Dell Moves Up Carbon Timeline

Dell took the wraps off a new plan to make its entire operations carbon-neutral by 2008, a whole year earlier than promised. Dell says it is a priority to minimize total energy consumption and has already spent $5 million so far on energy-saving efforts.

Dell said it would achieve the goal through a variety of methods, including buying so-called carbon offsets, replacing incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent and requiring parts suppliers to list information on their environmental policies.