HP, Inc.
CEF Lead Executives
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JEN HUFFSTETLER
Chief Sustainability Officer, SVP Sustainable Impact and Compliance
Before HP, Jen was Chief Product Sustainability Officer and VP/GM of Intel Future Platform Strategy and Sustainability. In this role, she was responsible for driving the integration and execution of the corporate-wide Intel Platform technologies & business strategies to drive future growth and corporate-level product strategy and action for Sustainability. Jen joined Intel in 1996 as a fab process engineer and has spent most of her career applying her extensive technical and business experience to lead strategy, product management, and product marketing efforts for a number of core Intel businesses. Most recently she led Data Center Platform Strategy, responsible for building and executing cross-corporate Cloud to Edge technical and business strategies, incubating new services, and driving Xeon Business Management and Operations. Jen holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from MIT, and an MBA from Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School in Corporate Entrepreneurship.
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DAVID BUCK
Senior Director, Product Stewardship & Circularity
David leads HP’s Product and Services Stewardship and Circularity team as Senior Director within the Sustainable Impact and Compliance organization. His global team supports HP’s Print, Personal Systems, and Services business units. At HP, David has held leadership positions in R&D, procurement, and operations. He’s been involved in product development for a wide range of printing technologies, including home, office, industrial, specialty, and 3D printing, as well as microfluidic dispensing for drug development. Prior to joining HP, David held senior engineering and production supervisor positions at Ford Motor Company. David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He lives in Vancouver, Washington.
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KIRSTY STEVENSON
Head of Human Rights/Sr. Director Sustainable Impact & Compliance
Kirsty’s leadership in Human Rights, Environmental Sustainability, CSR, and Social Impact spans over 20 years, 4 continents, and both the non-profit and private sectors. She has shaped Sustainability from all directions, working across the disciplines of Product Development, Innovation, Sourcing and Manufacturing, Public Private Partnerships, and Industry Coalition Building. Prior to joining HP Inc., Kirsty was the Global Head of Product Stewardship and Environmental Sustainability at Gap Inc. Prior to Gap Inc., Kirsty was VP of Impact & Growth at Cascale (formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition), where she developed and introduced the Higg Index, now used by Fortune 500 companies and suppliers worldwide to increase the level of their Sustainable business practices. Kirsty also spent 12 years with Apple, most recently as Head of Business Integration. Kirsty earned a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Materials Science from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Kirsty has served on the advisory board of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Make Fashion Circular Initiative, and currently sits on the boards of VC Alante Capital and the Materials Innovation Initiative.
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ALEXANDRA DEGHER
Climate Director
Alexandra oversees a team of experts who inform and drive HP’s forest, carbon neutral, and net zero initiatives across the company. With a PhD in Environmental Engineering and over 20 years of experience in leading sustainability and carbon initiatives, she and her team work with partners inside and outside HP to meet HP’s 2030 Climate goals, maintain regulatory compliance, and manage reporting and market access requirements.
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ALEX MICHALKO
Director of Climate, Carbon, and Forestry
Alex formally lead the Sustainability Customer Engagement team at Amazon. As part of the Worldwide Sustainability team, she worked to apply Amazon’s scale and inventive culture to help solve some of the world’s most demanding sustainability challenges. Prior to joining Amazon, Alex worked on sustainability initiatives at REI and The Walt Disney Company. She also served as a Research Fellow at Project Drawdown, an initiative led by Paul Hawken to measure the expected environmental and financial impact of accelerating the adoption of the 100 most substantive solutions to climate change in order to reverse the buildup of atmospheric carbon within thirty years. Alex received her MBA and Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, where her master’s thesis focused on consumer goods eco-labelling. She holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University.
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STEPHANI BARRIENTEZ
Head of Global Service Supply Chain
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MICHELE MALEJKI
CEF Leadership Program Winner (2017)
Global Head of Strategic Programs, Sustainability & Social Innovation
Michele is currently the Global Head of Sustainability & Social Impact Programs for corporate sustainability at HP. She also leads strategy for HP LIFE, a program of the HP Foundation that provides free skills content for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and lifelong learners. She works with HP's core business units (Personal Systems, Print, 3DP) to drive shared value, including supporting sustainable impact efforts, global partnerships with UN Women and Girl Rising, corporate programs to support refugees, and creating opportunities to reach HP's corporate goal of enabling better learning outcomes for 100 million by 2025. In 2017, she was selected to participate in the CEF’s Sustainability Leadership Program. She previously served as Deputy Director of Program at the Clinton Global Initiative, where she developed content related to climate change, refugees and displaced people, financial inclusion, and girls’ and women’s empowerment. Before CGI, worked at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion in Thailand, the One Acre Fund in Cambodia.
