HP 2015 Sustainability Report

Introduction

Environment

Society

Integrity

About this report

The partnership with LESN also brought predeparture training to more than 42,000 recent graduate and student workers in 2015, and more than 222,000 since 2011. This program informs interns and recent graduates of their labor rights prior to entering the workforce. Similarly, training occurs at the supplier site to create a mutual understanding of student worker standards and policies. Foreign migrant workers Foreign migrant workers are particularly vulnerable to exploitative labor practices and at risk for forced labor. In 2014, Hewlett-Packard Company was the first IT company to develop its own Foreign Migrant Worker Standard, which sets requirements for the re- cruitment, selection, hiring, and management of foreign migrant workers by or on behalf of suppliers doing business with us. The standard requires direct employment of foreign migrant workers, protects workers from passport and personal documentation retention by management, and prohibits worker-paid recruitment fees. To enforce our Foreign Migrant Worker Standard, HP launched an assessment program in late 2015. The program identified 16 suppliers in high-risk countries that will have assessments completed by the end of 2016. Suppliers in medium-risk countries will undergo assessments by the end of 2017. In preparation for conducting the assess- ments, Hewlett-Packard Company auditors and program managers participated in a training with Verité, a leading NGO that collaborated closely with the company to develop the standard, and to understand and address key components of conducting a focused migrant worker assessment. These assessments are intended to delve deeper into the management systems and practices of suppliers, providing a better understanding of persistent issues that we can target through trainings and capability building. With more stringent requirements, Hewlett-Packard Company expected that initial assessment results would show noncon- formances, and was prepared to ensure appropriate corrective actions where necessary. In 2015, the company found two zero-tolerance items in foreign migrant worker assess- ments, one related to the withholding of school diplomas and another requiring migrant workers to pay deposits to retrieve their identification papers. These actions are unac- ceptable under our policy and the supplier was promptly required to return identification papers and school diplomas to workers and submit a plan that proved understanding and conformance with the standard. The Foreign Migrant Worker Standard was also integrated into the Supplier Assessment Questionnaire for nonproduction suppliers with risk exposure due to geography or sup- plier type. In 2015, the company expanded nonproduction supplier engagement to 32 branded merchandise factories across 10 high-risk countries. Through our engagement with these suppliers, we identified foreign migrant worker issues in Malaysia which were corrected. In 2016, we will continue to improve our due diligence around foreign migrant workers in the indirect supply chain. Many indirect suppliers are small, family-owned units which operate with different business cultures. We are collaborating with these suppliers to mitigate risks while not interrupting business continuity. In early 2015, Hewlett-Packard Company’s global manager for supply chain responsibility presented on the company’s foreign migrant worker program at the White House Forum on Combating Human Trafficking in Supply Chains in Washington, DC. The panel, which also included EICC’s executive director, highlighted the company’s solutions-oriented leadership in this area. See Human rights for additional information on HP’s approach to preventing human trafficking.

1st in the IT industry to require direct employment of foreign migrant workers

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