FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced today its commitment to two
additional 2020 environmental performance goals: to reduce water
consumption by 20 percent from 2014 levels and achieve a 70 percent
solid waste diversion rate. These goals complement the
company's 2020 greenhouse gas reduction goal, announced last year,
to reduce absolute emissions 30 percent from 2010 levels.
"Northrop Grumman is committed to environmental sustainability
leadership," said Wes Bush,
chairman, chief executive officer and president, Northrop Grumman.
"Our 2020 goals reflect our continued focus on reducing our
environmental impacts locally and globally."
The company is using scientific and economic models to formulate
its water and solid waste goals. The water use reduction plans
prioritize usage in areas where water supplies are at risk. The
solid waste reduction diversion plans will use lifecycle cost
analysis to identify key opportunities for source reduction,
process efficiency and end-of-life management.
Between 2011 and 2014, Northrop Grumman implemented more than 75
percent of its water use and solid waste best management practices
in its large, owned and leased facilities. To achieve the 2020
solid waste and water goals, Northrop Grumman will enhance its best
management practices to further the company's initiatives to reduce
water use and solid waste.
Northrop Grumman's greeNG program employs a strategy that
balances energy and resource use reductions with proven and
alternative technology to reduce its environmental footprint. The
company's commitment to reduce water use and solid waste sent to
landfills reflects an understanding of the increasing pressures on
global water supplies and costs and environmental impacts of solid
waste landfills.
The CDP S&P 500 Climate Change Report 2014 ranked Northrop
Grumman in the top one percent of reporting companies and a
leading aerospace and defense company for climate change strategy
and management, emissions reductions and risk management processes
for the second consecutive year.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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