Latest Sustainability Reporting
Highlights
- Reduced value chain GHG emissions by 27% (2019 baseline) and Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 62% since 2015.
- Used 59% renewable electricity in global operations in 2023.
- Reached 40% circularity for products and packaging by weight in 2023.
- Reduced single-use plastic packaging 62%, from 221 grams/unit in 2018 to 85 grams/unit in 2023.
- Achieved an 87% landfill diversion rate globally in 2023.
- Has reduced potable water withdrawals 38% since 2015, achieving its 2025 goal of 35% reductions (as of 2022).
- 33% of director-level and above positions globally were filled by women in 2023.
- Reached 4.4% Black/African American executive representation in 2023, from a baseline of 3.0% in 2020.
Recent News
2025
JUST CAPITAL — Announced its JUST 100 list for the 2025 rankings of America’s most just companies, in partnership with CNBC. Drawing from data from 940 companies across 36 industries, the Top 100 were scored for 17 issues affecting workers, customers, shareholders, communities, and the environment (such as paying a fair wage, treating customers fairly, and prioritizing sustainability). This year 19 CEF members ranked in the JUST 100 list, and six in the Top 20, including: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (#1 for the second year in a row); HP, Inc. (#2); Bank of America (#3); Trane Technologies (#6); Applied Materials (#13); and Alphabet (#19). (Feb 2025)
CORPORATE KNIGHTS — Published its 2025 Global 100 List, ranking the world’s most sustainable companies (with revenues of over $1 billion) along 25 indicators. For the companies in the Top 100 in 2025, 53% of their total revenue was sustainable as was 58% of their total investments. This compares to 15% of total revenue and 15% for total investments for the 8,259 other publicly traded companies with revenues of over $1 billion. The top ranked company was CEF Member Schneider Electric, moving up from #7 in 2024. Other CEF Members in the Top 100 included Trane Technologies (#26), Cisco (#54), SAP (#58), Prologis (#63), Apple (#69), Unilever (#71), and HP Inc. (#79). (Jan 2025)
2024
NEWSWEEK / STATISTA — Published its America’s Most Responsible Companies 2025 list, ranking 600 U.S. companies (out of the 2,000 largest publicly traded companies) on ESG performance. The analysis is based on 30 key performance indicators along with consumer reputation. Merck scored #1, with 97.83 points (out of 100). CEF members in the top 50 include: General Mills (#2), Applied Materials (#4), HP (#6), Mastercard (#7), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (#9), Ecolab (#12), Analog Devices (#13), Qualcomm (#29), Cisco Systems (#31), Visa (#33), CBRE (#35), Apple (#42), and General Motors (#50). (Dec 2024)
TIME / STATISTA — Announced their World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2024 list, based on companies’ climate targets and ratings, Scope 1 and 2 emissions and reductions in 2021 and 2022, energy use, and if they have incorporated sustainability into their business models. CEF Member companies in the Top 20 included: Schneider Electric (#1); Siemens (#11); Mastercard (#13); SAP (#15); and HP (#20). (July 2024)
CORPORATE KNIGHTS — Released its 20th annual Global 100 List, ranking the world’s most sustainable companies along 25 indicators, out of 6,000 public companies with revenues of over $1 billion. In 2024, top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% last year, and compared to just 17% of investments of publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue. The top ranked company was Sims Ltd, an Australian waste management company that moved up from #14 in 2023. CEF Members in the Global 100 include: Schneider Electric (#7), Trane Technologies (#23), Cisco (#64), HP Inc. (#67), Apple (#71), Unilever (#76), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (#81), and Prologis (#87). (Jan 2024)
2023
Catalyze — Schneider Electric announced that Google, ASM, and HP have joined the Catalyze program as new sponsors. Catalyze aims to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy across the global semiconductor value chain by combining energy purchasing power and providing suppliers with the opportunity to participate in utility-scale power purchase agreements (PPAs). (Dec 2023)
Recycled Content Standard Annex A (SCS Standards) — The SCS-103 Certification Standard for Recycled Content adds this new annex focused on the electrical and electronics equipment sectors, setting a minimum threshold for recycled content in the full product and allowing for a product-level claim. This raises the bar for recycled content in consumer electronics products, expanding beyond just component materials. Development of the annex is being led by a diverse multi-stakeholder group that includes: CEF members: Amazon, Dell Technologies, HP, and Microsoft, as well as The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners, De’Longhi, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Logitech, Phillips, and The Recycling Partnership. The annex is now available for public review, after which it will be finalized and published. Comment here until April 8, 2023. (March 2023)
