HP Inc. Commits to Enhancing Education for More Than 100 Million People by 2025
July 06 2017 - 10:00AM
News highlights
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.
Media Contact:
Emily Horn, HP Inc.
emily.horn@hp.com
www.hp.com/go/newsroom
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