Intel India has been committed to minimizing its environmental footprint and working with local communities to raise environmental consciousness. In 2004, Intel India employees contributed 2,000 volunteer hours through an 18 month program called “Intel for a Better Bannerghatta,” that made a tangible and long lasting difference to India’s leading eco park.

In 2007, Intel India employees undertook a massive and sustained tree plantation program. Over 6,000 trees were planted and nurtured across Bangalore city around the Agaram Lake, Bannerghatta Road and Army Services Corps on Airport Road. Intel India also implemented a Sewage Treatment Plant and Rain Water Harvesting units which treat about 57,000 liters of water every day so that water can be recycled or reused to irrigate gardens and where solid waste is converted into bio fertilizer (manure) which is used in the gardens.

Last year, Intel India launched the Climate Savers Computing Initiative with a number of other organizations, including NASSCOM and the CII ITC Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development. By 2010, Climate Savers Computing Initiative in India seeks to reduce global CO2 emissions from computers by 54 million tons per year, equivalent to the annual input of 11 million cars or 10-20 coal-fired power plants.