CORPORATE KNIGHTS — Released its 2023 Global 100 List, ranking the world’s most sustainable companies along 25 indicators, out of 6,000 public companies with revenues of over $1 billion. The top list has outperformed the MSCI All Country World Index on an annual basis for seven of the past 11 years. The top spot went to Schnitzer Steel Industries, a steel recycler that increased energy productivity by 74%, water productivity by 69%, and carbon productivity by 55% in 2021. CEF Members in the Global 100 include: Schneider Electric (#7), Alphabet (#26), Ecolab (#30), Unilever (#38), HP (#39), Cisco (#48), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (#67), and Apple (#73). (Jan 2023)
2022
CDP — Highlighted 330+ global companies worth $11 trillion in market capitalization that have been named to CDP’s annual A List (out of 15,000 companies scored) for their transparency and action on climate change, forests, and water security. Of those, just 12 companies (including CEF Member HP Inc.), out of 900+ companies, were awarded a Triple A (receiving top scores across all three categories), down from 14 last year. More than 29,500 companies, worth $24.5 trillion, received an F for failing to respond to disclosure requests or providing insufficient information. (Dec 2022)
NEWSWEEK / STATISTA — Released its “America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023” list, which ranks 500 of the U.S. largest public companies based on their ESG performance. The top 50 include CEF members: HP (#1), Qualcomm (#13), Microsoft (#17), Cisco (#19), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (#34), Walt Disney (#39), Mastercard (#40), and Ecolab (#46). (Dec 2022)
More than 100 large companies and investors made a business case to the U.S. Congress and the Biden Administration last week for ambitious federal action on climate. The collective effort, called LEAD on Climate 2022 and organized by sustainability nonprofit Ceres, attracted participants—including CEF members Amazon, HP Inc, Marriott International, Microsoft, Netflix, PepsiCo, Siemens, and Unilever—that count a total of $1.6 trillion in annual revenue and $4.6 trillion in assets under management, and more than 3 million employees across all 50 states. Through two days of virtual meetings, they asked lawmakers and administration officials to (May 2022):
- Meet the urgency and scale of the climate crisis with ambitious federal investments to accelerate the transition to affordable, secure, domestic clean energy.
- Seize the economic opportunities to lead the world in clean energy manufacturing and deployment to create jobs, spur innovation, strengthen supply chains, and reduce costs and volatility for businesses and consumers.
- Tackle inequity by targeting climate and clean energy investments in disadvantaged, rural, and frontline energy communities.
AS YOU SOW / CORPORATE KNIGHTS “CLEAN200” LIST — Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow and Corporate Knights released their annual list of the 200 largest public companies “ranked by green energy revenues.” On average, it found 58% of revenues earned by Clean200 companies to be “clean,” up from 39% in 2021 and significantly above the 20% average for their MSCI ACWI peers. The top 10 includes CEF members Apple (#1), Alphabet (#2), Cisco Systems (#7), HP (#8), Schneider Electric (#9), and Siemens (#10). (Feb 2022)
27 companies that collectively generate over $1.2 trillion in annual revenue and have 1.4 million employees sent an open letter calling bold climate action a “business imperative” and urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to enact the Build Back Better Act’s climate and clean energy provisions. They said the provisions would “help spur private sector investment at the scale needed” to help them meet their long-term climate goals and would greatly affect opportunities for exporting low-carbon technologies, products, and expertise. The letter was organized by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), and signatories include CEF members Duke Energy, Ford, GE, HP Inc., Schneider Electric, and Trane Technologies. (Feb 2022)
HP INC. — Is expanding its HP Amplify™ Impact program (launched in 2020) to 24 additional countries in Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and Japan (43 countries total) to help an additional 10,000 HP partners drive impact on climate change, human rights, and the digital divide. Partners who join the program receive assessments, resources, and training, as well as access to the new HP Amplify Impact Initiatives Hub that offers Carbon Footprint and 360 Diversity Equity & Inclusion assessments. To date, HP has enrolled 20% of its partners (over 1,400) in the program—double its first-year goal. (Feb 2022)
