HP 2015 Sustainability Report

Introduction

Environment

Society

Integrity

About this report

Working with our sub-tier suppliers in China In 2015, Hewlett-Packard Company was included in the Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI) developed by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to evaluate the supply chain environmental practices of global brands. The company was ranked seventh of 38 global companies in the IT sector, and 14th among the 167 brands assessed. HP is committed to maintaining or improving on this record. Ensuring that sub-tier suppliers consistently meet our standards for environmental performance requires us to work closely with the first tier of our supply chain. In 2015, Hewlett-Packard Company collaborated with four large first-tier manufacturing suppliers in China, with the goal of ensuring that their sub-tier suppliers comply with local environ- mental laws, including those relating to air and water pollution, and waste. During the year, the company checked these 834 sub-tier suppliers against the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs’ (IPE) list of environmental violations. Thirteen were found to be in violation of local environmental law. As of the end of 2015, 100% had provided corrective and preventive action plans or monitoring reports, validating that the issues had been addressed and closed. All of those 13 suppliers also provided this information to the IPE or followed the IPE audit process to validate the actions they took.

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