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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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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 HP's goal is to transform teaching and learning through innovative uses of technology. Our approach is twofold. We support programs that help educators develop and apply strong information and communications technology skills to redesign the learner's experience—both in and out of the classroom. We also focus on increasing student achievement through technology. Mobile devices and other technologies, for example, can help make learning environments more dynamic and engaging, with greater opportunities for student collaboration and self-direction. We are particularly committed to promoting advances in teaching and learning in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. In addition to being core to our business, these areas are fostering the next generation of workers, entrepreneurs and high-tech innovators essential for innovation and growth. In 2008, HP contributed more than $19.9 million to support innovation in education. Following are examples of how the investments HP is making in education are having a dramatic impact on teachers and students around the world. HP Technology for TeachingThe HP Technology for Teaching grant program marked its fifth anniversary in 2008. The program supports educators who are transforming student achievement through technology while encouraging careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The program was available to public K–12 schools and higher education institutions in the United States, Canada and Latin America. In other regions of the world, HP grants were available to higher education institutions only. HP grants provided cash and mobile technologies, including HP tablet PCs, HP handheld devices, a mobile classroom and a HP Procurve Wireless Access Point, to increase student-teacher interaction and improve the learning experience. In 2008, HP donated nearly $12.7 million in cash, HP products and professional development training through the program to 245 primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities. Since 2004, HP has contributed nearly $60 million in HP Technology for Teaching grants to more than 1,000 schools in 41 countries. HP Technology for Teaching: primary and secondary education HP awarded 167 K–12 public schools in the United States, Canada and Latin America HP Technology for Teaching grants valued at nearly $5.1 million in technology, cash and professional development training in 2008. Of that total, 135 primary and secondary schools in the United States and Canada received over $4.6 million, and 32 schools in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela received approximately $450,000. For example, at Colegio Insular Robinson Crusoe in Chile, science students are using HP mobile technology provided through a HP grant to gather data at a nearby nature reserve. And at Brookfield High School in Ottawa, Canada, an HP grant has stimulated independent learning among students and greater teacher collaboration. Watch brief videos about the impact of the HP Technology for Teaching program at Brookfield and other schools. As part of their award, primary and secondary public school teachers in the United States and Canada can participate in a professional development program sponsored by HP and led by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). A nonprofit organization dedicated to improving teaching, learning and leadership by advancing the effective use of technology, ISTE provides mentors to help schools effectively integrate HP technology into the classroom and complete the project they proposed for funding. HP Technology for Teaching: higher education
HP Higher Education Technology for Teaching grants recognize educators at colleges and universities who develop and share effective educational approaches for using mobile technologies to enrich learning environments. Overall, in 2008, HP awarded 68 two- and four-year colleges and universities worldwide with more than $5.1 million in cash and equipment. Of that total, more than $3.3 million was awarded to 44 colleges and universities in North America. One of the recipients, a geology professor at the University of Michigan, is using HP Tablet PCs, a webcam and an ad hoc wireless network to lead lessons on the road, sharing real-time images of geological formations with his students, who are scattered in numerous vehicles while traveling to a field site. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), 15 universities received HP Technology for Teaching grants totaling approximately $1,419,000 in 2008. Among the recipients was Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Its Business Networking e-learning course, designed especially for mothers re-entering the workforce, will use HP Tablets to give students access to the university's new virtual classroom and a special curriculum. The program offers students greater flexibility in balancing their education with childcare responsibilities and giving them access to latest project and process management knowledge to make their return to work easier. In Latin America, seven colleges and universities received grants totaling $510,000. And in Asia Pacific, HP awarded four grants totaling $308,000. Held in February, the 2008 HP Technology for Teaching Worldwide Higher Education Conference brought together the largest number of higher education grantees HP has ever hosted. Nearly 140 faculty representing 103 universities from 21 countries attended. The event provided opportunities for educators to share best practices, participate in workshops and network. HP Technology for Teaching Leadership AwardEach year, HP honors previous HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients who have demonstrated notable progress in their project's first year of implementation. Leadership Awards are additional, higher-value grants that encourage further integration of technology into lesson plans, accelerate student achievement and expand course redesign. In 2008, 15 K–12 schools and ten higher education institutions in North America received HP Technology for Teaching Leadership Awards totaling more than $2.1 million.
Regional investments in educationRussian Institute of Technology education program
In January 2008, HP launched the Russian Institute of Technology (RIT) program with the mission to support higher education and the development of IT specialists in Russia. As part of RIT, HP helped establish Technology Centers at 12 Russian universities by providing IT equipment and advanced IT training. The centers offer interactive courses dealing with practical IT-related business skills such as software development, IT management and printing. HP provided input in developing eleven curricula, which are taught by center trainers, university professors and lecturers, with contributions from HP Labs experts, the HP Russia Training Centers and lecturers from other HP partner universities. Approximately 1,500 students will benefit from the RIT per academic year, and the highest-performing students will have opportunities for internships at HP Labs.
Reversing brain drain into brain gain for Africa HP is collaborating with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in leading a pilot program to reverse the loss of up to 70,000 highly qualified African scholars and experts each year to developed countries. Launched in 2008, the program assists universities in Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe to halt so-called brain drain by connecting scientists to international colleagues, research networks and funding organizations through grid computing technology not previously available in their native countries. HP is providing equipment, including servers and grid-enabling technologies, and local expertise, training and support to universities. HP is also donating PCs and monitors and funding research visits abroad and meetings between universities. As an example of the program's scope, one of its participating institutions, the Centre for the Development of Renewable Energies in Algeria, is using HP grid computing technology to bring innovative solar energy solutions, greater capital investment and more jobs to their native country. SANKYA Plus education program
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