This is the eighth consecutive year HP has reported its global citizenship performance, reflecting our ongoing commitment to transparency. Our Global Citizenship Report 2008 describes the company's policies, programs and performance as we strive to balance our business goals with our impacts on society and the planet.
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View the interactive dashboard to track our recent performance, see progress against our 2008 goals and view our targets moving forward.
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We developed a version of our report with customers in mind. It features HP solutions and best practices to help enterprises and other organizations address pressing global citizenship issues.
Our five pillars
We focus our global citizenship initiatives on five areas: ethics and compliance, human rights and labor practices, environmental sustainability, privacy, and social investment. Collectively, these areas span our entire business, influencing our priorities, operations, product development and brand differentiation.
Making the business case
Customers are giving global citizenship greater weight in their IT purchasing decisions, making it increasingly important to our business. Global citizenship is also key to responding to new opportunities, increasing the efficiency our operations, strengthening our relationships with stakeholders, and attracting and retaining exceptional employees.
Upholding Standards of Business Conduct
Regardless of tenure, title or responsibilities, everyone at HP is expected to be an ethical leader. Last year, we trained 97% of employees in our Standards of Business Conduct (SBC) and introduced a simpler, values-based version of the SBC in more than 20 languages.
A central hub for compliance
In 2008, we strengthened leadership of our Compliance Office to promote greater consistency across our global organization. The office works with other groups within HP to provide a holistic view of governance, risk and compliance to senior management.
Raising supply chain standards
HP is leading a new approach to strengthening social and environmental standards in the global IT supply chain. We collaborate with local NGOs to train suppliers in building capabilities and making systemic improvements to protect workers and the environment.
Fostering employee success
Our HP culture rewards performance, provides opportunities for training and advancement, and encourages open, honest communications and respect for all. We remain focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Supply chain audit performance
We have made it easy to review in-depth results of our supplier audits—either globally or by region—with an interactive tool that presents data, explains major causes of nonconformance and highlights challenges and HP’s response.
Engaging society
HP unconditionally supports human rights and promotes higher standards in our employment practices and throughout our supply chain. We collaborate with others to share our progress in these areas and raise awareness of human rights issues.
Sustainable design
In 2008, we introduced the HP Eco Highlights label, which helps customers understand the environmental attributes of more than 115 products. Through our Design for Environment program, we focus on energy efficiency, materials innovation and design for recyclability.
Climate and energy
HP was the first IT company to report the greenhouse gas emissions of key suppliers, and we are on track to reduce the energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions of our operations and products to 25% below 2005 levels by 2010.
Showcasing impact
Visit our gallery of sustainable design example—new to this year’s report—highlighting HP solutions that increase productivity and lower costs while improving environmental sustainability.
Reuse and recycling
In 2008, we recovered for reuse 75 million pounds (34,000 tonnes) of hardware units and recycled 265 million pounds (120,000 tonnes) of electronic products and supplies, increases of 16% and 6% compared with 2007.
HP’s accountability model
Our groundbreaking approach to protecting privacy goes beyond legal and industry norms. We review all decisions related to privacy not only for compliance but also for our values, customer expectations and a range of potential business risks, and hold ourselves accountable for our actions.
Collaborating on solutions
HP works with regulators and nongovernmental organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative and the European Commission to advance thinking and develop new frameworks for protecting the electronic flow of information across borders.
Innovations in education
We believe technology can be a catalyst in addressing inequalities in education and fostering the next generation of skilled workers and entrepreneurs. In 2008, HP invested nearly $20 million in programs that apply technology in creative ways to transform the learning experience, particularly in science, technology and engineering, and math.
Entrepreneurship education
HP supports organizations and programs that help cultivate socially minded entrepreneurs, particularly in developing regions. Our goal is to increase the number of entrepreneurs using technology to launch and grow small businesses, crucial to creating jobs and spurring economic growth in local communities.
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 This report covers the 552 legacy HP sites worldwide, representing a total of 5.6 million square meters. In 2009, we will report on the 1,001 sites representing 8 million square meters we now own or lease as a result of the EDS acquisition. We are working to reduce the space we occupy, become more resource efficient, and reduce HP’s environmental footprint. We include sustainable features in the design of new building projects or renovations and work to increase awareness of sustainability at each facility by providing project managers with a sustainable design checklist. In 2008 we opened a building in Melbourne, Australia, designed in accordance with the Green Building Council of Australia’s Green Star rating system. This building replaces three separate sites, eliminating nearly 16,000 square meters of HP floor space and reducing the facility’s carbon footprint by nearly 70 percent. The new building is oriented to take advantage of the winter sun and to minimize sunlight penetration in summer, greatly reducing heating and cooling. To save electricity, it features low-energy, motion-activated lights. To conserve water, restrooms are fitted with sensor taps and waterless urinals, and gardens are landscaped with drought-tolerant plant varieties. Water collected in on-site reservoirs is used for watering when necessary. Much of HP’s office space is carpeted. Carpet is resource-intensive to manufacture, bulky to transport, and can be difficult to recycle. To reduce these impacts we contracted Interface, a carpet company that shares our sustainability goals. Interface manufactures carpet in every region, reducing the energy needed to transport carpets to HP sites worldwide. Under its ReEntry program, the company re-manufactures old carpet into new carpet. In 2008, we installed more than 20,000 square meters of Interface carpet in HP buildings. Interface also recycles HP’s used carpet into new carpet. We are increasingly introducing low-environmental-impact furniture to our offices, including the Steelcase Think® chair, which is made from 41 percent recycled materials and is almost entirely recyclable. We source furniture that has been locally manufactured, to reduce the distance it must be transported. |
