We see it as our mission to continue to make machines that make chips more energy-efficient and to do so in a responsible way. This mission has been the starting point of the sustainability strategy that we redesigned in 2009 and of the ambitious sustainability targets we set for 2010-2015.

Our customers want chip-making machines that produce more chips faster, using less energy and fewer natural resources, at a similar cost. They also want us, as their supplier, to operate according to the highest environmental, social and governance standards. Our sustainability strategy thus goes hand in hand with our business strategy, aimed at maintaining and further developing our position as a technology leader in the semiconductor industry.

ASML’s sustainability strategy focuses on four domains: sustainable operations, sustainable products, sustainable value chain and sustainable culture.

Focusing on sustainable operations means we seek to reduce the environmental impact of both our manufacturing process and our research and development activities.

Providing sustainable products means we continuously strive to make our chip-making machines more efficient, enabling our customers to reduce their energy and natural resources consumption per chip produced.

Focusing on a sustainable value chain signifies our ambition to stimulate our suppliers to meet increasingly high sustainability standards and to enable our customers to positively influence their impact on environment and society.

Focusing on a sustainable culture means we seek to provide a working environment that inspires our highly-skilled workforce and respects their cultural and individual differences. It also means we seek to make a positive contribution to the well-being of the communities in which we operate.

ASML’s Sustainability Board adopted sustainability targets for the period 2010-2015. These targets have formed the basis for our main sustainability improvement activities in 2011.

¹Halve scope 1 & 2 CO₂ emissions by 2015 compared to 2010 (x 10⁶KG)

²Veldhoven non-hazardous waste recycling percentages. Will continue improving recycling with 5% annually until final target is reached.

³Veldhoven hazardous waste recycling precentages. Will stay at the same level.

⁴Because we maintain our ultimate goal to have zero lost time accidents, we do not set yearly targets on the number of lost time accidents, but set a year-to-year improvement goal of 15%.

⁵In 2011, the key performance indicator referring to the customer energy use (nWh/bit) will no longer be reported.

⁶As NXT was shipped from 2010 figures for 2008 & 2009 are not available. Figures are theoretical due to complexity of the machine and the process involved.

⁷ Target definition change in alignment with EICC guideline on target-setting: all suppliers that represent 80% of ASML spend in the year previous to the reporting period.

⁸Number of suppliers that acknowledged the EICC code of conduct.