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Global citizenship at HP encompasses a broad spectrum of issues that, taken together, demonstrate our goal to best benefit society and the environment. To be an exemplary global citizen, we strive for leadership by addressing the areas most critical to our stakeholders and our business. In 2007, we continued to build on the past successes of our global citizenship programs in all areas—placing particular emphasis on our three priorities: supply chain responsibility, climate and energy, and product reuse and recycling. We have selected these issues based on their strategic importance to our business, stakeholder concerns and our ability to make a positive impact.
The size of HP’s supply chain enables us to make an impact on the labor, human rights, health, safety, environmental and ethical standards and behavior in factories employing a total of more than 400,000 people around the world. We recognize that our many stakeholders hold us accountable for the social and environmental performance of the companies that make up our supply chain. We require and help our suppliers to meet high standards, and we are continually bolstering our assessment, monitoring and capability building programs to improve performance. In 2007, in the interest of increased transparency and responsiveness to our stakeholders, HP has disclosed a comprehensive list of its suppliers.
2007 goal: Audit 95% of high-risk product materials, component and manufacturing supplier sites
Progress: Audited more than 95 percent of targeted supplier sites by number and by spend.
2008 goal: Conduct new and follow-up verification audits at 100 sites, including joint industry and external verification, to educate suppliers about our requirements and verify corrective actions.
Climate change is one of the greatest environmental and economic challenges facing the world today. It threatens to impact societies all over the world and may jeopardize economic prosperity because of the costs of adaptation and disruption to markets. We are working to minimize the risks while capitalizing on the opportunities that climate change presents to our company and stakeholders. Key to our climate strategy is the reduction of our own greenhouse gas emissions and those of our products and services, largely through decreasing energy use. Our approach also includes innovating and bringing to market solutions that reduce emissions in the rest of the economy, and collaborating with others organizations to develop strong climate change policies and advance industry standards for energy-efficiency and reduced product carbon footprints.
2010 goal: Reduce the combined energy consumption of HP operations and products 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2010 (see Goals for detail)
Progress: We nearly met this goal by the end of October 2007—three years ahead of schedule—and have increased the target to 25 percent below 2005 levels.
HP has made great strides in increasing the volume of our products recovered for reuse and recycling.1 But much more progress remains to be made for the information technology (IT) industry. The number of PCs, servers, print cartridges and other electronics reaching the end of their usable life is growing rapidly. It is critical to manage the disposal of this equipment responsibly to protect users’ privacy, minimize environmental impacts and conserve resources. We are responding to this growing challenge by designing products that enable easier recycling, providing effective and responsible take-back systems worldwide, and working with others to develop sound regulatory approaches.
2007 goal: Recycle 1 billion pounds of electronic products and supplies by the end of 2007
Progress: As of the end of 2007, HP has recycled 1,170 million pounds since 1987.
2010 goal: Recover 1 billion pounds (450,000 tonnes) of electronic products (for reuse and recycling) and supplies (for recycling) in the three years up to and including 2010.
1Throughout this report, product "reuse" or "remarketing" refers to the return to use of complete electronic products. "Recycling" refers to the processing of waste electronic devices and consumable items for recovery of materials or energy.
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