on GHG reductions. For example, multiple Corning businesses have reduced the distance traveled from suppliers to Corning manufacturing sites, resulting in reduced transportation emissions.
Integrating Sustainability into Our Innovation Process: Corning’s new product innovations are increasingly focused on reducing embodied carbon in our products and our customers’ products and operations. Corning is working with multiple customers across Market-Access Platforms to deliver those customers’ GHG reduction goals. Several customers have selected Corning to be part of their leading group of vendors to jointly develop the customers’ supply chain GHG reduction programs. Corning has begun to use life cycle assessments performed by third parties to provide industry-recognized calculations of embodied carbon. The company is also developing GHG-impact estimates to be used in the early stage design of its products.
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