News highlights
- HP commits over $20 million in
technology, training, R&D and funding contributions to enable
better learning outcomes for more than 100 million people between
2015-2025
- HP will continue to bring education
directly to people in underserved communities through programs
like HP LIFE, HP World on Wheels and HP
Learning Studios
- HP is working with governments and
policymakers to better map learning to employment
HAMBURG, Germany, July 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Today, HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) announced its commitment to enable
better learning outcomes for more than 100 million people between
2015-2025 at the 2017 Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg,
Germany. The Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg falls on the eve of
the G20 Summit, where leaders of the world's most powerful
countries are congregating to address inequalities and promote
sustainable development.
HP's pledge supports the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal 4 and aligns with the company's
goal to improve access to quality education and lifelong learning
for all in the classroom and beyond, as outlined in the recently
released HP 2016 Sustainability Report.
For the hundreds of millions of people across the
globe who are not currently learning basic literacy and numeracy
skills, a quality education can be instrumental in breaking the
cycle of poverty. HP is reinventing the classroom in ways that
engage students, empower educators, and build strong and vibrant
communities. Furthermore, HP is bringing these classrooms directly
to students who otherwise may not have access to a quality
education.
HP is building innovative education solutions for
millions of people, including those in underserved urban, rural and
refugee communities, helping power global economies. This includes
creating technology solutions designed exclusively for schools,
scalable models that support digital inclusion and learning, and
insights that help governments create effective human capital
development policies and programs.
"HP's efforts to advance quality learning and to
support the Sustainable Development Goals are expanding social and
economic opportunities for people all over the world," said Nate
Hurst, Chief Sustainability and Social Impact Officer at HP. "I'm
proud to work for a company that creates and invests in technology
that can help teachers teach and students learn while building the
skills needed for future success."
To increase the reach of HP's education
initiatives by 2025, the company will expand programs like HP
World on Wheels, which brings digital literacy to rural India
through mobile learning labs. HP will also continue to provide
refugees in the Middle East with access to personalized, blended
learning experiences through six HP Learning Studios, equipped
with hardware, software, and teacher training services that
together inspires instructional innovation and next-generation
learning experiences. HP Learning Studios also drive experiential
learning at more than 60 schools in Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
the United States, and seven countries in Europe. In
addition, HP LIFE, a global e-learning program of the HP
Foundation, aims to empower another one million aspiring
entrepreneurs by enrolling them in HP LIFE between 2015 and 2025,
in support of the broader HP commitment.
Through HP National Education Technology
Assessment (NETA), the company is helping ensure that skills match
between what schools teach and what employers require. Using a
combination of macroeconomic analysis, hyper-local insights and
predictive analytics, HP supports governments and policymakers
around the world in creating effective human capital development
policies and programs, including employer engagement programs.
"Education has the power to spur innovation,
promote the prosperity of communities and empower vulnerable and
marginalized groups," said Sarah Brown, Executive Chair, Global
Business Coalition for Education. "We commend HP's commitment to
enabling every person to unlock his or her potential and develop
the talents and acquire the skills necessary for a better, brighter
future."
Global Citizen
Festival
The Festival, at Hamburg's Barclaycard Arena,
includes headliners such as Herbert Gronemeyer, Coldplay with
special guest Shakira, Ellie Goulding, Andreas Bourani and Pharrell
Williams. Over 630,000 actions were taken by Global Citizen in
support of their campaigns to earn free tickets to the event.
About the HP
Foundation
The HP Foundation is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3)
organization that funds philanthropic programs for underserved
communities where we live and work by supporting technology-related
learning, charitable giving, volunteering, and disaster relief.
Along with HP employees, the HP Foundation creates programs that
make life better for underserved and underrepresented communities
by providing technology-related learning experiences and
opportunities.
Sustainability at
HP
Sustainability serves as a guiding principle for
how we do business at HP-fueling our innovation and growth. We
engineer with integrity, ensuring all products and operations are
based on the highest ethical standards. We are committed to
full-circle innovation that improves performance, reduces waste,
and powers a circular and low-carbon economy. And we inspire
impact, creating opportunities and enabling action to achieve a
more just and inclusive society. To learn more about these efforts,
visit the HP Sustainability website, and be sure to check out
the newly released HP 2016 Sustainability
Report, www.hp.com/sustainability.
About HP Inc.
HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better
for everyone, everywhere. Through our portfolio of printers, PCs,
mobile devices, solutions, and services, we engineer experiences
that amaze. More information about HP Inc. is available
at http://www.hp.com.