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Why is it important for more channel partners to support their local communities? It’s not only important that we represent the communities we serve, but also to help improve the resilience of local communities. We are transforming our entire business towards a circular and low-carbon future. Following on from our Big Beach Clean Up in 2019, HP are working together with our Channel Partners to drive more local community initiatives. Our Amplify Impact Program grants our Channel partners access
to sustainability programs, to enable lasting and positive change. Gaining accreditation, partners must drive a community engagement initiative. HP are Leading the Channel by example: • In June 2021 HP Employees from across the UK&I came together for ‘Te Big Litter Pick’ in an effort to clean up local communities. In total, over a hundred volunteers collected 765.3kg of litter from coastlines, rivers, and communities.
• In 2022, HP hosted a further three shoreline and community clean-up events in Reading, Glasgow, and Dublin. HP volunteers took part in communities across the UK&I, and collected a combined 243kg of litter, and counting.
ADF are currently working with Mersey Forest in the UK and Trees on the Land in Ireland to plant local trees for a variety of HP projects. So far, we have planted almost 40,000 trees across the UK and Ireland.
Why is getting involved in local community projects important to HP? HP has an ambitious vision: to become the most sustainable and just technology company in the world by 2030. Much like our Sustainable Impact strategy, HP’s community initiatives are focused around three key areas of Sustainability: Climate Action, Digital Equity and Human Rights along with employee volunteering to support the progression of young learners with Te Prince’s Trust charity. In short, at HP we coordinate community projects around the UK to:
• Improve the vitality and resilience of our local communities • Help eliminate the digital divide that prevents too many from accessing the education, jobs and healthcare they need to thrive
• Create a powerful culture of diversity, equity and inclusion • Advance human rights, social justice, and racial and gender equality across our ecosystem, serving as a model for all
Tell us more about HP’s involvement with Te Princes Trust? Since 2008, HP has raised over £200k for Te Prince’s Trust charity. Every year our UK&I intern cohort have raised between £20-30k for the charity through activities like the 3 Peaks Challenge, Tough Mudder, Palace to Palace, and office-based fundraisers. Even last year, despite the majority of fund-raising being done
virtually due to Covid-19, our interns raised an impressive £15k and this year’s cohort are on target to raise the same. HP’s Next Generation employee network are also involved in the trust’s Million Makers challenge, where they are working on activities to help raise tens of thousands of pounds for the charity.
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How have local communities benefited out of HP’s involvement? HP LIFE, the HP Foundation’s free online business skills training platform, has supported over 561,000 learners since 2016, with 84% of users crediting their success to HP LIFE. Te program offers over 30 individual courses, available in eight languages, focused on communication, finance, operations, innovation and marketing. Around the world HP LIFE is being used to support the development of successful enterprises. Most recently, Te Prince’s Trust charity has begun onboarding HP LIFE courses onto their learner programme to help support the growth and development of disadvantaged young people in the UK. We hope to facilitate more partnerships like this across the UK&I in the future to maximise the scale on which we support education and economic opportunities. HP also supports the Digital Schools Awards programme, which
encourages excellence in digital learning and supports the efforts of schools, teachers, and learners in making the best use of digital technology in the classroom. To date, 4,260 schools across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Te Republic of Ireland have registered for Te Digital Schools Awards and over 1.05 million pupils have been supported along the way.
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