News Highlights: Digital Equity
- Launches
HP PATH (Partnership and Technology For Humanity) program to pave the way toward digital equity for underserved communities around the world – focusing on education, healthcare and economic opportunities - Develops an accelerator that seeks to support disenfranchised communities by activating innovative solutions and services for 150 million people by 2030
News Highlights: 2020 Sustainable Impact Report
- Drives more than US
$1 billion in sales where sustainability was a key factor1 - Reports 4% reduction in overall
carbon footprint; reduces product use GHG emissions intensity by 33%; increases recycled plastic across its portfolio to 11%; and decreases single use plastic packaging by 19% - Maintains 100% zero deforestation for
HP paper and achieved 99% for paper-based product packaging
Today’s announcement coincides with the milestone publication of HP’s 20th annual Sustainable Impact Report that highlights the progress the company is making across its core pillars of Climate Action, Human Rights and Digital Equity. It follows recent actions the company has taken to accelerate progress, including some of the industry’s most comprehensive climate action goals, as well as aggressive steps to drive diversity, equity and inclusion and respect human rights across its ecosystem.
“Our Sustainable Impact strategy is helping to strengthen our communities while spurring innovation and growth across our business. Creating technology that inspires progress has always been one of HP’s greatest strengths, and we continue to hold ourselves accountable for achieving the goals we have set,” said
“As digital technology transforms seemingly every aspect of our lives, there’s a real danger of more and more people getting left behind. We cannot allow that to happen, and
Accelerating Digital Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic didn't create the digital divide, but it has certainly exacerbated it. During COVID-19, one-third of the world’s school-age children, or 463 million students, could not access remote learning. Beyond education, the digital divide can stand in the way of accessing modern healthcare and competitive job opportunities as digital transformation continues to accelerate. There’s also a cost to digital equity: the
Building on these efforts,
- Women and girls;
- People with disabilities (including aging populations);
- Communities of color/marginalized groups;
- Educators and practitioners - to address their respective digital inclusion constraints and opportunities.
This focus will contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and help bridge needs with resources and holistic solutions—in particular, healthcare, education, and economic opportunity.
Introducing
HP’s Partnership and Technology for Humanity accelerator will pave the way for digital equity in underserved communities around the world, through partnerships, activation, innovation, collaborations, and direct communication with local leaders.
PATH’s initial phase will be centered on convening conversations to engage, listen and learn from communities around the world to better understand the root-cause issues and what resources and support are needed to create change together. From there, it will influence HP’s product innovation, partnerships, and acceleration of solutions that will drive impact. As part of this flagship accelerator,
2020 Sustainable Impact Report
Climate Action:
- Achieved reductions in HP’s global
carbon footprint (4%) and product use GHG emissions intensity (33%), increased recycled plastic across the portfolio (to 11%) and decreased single-use plastic packaging (19%). - Maintained 100% zero deforestation for
HP paper and more than 99% zero deforestation for paper-based product packaging. - Launched the world’s most sustainable PC portfolio, the planet’s most comprehensive
carbon neutral Managed Print Service offering, and more than 50 products made in part with ocean-bound plastic including theHP Elite, Pro, Z, Chromebook Enterprise, and Pavilion—the world’s first consumer notebook to include ocean-bound plastic.
Human Rights:
- Established a
Racial Equality and Social Justice Task Force to set comprehensive goals to confront systemic racism and inequality; hosted a series of town halls to explore new thinking, encourage understanding, conversation, and advocacy. - Last year,
HP pledged to double the number of Black andAfrican American executives inside the company by 2025 and is seeing progress, including a 50% increase in the composition of Black andAfrican American executives thus far. - A steady increase of female leaders (32% in 2020; 31% in 2019 and 2018) and women in global functions (57% in 2020; 55% in 2019 and 2018); for the second year in a row, over 60% of
U.S. new hires were from underrepresented groups, including women,U.S. ethnicities, people with disabilities and military veterans.
Digital Equity/COVID-19 Community Relief:
- Drove focused initiatives to support hybrid learning and advance digital equity amid the global school shutdown, and moved halfway toward the company’s goal of enabling better learning outcomes for 100 million people by 2025—including seeing a 210% increase in enrollments in
HP LIFE. - Provided relief and support for those affected by COVID-19, including mobilizing our 3D printing network to develop and deliver more than 4 million critical supplies to healthcare workers, donating more than
$13 million in products through HP’s community giving program, and providing$3 million in grants from theHP Foundation .
Inaugural Sustainable Bond Framework
This week
Learn more
Visit the following links for more details:
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Website
- Racial Equality and
Social Justice Task Force Website - Sustainable Impact Website
- Sustainable Impact report (link to downloadable PDF)
- Sustainable Impact Executive Summary
- Human Rights Progress Report
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