HP 2015 Sustainability Report

Introduction

Environment

Society

Integrity

About this report

Workers’ health Work-related stress affects any company in terms of individual well-being and productiv- ity. From March 2014 to April 2015, Hewlett-Packard Company partnered with the Hong Kong Worker’s Health Centre for a participatory work stress improvement program aiming to dissect and address the root causes of work-related stress. This program took place in a supplier facility in Dongguan, China, and included phases for data collection, intervention, and evaluation. Following the initiative, the supplier experienced a 29% de- crease in employee turnover and a 33% reduction in sick days. Employees also reported a 10% increase in support from management and a 36% increase in feeling control over their work. This supplier will continue to foster a health and safety culture in their facil- ities by conducting worker stress prevention meetings held by workers, management, and other staff to discuss causes of stress in the workplace and how to address them. Raising industry standards Many of the issues we face are too large and complex to address alone. Because the electronics industry supply base is broadly shared, collaborating with others sends a powerful message to suppliers and creates efficiency and consistency through scale. HP will continue to build on a 12-year history of working closely with the EICC to advance standards in the industry. We are committed to sharing our best practices publically to drive improvement across the entire IT industry. For example, we donated our Foreign Migrant Worker Standard Guidance Document to the EICC, and share it with companies seeking additional support on best practices in this area. We played an active role in the EICC Vulnerable Work- ers working group, which revised the EICC Code of Conduct to tighten restrictions on worker-paid recruitment fees and improve standards for managing student and dispatch workers. While these changes in industry standards show progress in combating forced labor, our standard extends further to require direct employment of workers. See Foreign migrant workers . In 2016, HP was a founder of the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment , a multi stakeholder collaboration committed to eradicating worker fees in global supply chains in the next decade. Working together across industries is fundamental to combating ex- ploitation, forced labor, and trafficking of migrant workers in supply chains, and represents an important step to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal to “promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.” HP Inc. will con- tinue to rally businesses and governments to raise standards relating to human rights and the environment. We aim to advance our policies and systems by continuously reflecting on our management approach and identifying areas for growth and deeper engagement. Hewlett-Packard Company’s supply chain responsibility management system has been assessed every two years by Social Accountability International’s (SAI) Social Fingerprint benchmark. The most recent 2014 Social Fingerprint result of 3.8 placed Hewlett-Packard Company among the highest-scoring SAI corporate members. For more information about our management system, see the document Supply chain responsibility: Our approach , available online.

29 % decrease in employee turnover for a supplier participating in work stress improvement program

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