Committed to delivering “innovative technology” and over $100,000 in grants for each organization participating in a new Digital Equity Accelerator led by the Aspen Digital program. The Accelerator will leverage community leaders and a mentor network to help nonprofits scale their impact in health care, education, and economic opportunity, and to help underserved communities affected by the digital divide. It will pilot in the U.S., India, and Morocco, with plans to expand in subsequent years. (Feb 2022)
HP is acquiring Choose Packaging to scale Choose’s patented technology and deliver fiber-based, 100% plastic-free packaging. Choose Packaging created “the only commercially available zero-plastic paper bottle in the world,” made with naturally occurring and nontoxic materials. (Feb 2022)
2021
CDP “A LIST” — 272 out of nearly 12,000 companies scored by CDP made CDP’s 2021 “A List,” which includes a climate change A List (200 companies), a water security A List (118 companies), and a forests A List (24 companies). The lists recognize companies for their “environmental leadership,” all of which are reducing their value chain emissions and have verified Scope 1 and 2 emissions, SBTi-approved emission-reduction targets, evidence of targets that cover their Scope 3 emissions, “robust governance and oversight of climate issues,” and “rigorous risk management processes.” A record 14 companies received Triple A scores for their work across all three themes, including: Danone, Firmenich, Fuji Oil Holdings, CEF member HP, International Flavors & Fragrances, KAO Corporation, Klabin, Lenzing, L’Oréal, Metsä Board Corporation, Mondi, Philip Morris International, Syrmise, and CEF member Unilever. Additional CEF members on the A Lists include: Ecolab (water security), Ford (climate change, water security), General Motors (water security), HPE (water security), Microsoft (climate change, water security), PepsiCo (forests), Samsung (water security), Schneider Electric (climate change), Visa (climate change). (Dec 2021)
NEWSWEEK / STATISTA — Released its “America's Most Responsible Companies 2022” list, which ranks 500 public companies based on their ESG performance (up from 400 companies previously). The top 20 includes CEF members HP (#1), HPE (#7), Cisco (#13), and Ecolab (#18). (Dec 2021)
TERRA CARTA SEAL RECIPIENTS —
HRH The Prince of Wales’ initiative and Corporate Knights
awarded their inaugural “Terra Carta Seal” to 45 companies
that are putting “Nature, People and Planet at the heart of” economic value creation.
All recipients have aligned with the
Terra Carta charter, committed to achieving net zero by 2050 or halving GHG emissions by 2035, and committed to standardizing their reporting metrics. Recipients include CEF members
Amazon, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc., PepsiCo, Trane Technologies,
and Unilever.
(Nov 2021)
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Pledged $80 million
to expand its partnership with WWF
and address the forest impacts of 17 million metric tons of paper used in commercial and consumer HP printers over 10 years—the equivalent of restoring, protecting, and sustainably managing
nearly 1 million acres of forest. HP is now WWF’s largest US corporate partner to date and the first company to pilot science-based forest targets through WWF’s new methodology, which estimates printing impacts on forests. WWF also joined
HP’s Sustainable Forest Collaborative. (Nov 2021)
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86 NEW COMPANIES SIGN “THE CLIMATE PLEDGE” — Amazon announced that
over 86 companies worldwide joined
“The Climate Pledge,”
thereby
committing to reach net-zero emissions by 2040.
New signatories include CEF members
CBRE, HP, and
Procter & Gamble.
The Pledge now has
200 signatories representing over $1.8 trillion in annual revenue, 21 countries, 26 industries, and over 7 million employees.
(Sept 2021)
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HP /
Hewlett Packard Enterprise /
Intel / Microsoft —
Launching a
virtual tech conference this month for all Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the U.S, which the companies say is the first conference of its kind. Students can learn tech skills, access online learning programs, and participate in a “Bot A Thon,” whose finalists will have the opportunity to interview for internships with HP and Microsoft. (Sept 2021)
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Will partner with Eastman to harness Eastman's technologies for its packaging goals, to improve recycling infrastructure, and to advance a circular economy. Procter & Gamble will
use Eastman Renew materials, made with its molecular recycling technologies,
in certain packaging and products. The companies will also
work to expand recycling streams and collaborate on advocacy initiatives to reduce reliance on virgin plastic. (Aug 2021)
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Announced that its programs to divert ocean-bound plastics have prevented over 1.8 million pounds of plastic materials—the equivalent of over 65 million bottles—from entering the environment.
