HP announced its success at the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) Clarion Awards, as its Global Citizenship 2008 report and campaign was honoured with the award for Strategic Communications in the Corporate Communications category.
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HP issued its annual Global Citizenship Report that outlines the company’s progress, as well as challenges, for fiscal year 2007. Among the global citizenship priority areas detailed in the report are energy efficiency of products and operations, supply chain social and environmental responsibility, and product reuse and recycling as well as insights into core areas like social investment and customer privacy.
HP held its first annual HP Women’s Summit under the title “Building the next generation of women leaders”. As gender diversity is a key area for business development and corporate competitiveness, the Summit aimed to increase leadership opportunities for talented women and further build a community of women leaders in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
HP won the AXA Award for Corporate Sustainability during the 2007 European Business Awards ceremony on January 31, 2007. The AXA award is one of eight that make up the European Business Awards that celebrate business excellence across Europe. It lauds corporations which demonstrate strong involvement in managing social, environmental and governance risk prevention.
HP has established new goals to reduce the energy use and carbon intensity of its operations and products as well as reported its progress on environmental initiatives across the company.
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HP announced several additions to its HP Eco Solutions program, including new products, services and operations, as well as company-wide environmental goals.
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HP today announced the launch of Power To Change, a campaign that encourages personal computer users around the world to make behavioral changes in support of the environment. The campaign encourages users to download a new desktop widget that tracks the cumulative energy savings associated with participants turning off idle PCs when not in use.
HP launched a limited edition “Green IT for Dummies” pocket book as an introduction to help organisations go green. The guide is intended to give everyone from senior management to environmentally conscious employees some simple and straight-forward ideas on how to reduce the environmental impact of IT systems and harness the power of IT to reduce the wider environmental impacts of climate change in society.
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HP together with the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) unveiled the first results of a pilot project to tackle the problem of electronic waste (e-waste) in Africa.
HP published a guide that identifies the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by using existing HP solutions. The white paper builds upon a report developed by WWF-Sweden and helps customers identify products and services that can help them transition to operate with a lower carbon footprint.
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HP unveiled a pilot project in South Africa which will be a key component of the company’s strategy to tackle the growing amount of electronic waste in Africa and around the world.
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HP published survey findings that show small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Europe are yet to make environmental awareness their number one priority when purchasing printers.
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Whilst many European businesses are taking an interest in the environmental impact of their technology, the vast majority of companies will only make changes when they are seen to cut costs. This is one of the key findings of the 2008 Pressure Point Index survey on Green Technology and Data Centre Transformation released today by HP.
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HP will soon become a member of the WWF Climate Savers program, a group of leading corporations from around the world that are working with World Wildlife Fund to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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HP recycled over 110 million kilograms of hardware and print cartridges globally in the 2007 fiscal year – an increase of 50 percent on the previous year and the equivalent to almost 400 Airbus A380s.
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In an industry first, HP announced it has developed an engineering breakthrough that enables the use of post-consumer recycled plastics in the production of new Original HP inkjet print cartridges.
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HP announced a new business desktop designed with the environment in mind to help companies increase the reliability and reduce the environmental impact of their PCs.
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HP announced relationships with two renewable energy providers, Airtricity in Ireland and SunPower Corp. in the United States, as part of the company’s goal to reduce its energy use by 20 percent by the end of 2010.
At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, HP committed to reduce the energy consumption of its volume desktop and notebook PC families by 25 percent by 2010.
HP announced the launch of a project with the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) and the Swiss Institute for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) to address the growing problem of electronic waste in Africa. This collaboration aims to both reduce potential health and environmental hazards caused by improper disposal of electronic waste and create jobs in disadvantaged communities.
Having met its goal six months early to recycle approximately half of billion kilograms (1 billion pounds) of electronics, HP today announced that it has set a new goal for another half billion kilograms by the end of 2010.
HP announced plans to allocate more than million in cash and HP equipment to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to establish three projects aimed at addressing the causes and consequences of climate change on a global basis.
HP announced it has set a goal to reduce its global energy use by 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2010. To accomplish this, HP will deliver energy-efficient products and services to customers and institute energy-efficient operating practices in its facilities worldwide.
HP announced the definitive environmental self declaration for printing supplies, called the ‘IT Eco Declaration for Print Supplies’, which will enable purchasers of printing supplies to make informed, environmentally-aware choices – regardless of which company’s supplies they purchase.
