Our mission
Accelerating equitable access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunity for those who are traditionally excluded so they can participate and thrive in a digital economy.
HP aspires to help create a more equitable world. We work to provide access to hardware, connectivity, digital literacy, and quality, relevant content that enhances education, supports healthcare innovation, and accelerates economic opportunity. We pursue impactful programs, strategic investments, and partnerships that prioritize those most likely to experience the digital divide: women and girls, people with disabilities and aging populations, historically disconnected and marginalized groups, and educators and healthcare practitioners. In 2022, the Aspen Institute collaborated with HP to create the Digital Equity Accelerator—an initiative that supports nonprofit organizations bridging the digital divide. Along with our strategic partners, our employees contribute their time, resources, and skills to provide important additional support to local communities.
HP’s commitment to creating positive, lasting change for communities around the world extends to how we design and deploy products, solutions, and services. Our portfolio is enabling better learning outcomes and accelerating digital equity1 for millions of people worldwide, while our strong focus on inclusive design aims to ensure that everyone benefits from our technology.
Our healthcare products and solutions are designed to expand digital health equity by addressing challenges in healthcare, enabling patient-first care, and boosting efficiency. Many programs described throughout this report also contribute to economic opportunity, such as our supplier diversity efforts, HP LIFE, our ocean-bound plastic work in Haiti, and our supply chain capability-building programs.
Sustainable Impact goals
Digital Equity
Goals
Accelerate digital equity for 150 million people by 2030, since the beginning of 20212
Enable better learning outcomes3 for 100 million people by 2025, since the beginning of 2015.
Enroll 1.5 million HP LIFE users between 2016 and 2030
Progress in 2022
Accelerated digital equity for 21.3 million people
103.9 million 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).
Enrolled 731,000 since 2016
SDGs
4, 5, 8
4, 5, 8
Community giving and volunteerism
Goals
Contribute US$100 million in HP Foundation4 and employee community giving by 2025 (cumulative since the beginning of 2016)
Contribute 1.5 million employee volunteering hours by 2025 (cumulative since the beginning of 2016)
Progress in 2022
Reached US$103.7 million in HP Foundation and employee community giving
Reached 950,000 employee volunteer hours
SDGs
11, 17
11, 17
Highlights
- The HP Foundation provides core business and IT skills training free of charge for start-ups, students, and small businesses through HP LIFE. In 2022, 198,000 new users registered on HP LIFE, 21% more than in 2021.HP IDEA positively impacted approximately 390,000 students in 378 schools worldwide.
- In 2022, HP IDEA positively impacted approximately 390,000 students in 378 schools worldwide.
- Complementing these product donations, HP Foundation made grants totaling US$3.3 million to local NGOs supporting refugees and relief efforts as well as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF.
- In 2022, more than 4,900 employees in 53 countries participated in HP's annual 40 Days of Doing Good campaign.
- As part of our sustained efforts to support the health and wellbeing of our local communities, in 2022 we launched Project Aarogya in Bangalore and the National Capital Region (NCR) in India to provide regular health-screening “camps” in convenient community locations. Each site is equipped with an ambulance, a full-time doctor, a pharmacist, medicines, and medical equipment.
Bridging the digital divide
In 2022, the Aspen Institute collaborated with HP to create the Digital Equity Accelerator—an initiative that supports nonprofits working to meet the needs of underserved communities affected by the digital divide. In its first year, seven nongovernmental organizations throughout India, Morocco, and the United States were selected for the four-month program.
Disclaimers
HP defines “accelerating digital equity” as providing access to at least one of the following: hardware, connectivity, content, or digital literacy.
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.
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. 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.
Includes valuation of employee volunteer hours, employee donations, HP Foundation match, and HP Foundation grants.