dell corporate responsibility report 2012 - highlights
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Highlights from Dell's 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report. Areas of focus include Environment, Communities, People, and Supply Chain.TRANSCRIPT
Corporate Responsibility
Environment
Helping reduce customers’ environmental footprint as well as our own through a lifecycle approach: • Environmental design• Responsible operations• Sustainable packaging• Energy efficiency• Recycling programs
Giving to communities in need with a focus on: • Youth learning• Children’s cancer care• Social
entrepreneurship• Disaster relief• Employee
engagement
Communities
Building an inclusive workforce that thinks as differently as it looks through:• People strategy• Employee resource
groups• Connected Workplace• Leadership Imperative
People
Our commitment to put technology and expertise to work, where it can do the most good for people and the planet.
Helping suppliers build capabilities, grow their business, and uphold high standards by:• Supplier diversity• Responsible labor
practices• Conflict-free sourcing
Supply Chain
EnvironmentFY12 accomplishments
• 8.5 million pounds of renewable bamboo used in product packaging in FY12, all of which has started growing back.
• 2,500 Goodwill locations provide recycling drop-off locations in the US and Canada via Dell Reconnect.
• 427.5 million plastic water bottles’ worth of recycled plastic used in select systems since 2009 – if emptied, they would fill 101 Olympic swimming pools.
• Data centers operate at 113°F without chillers. Not just possible, it’s under warranty.
113°Fahrenheit
CommunitiesFY12 accomplishments
• Donated to The American Red Cross, a social media command center,
the first of it’s kind.
• Cut time to treatment from months to days with high-performance cloud solution in first FDA-approved personalized medicine clinical trial for pediatric cancer.• 2.7 million children were reached through Youth Learning programs since 2009.
• 1,500 projects submitted globally to the Dell Social Innovation Competition. This year, 103 Dell team members mentored semi-finalists.
418Khours
2.7million
1,500projects
months to days
Corporate Responsibility
PeopleKey accomplishments
• Doubled the size of Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network.
• Increased enrollment in Connected Workplace by 18,000 participants or 11%.
• Saw a reduction in at least one health risk for 73% of team members who participated in free health coaching.
• Supporting 9 Employee Resource Groups with 65 chapters worldwide, including new environmental and veteran/ military groups added this year.
73%
11%
2x
Supply ChainKey accomplishments
• Invested US$3 billion in diverse suppliers.
• 96% of our suppliers have a method to confidentially report misconduct.
• Improved working conditions for 500,000 workers in China with Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH).• Addressing Conflict-Free Minerals.
US$3billion
US$3billion
US$3billion
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Spotlights
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“It was 115 Fahrenheit — on the roof, exposed to the sun, in the desert, sustaining 26 kilowatts per cabinet, and we were getting free cooling. Let that sink in for a second: We were getting free cooling at 115 Fahrenheit in the desert.”
– Dean NelsonVice President, Global Foundation Services, eBay
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“In nature, there is no such thing as waste. Everything feeds something else. There’s a lot we can learn from this system. Given the challenges we face as a society and as a planet, now is the time to start thinking about the impossible.”
– Oliver CampbellDirector of Packaging, Dell
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“The use of social media during disasters has grown exponentially in recent years, and this partnership with Dell will enable us to better understand and anticipate disaster needs and help connect people with the resources they need during emergencies.”
– Gail J. McGovernPresident and CEO, American Red Cross
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“The Dell High-Performance Computing infrastructure is like a geneticist’s dream sandbox. It lets us walk down paths we would in the past [have] said, ‘We can’t even try that because we won’t have the results for another month.’”
– Matt Huentelman, Ph.D.Associate Professor, TGen