HP recycled more than 74 million kilograms (164 million pounds) of hardware and HP print cartridges globally in its 2006 fiscal year – an increase of 16 percent over the previous year and the equivalent weight of more than 600 jumbo jet airliners.
HP and World Wildlife Fund-US announced a joint initiative to reduce HP’s greenhouse gas emissions from its operating facilities worldwide, educate and inspire others to adopt best practices, and use HP technology in conservation efforts around the world.
HP finds competitive recycling schemes across Europe offer significantly lower costs to consumers.
HP demonstrates environmental responsibility in Russia with free and easy print cartridge return and recycling programme for commercial customers.
HP’s business customers can return their IT hardware to a designated collection point to be treated in accordance with the new WEEE Directive.
HP helps consumers dispose of "e-Waste" with 50 percent off hardware Recycling
Company’s recycling program marks Earth Day with continued momentum toward 1 billion pound goal.
Promoting transparency in environmental standards, HP announced emissions data associated with its largest suppliers, representing more than 80 percent of the company’s costs for the materials, manufacturing and assembly of its products worldwide.
HP publicly detailed its largest suppliers, representing more than 95 percent of HP's procurement expenditures for materials, manufacturing and assembly of HP's products worldwide. Separately, HP announced a pilot programme to empower workers and advance women’s health issues among its suppliers.
HP today announced that it is joining forces with the GoodElectronics Coalition, an international network of NGOs, to further improve the social and environmental performance of its second and third tier suppliers in China.
HP to help improve CSR practices in Central Europe
HP and The Copenhagen Centre for Corporate Responsibility announced a new Central European Supplier Responsibility (CESR) project to equip small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the management tools needed to operate their businesses in a socially and environmentally sustainable manner.
HP EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) unveiled some of the success stories so far that have underpinned the GET-IT graduate entrepreneurship programme in 2009. HP also announced that the programme will have involved 100 training centres and aims to reach approx. 100.000 graduates in 30 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by the end of this year.
HP and UNESCO announced the expansion of the ‘Brain Gain Initiative’ from five universities in the pilot phase to 15 additional higher education institutions throughout the Middle East and Africa.
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Junior Achievement and HP announced that a Nigerian team are winners of the HP Responsible Business Ideas Competition in Africa for 2009. This competition awards student teams for business ideas that best combine business practice with social and environmental responsibility and attracted entries from across Africa.
HP Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA) has presented the 2009 HP Responsible Business Award to the Lithuanian student team, ‘Greblys Company’, for their ‘Recycle Waste’ educational products, during the 20th Junior Achievement Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe Company of the Year Competition, hosted by Young Enterprise Netherlands in Rotterdam.
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the technology company HP announced the opening of 20 additional training centres in Africa and the Middle East to expand HP’s youth entrepreneurship and IT education programme.
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World ORT together with HP announced the expansion of the HP Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT programme (GET-IT) with the opening of ten new training centres in Russia and Ukraine.
Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe and HP Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA) announced the winners of the HP Responsible Business Ideas Contest. This contest awards students across Europe for business ideas that best combine business practice with social and environmental responsibility.
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HP’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region announced the 2009 EMEA winners of the Innovation in Education Grant Initiative, which rewards secondary schools and universities for their innovative teaching and learning projects. This year’s winners include academic institutions from 15 countries across EMEA.
Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise Europe (JA-YE) and the European Commission launched the “Your World, Your Business” campaign to encourage young people to become the creative, dynamic and responsible entrepreneurs of the future.
The campaign will help young people to better understand the potential of enterprises and draw attention to the importance of social and environmental aspects of business.
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HP is investing a 7-digit sum into the HP Russian Institute for Technology programme (“RIT”) which aims to support IT skills training with university students and the development of IT specialists in Russia.
HP announces the expansion of the Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT (HP GET-IT) programme, a multiple year investment by HP to train young un- or under-employed people and graduates (16-25 years) on business and IT skills. HP, with its partners plans to grow GET-IT even further to reach over 500,000 students by 2010.
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HP and JA Worldwide® (Junior Achievement) announced Team Hattrick from Lithuania as the winner of the HP Global Business Challenge, a worldwide competition designed to increase the business knowledge and skills of students.
