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Responsible business at Hewlett-Packard (HP)
One of HP"s seven corporate objectives, Global Citizenship, is the belief that - using its global reach, knowledge, expertise and inventive spirit - the company can make a positive difference to the world and to the communities in which it does business. Global Citizenship is HP"s term for all aspects of its corporate responsibility including areas like environment, social investment, supply chain responsibility and privacy.
HP is considered one of the leading responsible businesses globally. In January 2007, HP was awarded the AXA Award for Corporate Sustainability at the European Business Awards ceremony. AXA, the world"s second largest insurance company, commended HP for their contribution to sustainable development internationally and for clearly integrating the impact of their Global Citizenship activities into their core business strategy.
Environment
HP is committed to providing products and services that are environmentally sound throughout their life cycles. This includes activities like product recycling and designing environmentally-sound products that use less energy, less and non-hazardous materials and are easy to recycle.
Social Investment
By investing in social programmes, HP wants to increase access to information technology (IT) and focuses on technology grants and IT education for communities, schools, universites and small enterprises.
Supply Chain Responsibility
HP operates the IT industry"s largest and most complex supply chain. The company pays attention to raising social and environmental standards with its suppliers around the globe and continuously monitors whether they comply with the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct (EICC).
Privacy
HP respects the privacy of its customers and employees and is committed to protecting it. HP also leads the way in advancing the rights of consumers to have their personal information safeguarded. Essentially, HP secures customer information, provides customers access to their information, and does not sell, rent or lease customers" personally identifiable information.
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