Thursday 16 June 2011

Huawei releases 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Huawei, a leading telecom solutions provider, today releasedits 2010 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report. The report provides anoverall review of Huawei’s commitments and practices with regard to itscorporate social responsibilities, including implementing fair operations,practicing ongoing environmental protection, bridging the digital divide, enhancingsupply chain CSR management, caring for employees, and offering communitysupport. The report demonstrates Huawei’s efforts and contributions in drivingthe sustainable development of the economy, society, and the environment.

This is Huawei’s third annual CSR report. The report wascompiled in compliance with the G3 guidelines of the Global ReportingInitiative (GRI), and it discloses Huawei’s efforts and practices in asystematic and standardized manner. Major core indicators were used. The applicationlevel of the report is B+.
As outlined in the report, in 2010, Huawei took proactivemeasures worldwide to fulfill its social responsibilities as a global corporatecitizen. To achieve these efforts, Huawei worked to optimize its CSR managementsystem, which ensures closed-loop management starting from strategic planningand continuing through to execution. In India Huawei has deeply engaged withthe E-Hope program for computer education aimed to bridge the digital divide byproviding school children with access to technology and the technical know-how.The organization successfully launched the E-Hope program in various districtsof Delhi, UP, Punjab,Haryana, Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.

In her “Message from the Chairwoman,” Huawei’s ChairwomanSun Yafang noted, “An enterprise can survive, sustain its growth, andcontribute to society only if that business consistently aligns its core valuesand operational responsibilities with its social responsibilities, rather thanseeking merely short-term achievements.”
Keeping this theme at the core of its business, Huawei hasbeen engaged in the research and development of environmental-friendly productsfor several years and emphasizes the importance of eco-design throughout thelifecycle of products and solutions, from concept development to launch. Huaweiaims to achieve three main goals through eco-design:environment conservation, quality enhancement and the rational and efficient usage of resources.
India CSR initiatives

Huawei conducts a wide range of CSR activities in India and isactively involved in promoting green technology, equal access totelecommunications and in helping bridge the ‘Digital Divide’.
Huawei actively communicates with customers on energyconservation and environmental protection. It closely collaborates withcustomers across the value chain to build environmentally-friendly networks,and promotes sustainable development of the industry in order to achieve itsobjective: "Green Communications, Green Huawei, and Green World".
Under the aegis of its E-Hope program, for the promotion ofeducation and bridging the digital divide aimed towards under-privilegedchildren, in the last year and a half Huawei has distributed computers togovernment schools to equip schoolchildren with basic technical know how andaccess to the latest information, technology and computer systems. The programaims to reach about 100,000 children annually and build a knowledge network of1,000 rural schools across Indiain the next 2 years.
Through its tie ups with NGO’s like Parikrama and Deepalaya,Huawei is constantly assisting in developing a bright future for speciallyabled children across India.This year, Huawei announced the ‘Maitree Scholarship Program’ for highereducation for graduate and post-graduate Indian students in China.
For more information about Huawei's 2010 corporate socialresponsibility report, please visithttp://www.huawei.com/csr2010.
Appendix: Excerpts of Huawei’s 2010 CSR Report
1. With“enriching people’s lives through communication” as its vision, Huawei appliedits professional ICT experience to help bridge the digital divide. In 2010,Huawei joined the U.N. Broadband Commission for Digital Development,collaborating with leading global companies, and actively contributing toglobal social and economic development through broadband development. Huaweicontinued to grow the “Telecom Seeds for the Future” Program, enhancingcommunications skills in Malaysia,thePhilippines, Australia, Indonesiaand Bolivia.In Africa, Huawei donated telecom lab equipment worth USD 1 million to threenational universities in Ghana,providing opportunities for the students to apply what they learn in theclassroom to practical situations.

2. To promotethe development of the global low-carbon economy, Huawei signed the VoluntaryGreen Agreement with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ofChina, promising to reduce the average energy consumption (AEC) per unitbusiness volume of shipments by 35 percent of 2009 levels before the end of2012. Huawei’s total shipment of products in green packaging exceeded 40,000pieces in 2010, resulting in a reduction of annual timber usage by 6,100 cubicmeters and carbon emissions by 12,000 tons.

3. Huaweipays ongoing attention to improving the CSR of its suppliers and partners. In2010, Huawei held its secondCSR training conference for its global suppliers.The leaders of over 170 global suppliers and partners, as well asrepresentatives of world- renowned operators, such as British Telecom, DeutscheTelekom, Vodafone and France Telecom, attended the conference.
4. Huaweicontinues to improve its employee welfare system in order to fully enable thedevelopment of its employees. In 2010, Huawei spent a total of CNY 1.97 billionon employee welfare. Huawei also continues to focus especially on the careergrowth and development of its female employees. Huawei’s R&D departmentheld the first female developmentconference on “growth, progress, and excellence.”

5.  Huaweiactively contributes to the development of communities where it operates. Thecompany is committed toefforts and actions that enable it to make positivecontributions to welfare, education, disaster relief and environmentalprotection in local communities. After a major disaster occurs, for instance,Huawei arranges for its employees to arrive atthe site quickly, so that theycan assist local telecom operators in repairing affected sites and recoveringcommunications as soon as possible. In 2010, Huawei contributed USD 1.055million in cash to flood-stricken countries, such asVenezuela,Columbia, Mexico,and Vietnam,to help local residents with disaster relief. After the 2010 earthquake in Qinghai’s Yushu County, Huawei employeesvoluntarily contributed nearly CNY 6 million in direct funds in additiontonecessary materials through the company’s Charity Association to help in thereconstruction of Yushu.

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