SAIC to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 25 Percent By 2020

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced that it has set a goal to reduce operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25 percent (from 2010 levels) by 2020, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable business practices and other corporate responsibility initiatives that enhance its ability to deliver efficient solutions to customers.

Since 2005, SAIC has tracked GHG emissions and actively implemented changes to reduce impact on the environment within its facilities and through enhanced business practices. These changes have provided a positive return on investment, a platform for the demonstration of the company's energy and environmental solutions, and improved alignment with customers.

"As we have done in the past, we will leverage the broad expertise of our employees and high performance culture to meet sustainability objectives, improving the effectiveness of every dollar spent and better serving our customers," said SAIC Chief Executive Officer Walt Havenstein.

SAIC will utilize in-house engineers who specialize in tackling energy challenges to help meet the new goal, and to identify and implement additional cost-effective energy efficiency projects across the enterprise. The company is also developing employee education programs to help improve environmental and energy awareness.

The company also continually works to optimize the use of its existing real estate portfolio to support its agile workforce, and is implementing means to provide internal computing applications through a cloud environment, allowing for improved data center management and energy reductions. The company's landfill-free headquarters campus in McLean, Va., and support for ridesharing and accessibility to alternative transportation, which earned SAIC the designation of Best Workplace for Commuters(SM) from the National Center for Transit Research, also serve as examples that SAIC sees corporate responsibility as a critical facet of business success.

"Competitive advantage belongs to companies that integrate sustainability principles into their thinking, their culture, their operations and the solutions and products that they provide to customers," Havenstein said. "Stewardship of our natural resources is one reflection of SAIC's commitment to corporate responsibility, ethics, and integrity. We will continue to take actions and make investments that improve our business performance and sustainability."

About SAIC

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy & environment, health and cybersecurity. The company's approximately 41,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of approximately $11 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2011. For more information, visit saic.com. SAIC: From Science to Solutions®

Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2011, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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