Through our multiple programs across the globe, we are working to accelerate equitable access to education & economic opportunity to those who are traditionally excluded, or have been left behind, so that they can also participate and thrive in today’s digital economy. In India, over 35 Lakh people have taken a step towards digital equity through HP’s various programs.
Tracking our goals
The goal:
Accelerate equity
Accelerate digital equity for 150 million people by 2030, since the beginning of 2021.1
Where we’re at:
21.3m
Accelerated digital equity for 21.3 million people.
The goal:
Education
Enable better learning outcomes2 for 100 million people by 2025, since the beginning of 2015.
Where we’re at:
103.9m
students and adult learners have benefited from HP’s education programs and solutions that advance quality learning and digital literacy, and enable better learning outcomes, since the beginning of 2015 (including 30 million in 2022).
Progress at a glance in 2022
7.4 m+
students and teachers equipped with technology solutions in India, Nigeria, and the United States through our partnership with Girl Rising.
2.9m
children reached in 2022 through 342 books produced in partnership with NABU.
950k
employee volunteer hours since 2016, a target of 1.5m by 2025.
$1.6b
spent on ongoing product development to create the transformative and disruptive technologies of the future.
28k+
patents in our worldwide patent portfolio as of October 31, 2022.3
$11.13m
in company and HP Foundation cash contributions in 2022.4
Partnerships and programs for the future
HP Life
HP LIFE is a free business-skills training program for students, entrepreneurs, and lifelong learners all over the world.
Get the skills you need for the digital economy Including marketing, finance, digital business skills, and more.
Digital Equity for Ukraine
Recognizing the serious digital equity impact on people forced away from their homes, during 2022 and 2023 we donated more than 76,000 laptops, worth over $30 million, in collaboration with the Global Business Coalition for Education.
Where we’re at:
- The HP Foundation made grants totaling $3.3 million to local NGOs supporting refugees and relief efforts as well as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF.
- The HP Foundation and HP employees provided more than $500,000 to support the UNHCR, UNICEF, and 20 other NGOs providing Ukrainian relief.
NABU
NABU is solving the global literacy crisis so that every child can read and rise to their full potential. NABU creates culturally responsive, mother-tongue stories more efficiently and at a scale never achieved before.
Where we’re at:
- 4.6 million children served
- 2500 brand ambassadors trained
- 60 local artists and illustrators trained
- Two HP NABU Creative Labs launched in Kigali and Miami
Girl Rising
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education.
Where we’re at:
- Since 2019, our partnership with Girl Rising has equipped over 14.4 million students and teachers in India, Nigeria, and the United States with a new, inclusive curriculum and innovative technology solutions.
- Girl Rising’s partnership with Slam Out Loud focuses on using the arts to build skills such as communication, critical thinking, and empathy among children from disadvantaged communities.
1 Million Teachers
1M Teachers is building a critical mass of highly trained and enterprising education changemakers who will lead grassroots improvement within their communities.
Where we’re at:
- In partnership with 1M Teachers, we’ve reached 1.3 million accelerations
- HP is collaborating with 1MT to deliver the Blackbelt and Mentor A Teacher (MAT) programs in Nigeria and Kenya.
- Programs aim to provide professional development to educators upgrading their skill set to deliver quality education to the students they serve.
HP LIFE
HP LIFE enables people to improve their skills by providing access to free, accessible IT and business skills training courses in eight languages. It is also an adaptable educational resource used on the ground by trainers, educators, and mentors.
Where we’re at:
- 1.9 million+ online courses taken in eight languages
- Enrolled 731,000 since 2016
- 200+ countries and territories all over the world
Continued investments
YMCA Worldwide
YMCA Worldwide’s goal is to be the global youth empowerment organization: empowering, inspiring and mobilizing young people to find and share their voice on the issues that matter to them and to the world.
HP Innovation and Digital Education Academy (IDEA)
HP IDEA is a network of innovative teachers who are using technology to deliver powerful learning outcomes. In 2022, HP IDEA positively impacted approximately 390,000 students in 378 schools worldwide.
HP Accessible learning for All (ALFA)
The HP Accessible Learning for All (ALFA) project, also in India, aims to reduce the digital divide by empowering students at state-run or state-supported schools through digital classrooms that improve access to digital learning.
MIT SOLVE
HP sponsors the Black & Brown Innovators in the US Program, which aims to provide focused support to US focused Black and Brown entrepreneurs working within their communities to advance racial equity solutions across Solve’s 2022 Global Challenges.
Education
Our education programs and digital learning initiatives aim to open up access and opportunity for people across the world.
Impact stories
NABU helps kids learn to read with stories that speak their language
Why girls are the world’s frontline defense against climate change
HP’s tech makes education accessible for visually impaired student
Indigenous communities embrace technology to share cultural heritage
Empowering people to improve their skills
Creating equity via literacy
Economic opportunities
Impact stories
How Aspen Institute and HP areaccelerating digital equity
Helping the Afghan women’s football team connect on and off the field
HP LIFE: Digital skills spurred one entrepreneur to change careers
Technology and training for Syrian refugees, Lebanon
World on Wheels (WOW) in rural India
HP learning studios in Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan
Tech hubs
Healthcare
Data courtesy of Prensilia SRL, OT4 Orthopadietechnik GmbH, and Glaze Prostetics.
We are expanding digital health equity by putting clinician and patient needs first and widening access to advanced medical tech.
Impact stories
HP Common Service Lab (CSL)
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Affiliations and memberships
Reference
HP belongs to or affiliates with many organizations that address global citizenship issues.
Policies and
standards
Reference
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Corporate giving
Reference
Our support is strategically chosen and we do not respond to requests from individuals or non-profit organizations.
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Disclaimers
1. Our programs aim to accelerate digital equity through providing access to at least one of the following: hardware, connectivity, content, or digital literacy. Digital equity and learning outcomes data include both direct and indirect reach. Indirect reach is sometimes based on estimates using multipliers. 2022 data includes a small amount of 2021 data that was not available at the time of publication of the 2021 HP Sustainable Impact Report.
2. We enable better learning outcomes by supporting education through provision of learning and digital literacy programs and solutions. Digital equity and learning outcomes data include both direct and indirect reach. Indirect reach is sometimes based on estimates using multipliers.
3. At October 31, 2022, our worldwide patent portfolio included over 28,000 patents, including patents acquired as a result of our acquisition of Plantronics, Inc. (“Poly”) in August 2022.
4. Includes valuation of employee volunteer hours, employee donations, HP Foundation match, and HP Foundation grants.
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