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HP Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA) has presented the 2008 HP Responsible Business Award to the Austrian student team, Infotainment, for their concept to educate 8- to10-year-old students, their parents and teachers on environmental topics like climate change, during the 19th Junior Achievement Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe Company of the Year Competition, hosted by Young Enterprise Sweden in Stockholm.
Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe and HP Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA) announced the winners of the HP Responsible Business Ideas Contest. This contest awards students across Europe for business ideas that best combine business practice with social and environmental responsibility.
HP announced that 15 universities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will receive an HP Wireless Technology for Teaching grant to promote most innovative student projects in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) announced that it is to sign a strategic partnership agreement with HP to work together on the HP “Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT” (GET-IT) programme in Africa.
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HP launched the “Russian Institute of Technology” (RIT) programme, which aims to support higher education and the development of IT specialists in Russia. As part of the RIT, HP will establish Technology Centres at five Russian universities providing IT equipment and advanced IT training.
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HP and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) signed a strategic partnership agreement on 19 December to strengthen their collaboration around existing education projects.
The South African Government announced HP as the first company to obtain approval for an equity investment proposal under the government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) initiative. Through the investment, HP will support the development of the HP Business Institute (HPBI), an independently run enterprise and skills development programme aimed at increasing the pool of IT talent amongst South Africa’s majority black community.
The international competition invites student teams to make a series of budgeting decisions affecting a hypothetical business during a two and one-half year period, including capital investment, research and development, pricing structure, marketing and production level. Azerbaijan students Irina Lesnyak (19) and Azer Ismayilov (20) have been awarded the €2,250 (,000) first place prize in the 12th annual HP Global Business Challenge.
Slovakian Student Company wins HP Responsible Business Award 2007
HP Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA) presented the 2007 HP Responsible Business Award to the Slovakian student team DIFFID (www.diffid.gta.sk ), which designed a greenhouse made from recycled plastic during the Junior Achievement Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe Company of the Year Competition.
Bulgarian Students Win First HP Responsible Business Ideas ContestHP Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe today announced the winners of the HP Responsible Business Idea Contest which awards social and environmental responsible business ideas from students across Europe.
HP Helps Universities to Make Innovative Use of Technology for TeachingHP announced that 13 universities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will receive an HP Wireless Technology for Teaching grant to promote student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
HP and UNESCO Team Up with African Universities to Counter Brain Drain
HP and UNESCO announced their selection of universities in Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe that will benefit from their joint project “Piloting Solutions for Reversing Brain Drain into Brain Gain for Africa”. The goal of the project is to allow universities in Africa to collaborate on research by connecting to international networks through the use of advanced technology called grid computing.
GET-IT – HP launches new programme to give young people head-start in business
HP announced that it will team up with local non-profit organisations to provide IT and business training to graduates and unemployed youth in need of professional IT skills. The ‘Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT’ (GET-IT) programme will provide IT equipment for these organisations as well as professional guidance courses for their trainers.
Estonian student company awarded for most responsible business strategy
HP Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe awarded the first winner of the Responsible Business Award to the Estonian team VOLLI. They created trendy, modern, light and comfortable wallets made of empty, used juice-cartons.
HP and UNESCO launch joint project to counter brain drain in Africa
HP and UNESCO announced the launch of a new project which aims to help reduce brain drain in Africa by providing grid computing technology to universities in Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
HP and Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute Collaborate to Advance Technology-Rich Learning Environments
HP and the Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute, a newly created non-profit organisation focussing on training solutions for micro-entrepreneurs, have launched an international effort to develop learning environments specifically tailored for entrepreneurs.
HP Doubles Awards in Education Grants Across Europe, Middle East & Africa
HP Technology for Teaching Grants given to 12 universities to promote student interest in science, technology, engineering and math
HP’s Newest Digital Community Centre Helps Bridge Belfast’s Digital Divide
HP will today open its Digital Community Centre (DCC) in Belfast, Ireland, improving access to technology in some of the city's most disadvantaged areas.
HP promotes creative education with technology grants to six European universities
HP Technology for Teaching Grant advances the use of latest mobile technology to improve innovation in education across EMEA.
HP Joins Forces with Nobel Prize Laureates to Drive Scientific Innovation
HP participates in elite Lindau Forum to drive scientific innovation.
UNESCO and HP joint project reversing brain drain in South East Europe
Beneficiary universities gather together to exchange experiences and broaden programme.
