As a global company and significant player in the semiconductor industry, NXP has a responsibility to our stakeholders and society to manage the company in a way that's sustainable over the long term. This includes our commitment to taking a number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) actions to advance not only our company but a more sustainable world.
We just published our 2021 annual Corporate Sustainability Report, which details our accomplishments of last year and also announces our mid- and long-term goals that we identified as impactful in the next phase of our sustainability journey.
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We continued to progress on our greenhouse gas emissions with an 11% reduction in our normalized Scope 1 and 2 emissions compared to 2020. We also realized an 11% decrease in normalized water consumption from 2020 and we recycled more than three-quarters of our manufacturing and one-time use waste.
Looking ahead, one of our long-term goals is achieving carbon neutrality in our operations by 2035. For transparency and alignment with climate science, we have committed to aligning our targets with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Our 2027 mid-term targets focus on reducing 35% of our carbon emissions from a 2021 baseline, recycling 60% of our water and achieving a 90% waste recycling rate.
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Despite the challenging talent environment, we hired nearly 8,000 new team members in 2021, including approximately 3,300 women. Women now represent 37% of NXP’s global workforce. In addition, NXP grew the number of women in R&D and increased the overall representation of the company’s U.S. Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino populations.
Our journey continues as our aspirational goals for 2025 include achieving 25% representation of women in R&D and 50% underrepresented minorities in our U.S. workforce.
To drive progress along with team member engagement and ownership, we have incorporated sustainability goals into our 2022 annual incentive plan for employees. The new sustainability component will consist of environment and people metrics related to increasing renewable energy, reducing carbon emissions, increasing water recycling, ensuring employee safety, increasing female representation and advancing desired culture.
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In the face of lingering challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we maintained stringent protocols to protect our team members while maintaining our lowest-ever injury rate for the second year in a row (0.08 work-related injuries per 100 full-time employees during a one-year period, known as “TCIR”), which was well below the semiconductor industry average. Our ongoing ambition is to achieve zero workplace injuries.
More information on NXP's sustainability efforts can be found at nxp.com/sustainability.
Jennifer Wuamett is executive vice president and general counsel of NXP Semiconductors. In this role, she is responsible for worldwide legal, governance, compliance and intellectual property matters for NXP. She also chairs the company’s Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Management Board.
