Lenovo is transforming product design with an innovative focus on sustainability. By leveraging AI-enabled Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Lenovo equips its designers with deep insights about the environmental impact of each component. This data-driven approach helps Lenovo make smarter decisions early in the design process, resulting in more durable, serviceable, and sustainable products.
Traditional product design often overlooks sustainability, instead prioritizing performance. Lenovo changes that narrative, using AI to set new market stands and integrating environmental assessments from the beginning. Your partnership with Lenovo lets you monetize sustainability by offering solutions that combine high performance with environmental responsibility.
Using AI to Improve Product Design and Sustainability
The AI-enabled LCA tool provides precise component-level carbon footprint data. This transparency gives designers the authority to select materials, parts, and processes that minimize environmental impact. As a Lenovo 360 partner, you can confidently advise clients seeking environmentally sustainable technology solutions and guide them in selecting shipping options that help reduce Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs).
Lifecycle Thinking Becomes a Measurable Part of Performance
Lenovo's commitment to sustainability is evident in its circular economy model. This strategy prioritizes reuse and recycling, ensuring devices have longer lifespans. By the end of 2025 Lenovo aims to have 84 percent of its PC repairs performed without sending products to a repair center. More devices will remain in use, giving customers cost-effective solutions that also minimize waste. They are also advocating for increased energy efficiency and improved end-of-life management, ensuring that products are designed to be repaired, reused, or recycled rather than disposed of.
In 2024, Lenovo launched its UL-certified closed-loop plastics program to reclaim materials from retired devices. This process reduces waste and promotes recycling, creating new products from existing materials. For example, the ThinkVision P Series Gen 40 monitors feature a casing made of 95 percent post-consumer recycled ABS. Lenovo is also extending product life through its Device-as-a-Service and Certified Refurbished systems, which are cutting resource use and supporting sustainability with its business model.
Looking Ahead to a Sustainable Future
The importance of sustainability extends beyond environmental responsibility. Customers are increasingly demanding products that align with their values and deliver better outcomes for the business. As a Lenovo partner, you offer your clients a compelling mix of performance and sustainability that starts at the very beginning of the design process. You provide solutions that help organizations meet their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, ensuring measurable impact.
Increase Collaboration with the Lenovo 360 Circle
Join Lenovo 360 Circle to be a part of a dynamic community confronting today's sustainability challenges. Engage in individual and collective learning, partnering with industry leaders to drive rapid advancements in the global IT industry. By joining, partners get exclusive access to resources, tools and expert assistance for integrating sustainability practices into their operations and supply chains.
To explore Lenovo's sustainability initiatives in depth, read the 2024/25 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report.