The company also announced it has created over 1,000 income opportunities for local adults in Haiti through its Haiti recycling facility, as well as provided supplemental learning centers and school tuition for the recycling collectors’ children. (Aug 2021)
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Nearly 100 leaders of companies, associations, and organizations—including CEF members
Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Amazon, Alphabet, General Motors, Mastercard, HP Inc., Cisco,
and
TPG Capital—sent a letter urging Congress to pass legislation to create a pathway to citizenship for the “Dreamers”—who would benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The leaders were organized by the
Coalition for the American Dream. (Aug 2021)
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Over 150 companies that belong to the Business for Voting Rights Group, including CEF members
Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, PepsiCo, and
Unilever,
sent a letter to U.S. lawmakers urging them to reintroduce and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would help prevent voting discrimination and establish an improved system for states to report changes to election law. (July 2021)
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75 companies—including
3M, Apple, General Motors, Google, HP Inc., and Unilever—urged lawmakers to support a clean energy standard and require power companies supply zero-carbon electricity. Organized by
Ceres, the Environmental Defense Fund, and others, they wrote in an open letter, "A federal clean electricity standard should achieve 80 percent carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030 on the pathway to 100% clean power by 2035." (July 2021)
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RE100 — The RE100 companies, which are committed to 100% renewable electricity, now have an electricity demand greater than that of the U.K. or Italy and are on track to save CO2 emissions equal to burning over 118 million tons of coal per year. RE100 members include
CEF Members:
3M, Apple, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Dell Technologies, Ecolab, Facebook, General Motors, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc., Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mastercard, McKinsey & Co., Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens AG, TD Bank Group, Trane Technologies, Unilever,
and Visa.
(July 2021)
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The World Wildlife Fund launched
"Forests Forward,"
a new program to help companies deliver nature-based strategies across 3 pillars: (1) landscape opportunities for climate, nature, and communities, (2) responsible supply chains, (3) and better forest management. Corporate program partners include
HP, Kimberly-Clark, Lowe’s, IKEA, and
Williams-Sonoma. (June 2021)
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Released a Sustainable Bond Framework built on 3 pillars—climate action, human rights, and digital equity—with pricing of the inaugural sustainability notes issuance totaling $1 billion. Proceeds will help fund HP projects across 8 key areas (e.g., renewable energy, circular economy, socioeconomic advancement and empowerment). (June 2021)
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Committed to “accelerating digital equity for 150 million people by 2030.” To meet this goal, it launched HP PATH (Partnership and Technology for Humanity), an accelerator program focused on local health care, education, and economic opportunity initiatives for underserved communities around the world. (June 2021)
Announced new 2030 goals to drive a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive technology industry, including (May 2021):
- Achieving gender parity in leadership by 2030
- Achieving 50/50 gender equality in HP leadership by 2030
- Achieving over 30% representation of women in technical and engineering roles by 2030
- Meeting or exceeding labor market representation for racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S. by 2030
- Maintaining a 90%+ rating on its internal inclusion index for all employee demographics annually
- Reaching 1 million workers through worker empowerment programs by 2030
Over 80 companies—with combined annual revenue of $1.5 trillion, $341 billion in assets, and over 3 million U.S. employees—called on federal lawmakers to support ambitious climate policy action to address the climate crisis and advance environmental justice
as part of the Ceres-led “LEAD on Climate” advocacy day. CEF members participating included Amazon, CBRE, Dell Technologies, Dow, HP Inc., McDonald’s, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Samsung Electronics America, Siemens,
and Unilever. (May 2021)
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Announced new goals structured across 3 areas (April 2021):
- Carbon emissions: Achieve net-zero emissions across its value chain by 2040; achieve operational carbon neutrality by 2025; Reduce value chain emissions by 50% by 2030 (2019 baseline); Achieve carbon neutrality within its supplies business by 2030
- Circularity: Reach zero waste in operations by 2025; Reach 75% circularity for products and packaging by 2030
