HAS DELL been fitted with a halo recently?

Back in 2007 Dell announced that it was aiming to reach Carbon Neutral status by the end of 2008.

Not only has the box-shifter managed to reach this status, it managed it five months ahead of schedule.

But Dell doesn’t stop at that – oh no, the company now aims to become the ‘greenest’ company in the technology sector, as soon as possible.

Founder and chief executive Michael Dell said, “We’re driving ‘green’ into every aspect of our global business… this includes setting new standards for energy efficiency and green power, delivering environmental and cost savings for customers and aligning key growth priorities with our focus on preserving our shared earth."

Yet, this still isn’t quite enough to achieve ‘company halo status’, Dell goes even further by also becoming a role model for its customers as well as other enterprises.

‘Plant a tree for me’ is just one of the projects that Dells customers can donate towards, as these funds go towards the company’s reforestation programme.

Alongside the funding for reforestation, Dell achieved its Carbon Neutral goal through reduced power, and alternative energy. All this has also helped them financially as the company has saved around $3 million in reduced power costs.

So, what can Dell possibly do next? Well we can inform you that their plans for the next two years are to cut the power consumption of its PCs by a huge 25 per cent.

Good for you – and the planet, Dell. Now to start calculating the size of the company's carbon footprint so far, ever, and begin the backdating process. µ