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WWF report – IT solutions that can reduce CO2 emissions by one million tonnes (June 2008)
In this podcast, we speak to Dennis Pamlin, Global Policy Advisor, WWF, who is the author of a report titled “Global strategy for the first global IT strategy for CO2 reductions".
The report was supported by HP and details ten existing technology solutions that have the potential to reduce the one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions – the equivalent of nearly one-quarter of the European Union’s current CO2 emissions.
» Download or listen to the podcast (5:27 mins | 7.48MB)
When CSR means good business - how to help suppliers adapt an integrated approach to CSR (April 2008)
In this podcast, we speak to Mette Andersen, Special Advisor to the Danish Centre for CSR, who is the co-author of our recently released report titled “Small suppliers in global supply chains - Partnerships for sustainable competitiveness“.
The report is based on an exhaustive study of HP’s small and medium company suppliers based in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
» Download or listen to the podcast (8:30 mins | 11.9MB)
From brain drain to brain gain: HP and UNESCO use grid technology to counter brain drain (Febuary 2008)
HP in partnership with UNESCO set up projects in South East Europe and Africa to begin addressing the problem of academics having to move abroad to further their research and employment prospects ('brain drain').
The project reconnects university faculties to the web through grid computing technology and allows them to link to international colleagues and university resources.
» Download or listen to the podcast (5:18 mins | 7.5MB)
Promising futures for young people: HP GET-IT combines technology skills with entrepreneurial know-how (January 2008)
Unemployment is most acute for the age group that represents our future. In the European Union alone, 18 percent of young people below the age of 25 couldn’t find a job in 2006.
HP’s answer is to empower these young people through GET-IT: a new kind of training that combines the basics of entrepreneurship with practical, hands-on experience in the use of technology.
» Download or listen to the podcast (4:12 mins | 5.9MB)
Promoting empowerment in South Africa: HP and B-BEEE initiatves (December 2007)
HP South Africa has always been committed to promoting empowerment and ascribes to the underlying principles of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) initiatives as the key to realising HP's full potential as a company and as a business imperative.
How is HP South Africa supporting B-BBEEE? Listen to the HP Podcast with Thoko Mokgosi-Mwantembe, CEO of HP South Africa.
» Download or listen to the podcast (8:00 mins | 10.9MB)
» Online story: BEE in IT: HP’s Business Institute teaches hot skills
Getting rid of Europe’s e-waste: HP and the WEEE Directive (July 2007)
As of July 1, manufacturers and retailers in the UK are responsible for recycling electronic waste under EU legislation called the WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Directive. But the challenge of coping with e-waste goes far beyond hardware disposal. The environmental impact of a product is largely determined at the design stage, so successful recycling requires innovation.
What exactly is WEEE and why is it important? Listen to the HP Podcast with Kirstie McIntyre, WEEE Programme Manager, HP UK & Ireland.
» Download or listen to the podcast (6:00 mins | 8.24MB)
Video: HP Global Citizenship in Europe, Middle East and Africa (April 2006)
Learn more about HP's four priorities in EMEA: the environment, social investment, supply chain responsibility and privacy.
» Download or watch the videocast (1:16 mins | 5.35MB)
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