Corporate Environmental Report

Paper

Trees : reduce total paper and paper products consumption by 10% per year. Reach a usage level of 90% recycled paper where paper is a necessity by end 1995 and maintain that level.

Since late 1997, more than 90% of the paper used by STMicroelectronics is recycled paper. We have reached our Decalogue goal, albeit two years late. Our next step, where possible, will be to use paper from environmentally certified forests.

STMicroelectronics has thousands of different products in its portfolio, each with complex specifications. These need to be documented in detailed technical manuals, data-sheets and user notes. Consequently, significant amounts of paper go into publications. Printouts, photocopies, office forms, clean room paper (lint free) and a very large amount of cardboard for product packing and shipping also account for large volumes of paper.

Throughout the world, however, ST has cut the use of paper by more than 35% in the 1994-1998 timeframe.

By publishing technical documents on CD-ROMs the number of publications printed decreased from 240 to 60 tons in just two years. ST's 40 volumes of product catalogues were scrapped and the information put on to one CD-ROM. We are confident that a further decrease is possible. During 1998 the Company distributed 111,000 CD-ROMs and the forecast is for 200,000 CDs in 1999.