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In 2007, HP Credit launched HP Credit Cares, a program to enable HP Credit and Collections employees to spend time volunteering with local organizations. In the program’s first year, more than 150 employees participated in 11 HP-organized projects around the world in countries such as China, Costa Rica, Romania, Malaysia and the United States.
Over 334 employees around the world volunteered a total of 1,500 hours in employee-organized volunteer activities to commemorate Earth Day and Environment Day. For example, in Santa Fe, Mexico, 61 employees planted 600 trees as part of Reforestation Villa del Carbon Forest. In Roseville, California, employees planted 50 trees and cared for an additional 410 native oaks.
Brazil. HP sponsored a campaign in which 230 HP volunteers collected more than 2,000 coats and blankets to help impoverished Brazilians; almost half the donations were made by HP Brazil employees.
Canada and Mexico. In 2007, HP employees in Canada and Mexico volunteered for Junior Achievement, a nonprofit organization that helps students understand the economics of life. About 90 employees in Canada spoke to eighth grade students in 10 schools in the Greater Toronto area to encourage them to stay in school to gain the skills they need to succeed later in life. The employees discussed topics such as planning expenses associated with living independently and preparing for a first job interview.
In Mexico, more than 60 HP volunteers used their own professional experiences to help students learn about career opportunities, the skills needed for specific jobs and how to save money.
Volunteers from both countries acted as positive role models for the students. Studies have shown that students who participate in Junior Achievement programs are more likely to attend post-secondary education and have higher self-esteem.
HP provided over $23,000 of funding for the project in Canada and over $8,000 to IMPLUSA, a subsidiary of Junior Achievement, in Mexico.
HP is collaborating with Junior Achievement Young Enterprise (JA-YE), an organization promoting youth enterprise and education. JA-YE helps students learn business skills by setting up their own companies. The students can enter their companies into the European HP Responsible Business Competition, which rewards businesses that show strong financial performance as well as high standards of social responsibility, environmental excellence and innovation.
In 2007, more than 50 HP employees volunteered in nine countries to help students integrate responsible business practices into their student companies. An HP employee in Russia was named JA-YE’s Volunteer Champion after visiting six schools and mentoring 255 JA-YE students in three months.
HP also offers several other volunteering opportunities to employees in collaboration with JA-YE, including teaching business skills in schools in Portugal and mentoring students on work placements at HP.
To date, HP employees have volunteered more than 1,700 hours of their time to support JA-YE programs benefiting 20,000 students in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For more information see www.responsible-business.org.
More than 3,000 HP employees volunteered for good causes in Asia Pacific and Japan in 2007. In Singapore
alone, 2,000 employees supported charities during the year.
India. Each year, about 700 members of The Community Service Club, HP's employee volunteerism organization in
India, help improve the lives of disadvantaged people in the communities around HP sites. Along with
volunteering their time, Service Club members assess requests from community organizations and raise money
for good causes. For example, HP graphics team volunteers helped set up a drawing competition to identify
potential commercial graphic artists of the future. More than 1,500 students from local schools took part in
the competition, and the 50 winning students attended a 45-day summer arts camp.
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