HP Releases 2011 Global Citizenship Report

By Ethan_Bauley

On June 11, HP issued its eleventh annual Global Citizenship Report, showcasing how our innovative technology, expertise, and influence have helped us meet milestones and aid people worldwide. The comprehensive report outlines our 2011 company global citizenship policies, programs, performance, and goals. Among the focus areas are environmental sustainability, ethics and human rights, supply chain responsibility, social innovation, and privacy.

We have had numerous accomplishments in 2011 to make a positive environmental impact, including reducing the energy consumption of HP products by 50 percent compared with 2005 – exceeding our original goal of a 40 percent decrease. We’re also addressing our own environment footprint across HP’s global operations by reducing energy consumption, GHG emissions, paper use, water consumption, and waste. These efforts have most recently resulted in a 20% reduction in 2011 GHG emissions for HP operations, as compared with 2005.

Our supply chain’s breadth and depth is a foundation of HP’s success, but it also brings challenges. We embrace our opportunity and responsibility to use our scale, purchasing power, and experience to help our suppliers improve their social and environmental responsibility (SER) standards and performance. Through our efforts, HP works to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide who make our products. The 2011 Global Citizenship Report addresses the full range of SER issues, as well as targeted programs on issues such as working hours, women’s health, and conflict minerals. We complement extensive and rigorous auditing with innovative and collaborative capability-building initiatives.

We are also harnessing our knowledge and expertise to make an impact in education, entrepreneurship, and health, and we harness the power of our employees to support communities worldwide. One example is our work to develop innovations that advance electronic and mobile health solutions and strengthen health systems globally.With the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Kenyan government, we are automating testing processes to reduce the amount of time it takes to diagnose HIV-positive infants. By significantly speeding up the reporting of test results from several months to less than 30 days, HIV-positive newborns in Kenya get the treatment they need in order to survive.

Our report brings these successes to life with video perspectives from external stakeholders; profiles of HP employees who have contributed to global citizenship; and a gallery of HP products, services, and technologies that help customers improve their environmental performance.

To read the full report, please visit here: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/media/files/hp_fy11_gcr.pdf

We welcome your comments and feedback: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/takeaction/feedback.html

HP looks forward to continuing to create new possibilities for our technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments, and society.