- Forests: Maintain zero deforestation for HP paper and paper-based packaging; Counteract deforestation for non-HP paper used in its products and print services by 2030
More than 300 businesses representing over $3 trillion in annual revenue and employing nearly 6 million US workers signed an open letter calling upon President Biden to adopt a GHG emissions reduction target of at least 50% by 2030 (2005 baseline). Organized by the We Mean Business coalition and Ceres, signatories of the letter included: Apple, Dell Technologies, Facebook, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Siemens, Trane Technologies, Unilever, and VF Corporation. (April 2021)
Eco-Skies Alliance — A new United Airlines program involving over a dozen global corporations—including HP Inc., Nike, and Siemens—committing to pay for greater use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This year, participating companies will collectively purchase approximately 3.4 million gallons of SAF, enough to fly over 220 million miles. Additional companies welcomed. (April 2021)
Ford is collaborating with HP to create injection-molded vehicle parts from 3D printer waste, powders and parts. (March 2021)
Ethisphere released its 2021 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. CEF members recognized include (March 2021):
- 3M
- ADM
- Aptiv
- CBRE
- Dell Technologies
- Ecolab
- General Motors
- HanesBrands
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Honeywell
- HP
- International Paper
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kimberly-Clark
- Mastercard
- Microsoft
- PepsiCo
- VF Corporation
- Visa
- Waste Management
A major new coalition, “America is All In,” launched to mobilize bold climate ambitions nationally and uphold the federal government’s commitment to climate action—specifically to cut U.S. emissions in half or more by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. Co-led by UN Special Climate Envoy Michael Bloomberg, the coalition effectively merges We Are Still In and America’s Pledge and is the most expansive effort ever assembled to support climate action in the U.S., involving U.S. businesses, cities, states, tribal nations, schools, and faith groups, health care organizations, and cultural institutions. Large companies involved include: 3M, Adobe, Amazon, Apple, ADM, Autodesk, BASF, Best Buy, Cargill, Carrier Corporation, The Clorox Company, Coca-Cola, Danone N.A., Dell Technologies, Dow Inc., DSM N.A., DuPont, eBay, Edison International, Facebook, Gap, General Mills, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Inc., IKEA U.S., Johnson & Johnson, Johnson Controls, Kellogg Company, LafargeHolcim, Levi Strauss & Co., L’Oréal, Mars Incorporated, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Mondelez International, National Grid, Nestle, NIKE, Novozymes, PG&E Corporation, PepsiCo, Salesforce, Siemens, Sony Corporation of America, Starbucks, Steelcase, Target, Tiffany & Co., Trane Technologies, Verizon, VF Corporation, Walmart, and Waste Management. (February 2021)
Corporate Knights and As You Sow released the 2021 Carbon Clean200 list, which ranks the world’s publicly listed companies leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean energy future. The top 10 included the following (February 2021):
- Alphabet (Google)
- Siemens
- TSMC
- SAP
- Iberdrola
- HP
- Cisco
- Schneider Electric
- Tesla
- Unilever
HP unveiled “HP Amplify Impact,” a voluntary program to empower business partners to set bold, long-term sustainability goals that drive positive impact across HP’s three sustainable impact pillars: planet (emphasis on climate); people (emphasis on human rights and social justice), and community (emphasis on bridging the digital divide). Businesses that sign up will receive access to training, sales tools, marketing assets, and more. HP hopes to enroll at least half of its partners into the voluntary program by 2025. (February 2021)
HP, Inc. launched a new employee performance initiative that encourages all 55,000 global employees to set sustainable impact goals as part of their 2021 personal goal-setting process. The initiative “emboldens every employee worldwide to have a personal stake in the success of our sustainable impact strategy regardless of their role or title.” (January 2021)
Over 60 companies committed to the Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, an ESG reporting and disclosure framework developed by the WEF and its International Business Council that consists of 21 core and 34 expanded metrics. Companies pledging to implement this reporting framework include Bank of America, Dell Technologies, Dow, Ecolab, Fidelity International, HP, Mastercard, McKinsey & Co., Siemens, and Unilever. (January 2021)
The World Economic Forum
launched Partnering for Racial Justice in Business Initiative, a new coalition to build more equitable and just workplaces. Three steps required to join the initiative include: 1)
Racial and ethnic equity must be placed
on the board’s agenda; 2) Companies must
make at least one commitment towards racial and ethnic justice in their organizations; 3) Companies must put a
long-term strategy in place towards
becoming an anti-racist organization. Founding members include
Bank of America, BlackRock, Bloomberg, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Mastercard, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Unilever,
and UPS.
