Philips has been revolutionizing lighting for over 125 years. We pioneered the world changing development of electric light and LED, and are now leading the way in intelligent lighting systems. Our deep understanding of how lighting positively affects people, enables us to deliver innovations that unlock new business value to our customers. We offer rich lighting experiences that make people feel safe, comfortable, focused, energized and entertained. We are leading the ongoing development of connected lighting systems and services. By leveraging the Internet of Things, we are transforming buildings, urban places and homes, to increase energy efficiency, and manage working environments in a more environmentally friendly way.
Philips Lighting is the leader in providing light which benefits people's wellbeing, comfort, productivity, and safety. Human Centric Lighting enables people to see better, feel better, and function better. We have a deep understanding of how the visual, biological and emotional effects of light can be used to benefit human health and well-being. People need the right light for our activities - at the right place, at the right time - in settings such as offices, schools, hospitals, or the home. Further, the right light can help create a greater level of safety in cities or industrial settings.
At Philips Lighting our vision and values, are underpinned by our Quality System to ensure we consistently provide products, systems and services that meet customer requirements always aiming to enhance customer satisfaction. Everything we do starts with our customers, by listening to their needs and expectations. We are thus committed to providing the highest levels of customer satisfaction by delivering quality, sustainable lighting products, systems and services that improve people's lives. We are on a mission to improve people's lives.
Driving sustainability in our operations
Philips Lighting is accelerating the shift to energy efficient lighting. Currently lighting accounts for 15% of the world's electricity demand. A global transition to LED technology will bring energy savings of 53% by 2030. We are reducing the global energy demand with our commitment to deliver more than 2 billion LED lamps by 2020. The Internet of Things is further accelerating this reduction - Philips Lighting's connected systems with wireless controls can reduce our customers' energy use by up to 80%.
Our lighting systems and sustainability programs aim to save energy, create safer and more livable cities, boost office productivity, help people learn and heal, help grow food and alleviate light poverty. We're also reducing resource use by working towards a circular economy through Light as a Service.
In 2020, Philips Lighting will be a carbon neutral company. To achieve this, we are becoming more energy efficient in our own manufacturing sites, non-industrial sites, logistics and business travel and we are shifting to 100% renewable electricity by 2020. Already we have increased our use of renewable electricity to 58% and reduced our carbon footprint by 42% compared to 2007. By 2020, we will compensate any remaining carbon emissions that cannot be avoided through selected projects to completely mitigate our climate change impact.
Our Sustainable Operations Program focuses on improving the environmental and safety performance of our manufacturing facilities, and aims to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. We employ energy efficiency measures and renewable energy in our efforts to ensure a healthy future for generations to come. Since 2014, we've had multi-site certificates for ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. The ISO 14001 certificate is based on our programs for sustainable lighting and operations. The OHSAS 18001 certificate covers safety programs where more preventive measures will create a safer and healthier workplace for our employees. The foundation for these programs is based on legal compliance requirements. We set even higher performance requirements in our policies.
Lighting the way to change
We're driving change to increase access to light and create brighter futures in off-grid communities. We've designed a range of solar lanterns and home lighting systems that enable off-grid communities to access safe, renewable lighting after dark. With this technology, social and business life no longer has to stop when the sun goes down. Light becomes a catalyst for recreation, productivity and economic growth.
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