Tech companies need to collaborate more on sustainability: Lenovo’s Quatela

Lenovo is one of the technology companies in the world to have committed to “net zero” targets. Laura Quatela, its senior vice-president and chief legal officer, sat down with DH’s Lavpreet Kaur to shed light on its sustainability goals and practices, and its vision to mitigate climate change. Edited excerpts.

Tell us about your most important sustainability goal.

So you know, how much stuff we put out in the world. And when we talk about the different philosophies Eastern to Western. Western, I’m afraid we’re very much about disposal. There’s really a tradition in the East of recycling and reusing and finding new uses for old materials, right? And that’s where we’re gravitating.