(January 2021)
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Corporate Knights released the 2021 Global 100 Index, which ranks the world’s most sustainable companies based on environmental and financial indicators. CEF members honored include Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Trane Technologies, Siemens, and Unilever. (January 2021)
HP Inc. announced new social justice goals and unveiled an internal Racial Equality and Social Justice Task Force to execute company strategies and drive societal change in the pursuit of ending systemic racism and inequality. (January 2021)
2020
HP Inc. has expanded its Planet Partners printing supplies return and recycling program to 68 countries, including Argentina, Chile, and Papua New Guinea. To date, the program has recycled over 875 million HP ink and toner cartridges. (October 2020)
HP Inc. pledged to plant 1 million trees by the end of 2020, in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. (September 2020)
HP Inc. announced a new set of 2025 goals to double the number of Black and African American executives inside the company and eliminate 75% of single-use plastic packaging. The company also released its inaugural Human Rights Progress Report. (June 2020)
HP, Inc was among the highest rated in the “2020 Information and Communications Technology Sector Benchmark” (KnowTheChain, June 2020), which scored the 49 largest companies in the Information and Communications Technology sector based on their actions to mitigate forced labor in the supply chain.
HP joined a group of 155 companies that signed a statement calling on government leaders around the world to ensure their economic recovery packages are aligned with the latest climate science. The statement was organized by joint press release by the Science Based Targets initiative, the UN Global Compact, and the We Mean Business coalition. (May 2020)
HP Inc. partnered with TIME for Kids, Britannica, and NASA to create “HP Turn to Learn,” a program to provide educational content to Title I school districts and underserved students impacted by COVID-19. (May 2020)
Winner of the 2020 ENERGY STAR Awards, which recognize organizations for developing energy efficient products and services that help customers save money and energy. (April 2020)
HP Foundation donated $1 million to help provide critical medical supplies to affected communities. The Foundation has also donated PCs and printers to hospitals in affected communities. (March 2020)
Included on Ethisphere 2020 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. (March 2020)
Named to CDP “A List” for both water security and forests, which recognizes companies for demonstrating leadership on water security and deforestation in 2019. (Feb 2020)
Named to CDP “Climate Change A List,” which recognizes companies for demonstrating leadership on climate risk management in 2019. (Jan 2020)
2019
Ranked #1 on Newsweek's “America’s Most Responsible Companies 2020” list, which ranks 2000 public companies based on their environmental, social, and corporate governance performance. (December 2019)
HP Inc. has committed $200 million to develop more sustainable water-based ink technologies that can be used to print digitally on corrugated packaging and textiles. (Oct 2019)
HP Inc. has committed $11 million to help restore, protect, and conserve 200,000 acres of forest across Brazil and China, in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The company also committed to support WWF’s efforts in developing science-based targets for forests, estimating carbon and nature co-benefits of forest restoration, and improved forest management. (Sep 2019)
HP Inc. announced that its new “Elite Dragonfly” is the first notebook computer to incorporate the use of ocean-bound plastics in at least one of its components. (Sep 2019)
HP Inc. set new goals aimed at driving a circular and low-carbon economy, including plans to use 30% post-consumer recycled content plastic across its personal systems and print product portfolio by 2025 and power its global operations with 100% renewable electricity by 2035. (June 2019)
Ranked #5 on CR Magazine's 2019 list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens, which ranks Russell 1000 companies based on environmental, social, and governance performance.
HP Inc.announced plans to invest an additional $2 million to expand its ocean-bound plastics supply chain in Haiti. The company has diverted approximately 716,000 pounds of plastic material since 2016through its existing program in Haiti. (April 2019)
Winner of the EPA 2019 ENERGY STAR Awards, which recognize organizations for developing energy efficient products and services that help customers save money and energy.
The HP Foundation partnered with WorldSkills to launch BeChangeMaker 2019, an online training program that provides young people with tools and technology for startup acceleration, dedicated coaching, and mentoring to inspire action on global challenges. The program is accepting applications through April 15, 2019.
HP Inc. has pledged to make every page printed with HP products forest positive, carbon neutral, and part of a circular economy. (March 2019)
Ranked #5 on Carbon Clean 200 list (As You Sow and Corporate Knights), which ranks large publicly listed companies according to total revenue generated from products and services that deliver carbon reductions. (Feb 2019)
One of 120 companies out of 5,500 companies analyzed to be recognized on CDP's Supplier Engagement Leaderboard for their work with suppliers to reduce emissions and lower environmental risks in the supply chain. (Feb 2019)